Rapture of the Church

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¹³ Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians. ¹⁵ For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up [raptured] together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words. (1 Thes 4:13-18 NET)

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⁵⁰ Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹ Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— ⁵² in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³ For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 
(1 Cor. 15:50-53 NET)

Caught Up = Rapture

These verses that we have read this morning give us a little insight into a future event known as “The Rapture”. While this word itself does not appear in the Bible, the event is real nonetheless. We get the word “Rapture” from the Latin translation of the Greek word arpazw (harpazo). It means just what the King James Bible says it does, “caught up”. The Rapture is that future event when the Lord Jesus Himself will return in the clouds above this earth and will catch away all the saved people of the world. It is a time that is known in the Bible as “The Blessed Hope Of The Believer”, Titus 2:13.

- Jeff Hopson, "When the Trumpet Soounds", 2019, https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/458374-when-the-trumpet-sounds 

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²² Then he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ²³ Then people will say to you, ‘Look, there he is!’ or ‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them. ²⁴ For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. ²⁵ But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. ²⁶ Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. ²⁷ People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day [just before the judgment] Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; ²⁹ but on the day [just before the judgment] Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. ³¹ On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. ³² Remember Lot’s wife! ³³ Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. ³⁴ I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken [Greek: paralambano] and the other left. ³⁵ There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”
[that day and that night implies it will happen all around the world all at exactly the same instant - in the blinking of an eye (1 Cor 15:52]
³⁷ Then the disciples said to him, “Where, Lord?” He replied to them, “Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather.”(Luke 17:22-35 NET)
 

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Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me. ² There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you. ³ And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me [Greek: paralambano], so that where I am [Jesus' Father's house] you may be too. (John 14:1-3 NET)

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Ancient Jewish Wedding Customs and Yeshua’s Second Coming

A Jewish groom would enter into a formal marriage covenant with their bride and then leave for about one year to build a dwelling place (room) in his father's house to bring his bride to, after which he would go collect his bride when his father told him it was time to go get her.  And the bride and all her bride's maids would have to constantly be ready and appropriately dressed for the bridegroom's arrival.  Then they have a seven day wedding celebration (seven years for church's wedding celebration).

The Second Gathering After the Tribulation

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²⁹ “Immediately after the suffering of those days [7 years of the Tribulation], the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ³⁰ Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹ And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matt 24:29-31 NET)

Those Who Go Though the Tribulation 

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¹⁵ Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶ They said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, ¹⁷ because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” (Rev 6:15-17 NET)

More Supportive Pre-Tribulation Rapture Verses

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⁹ For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God ¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from [not through] the coming wrath [the Tribulation]. (1 Thes 1:9-10 NET)
 

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Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you. ² For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night. ³ Now when they are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape. ⁴ But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would. ⁵ For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness. ⁶ So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. ⁸ But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.⁹ For God did not destine us for wrath [the Tribulation] but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him. 
¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing. (1 Thes 5:1-11 NET)

Birth Pangs 

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³ As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” ⁴ Jesus answered them, “Watch out that no one misleads you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these things are the beginning of birth pains. (Matt 24:3-8 NET)

Escape All These Things

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³⁴ “But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap. ³⁵ For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.³⁶ But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape [not endure] all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21:34-36 NET)

Christians Who Come to Christ During the Tribulation 

Not Supernaturally Protected by God

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⁵ The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months. ⁶ So the beast opened his mouth to blaspheme against God—to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place, that is, those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation... (Rev 13:5-7 NET)
 

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⁴ Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.(Rev 20:4 NET)

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Number One Responsibility for Parents

Lead your children to become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ.

If your child is a teenager (age of accountability) then:

Pray for you child every day.

Live a lifestyle that makes Jesus Christ attractive to your children.
 

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When Will the Rapture Occur?

The Seven Feasts of Israel the Lord

Leviticus 23

Dress rehearsals of Future Events

The first 4 Spring feasts have all been fulfilled through Jesus, 

• Passover - Jesus Died
• Unleavened Bread - Jesus Buried
• First Fruits - Jesus' Resurrection
• Pentecost - Jesus' Ascension, Holy Spirit came to earth upon all Christians

The last 3 Fall Feasts are yet to be fulfilled

• Trumpets - Jesus meets his Bride/Church in the sky, the Rapture
• Atonement - Jesus 2nd Coming, Holiest Day
• Tabernacles -  7^th feast, 7 day feast, 7^th month (777 = perfection) = spend all eternity with God
   

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The Feast of Trumpets

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¹⁶ For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. (1 Thes 4:16-17 NET)

⁵¹ Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - ⁵² in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (1 Cor 15:51-52 NET)

During the feast the trumpet was blown 100 times and the last blast was the loudest and the longest and it was called the last trump.

²⁴ “But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; ²⁵ the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶ Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. (Mark 13:24-27 NET)

But as for that day or hour no one knows it - neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son - except the Father. (Mark 13:32 NET)

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According to the Oral Tradition of the Jews

• Rosh Hashanah - the beginning of the new year (a new beginning for Christians)
• Day of the awakening blast (the rapture for Christians)
• The day of judgment (a judgment of rewards for Christians)
• Day of remembrance (for Christians the Lord remembers who are His)
• The wedding day of the Messiah (Jesus weds the Christian Church)
• The day which no one knows (for Christians - But as for that day or hour no one knows it)

Rosh Hashanah

Jewish New Year - New Beginning for Christians

The Feast of Trumpets

When Is Rosh Hashanah in 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of 1 and 2 Tishrei. Here are the coinciding secular dates for the upcoming years:

• 2024: October 2 at sundown - nightfall on October 4
• 2025: September 22 at sundown - nightfall on September 24
• 2026: September 11 at sundown - nightfall on September 13
• 2027: October 1 at sundown - nightfall on October 3
• 2028: September 20 at sundown - nightfall on September 22

Note: The Jewish calendar date begins at sundown of the night beforehand. Thus all holiday observances begin at sundown on the secular dates listed, with the following day being the first full day of the holiday. Jewish calendar dates conclude at nightfall.

- https://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/671869/jewish/When-Is-Rosh-Hashanah-in-2022-2023-2024-and-2025.htm

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 Does Not Refer to the Rapture

¹ Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, ² not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. ³ Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. 

The above verses refers to "the day of the Lord" which is the second coming of Christ.  Christ only meets His church in the sky at the Rapture and there are no conditions as to when this will happen.

See: 

Does the term “Day of the Lord” refer to Rapture?

and

Explaining the Rapture