Rapture:Truthful Biblical Evidence& Others about It!

Rapture?
What does it mean?
* It comes from the Latin word "rapturo" meaning rapture, to be caught up, to disappear, to vanish from the earth.
* When does the rapture take place?
* I Thessalonians 4:16-17 "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever."
1. after the dead in Christ rise from the dead!
2. in God's timing
a. could happen anyday
b. could happen anytime
Who disappears when the rapture takes place?
1. Those who are True Born Again Believers, who have receieved Jesus Christ as their personal LORD and Savior!
2. People of all age groups on the earth...babies,toddlers,children,teenagers,men,women,elderly people, middle aged people,married,single, engaged,(babies are not at the age of accountability of understanding how to be saved yet, so of course they will be raptured), moms, dads,cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews,grandchildren, great grandchildren, granparents, nieces, great nieces, and great nephews, sons, daughters, wives, husbands,sweethearts, nurses, doctors,pastors,neighbors, friends,aquaintances,vegeterians, poor people, middle class people, rich people, brothers, sisters,adopted children, fire fighters, police officers, fbi agents, cashiers, waitors, waitresses, piolets, copilots, coworkers, employers,taxi drivers, bus drivers, teachers, van drivers, truck and car drivers, and others.
3. People all over the earth...in Africa, South America, Europe, Italy, Spain, Japan, South Korea, North America, Ireland,Norway, Jamaica, Canada, France,China, Cuba, North Korea,Iran, India, Jerusalem, Iraq, Afghanstan, Pakistan, Romania, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Mexico, Germany,and anywhere else on the earth.
4. People of different languages, cultures, and nationalities.
Who will be left on the earth when the rapture takes place?
1. Those who rejected Christ and loose thier chance to receive him when the rapture takes place.
2. Grownups, teens, children
3. People who are doomed to suffer the judgment of God in the tribulation.
4. False teachers, decievers, and liars on the earth at the time the rapture takes place.
How does one prepare for the rapture?
1. By refusing to fit in with the crowd.
2. By not rejecting Christ.
3. By receiving Christ as thier personal LORD and Savior!
Where will people be when the rapture takes place?
1. about their daily business
2. at work, in the bed,shower,car,at church, at school,college,at the movies,or the mall, at the grochery store,on the couch, outside, in outer space, on the porch, in the attic, or anywhere else.
What are more passages that talk about the rapture?
Matthew Chapter 24
a. " Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left." vs.40
b. "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left." vs.41