1. Part 1

2. The Lord Himself will descend from heaven...
The Rapture
1 Thess 4:16-17
Heaven
The Lord Himself will descend from heaven...
Christ
…with a shout,
…with the voice of the archangel,
…and with the trumpet of God,
Grave
… and the dead in Christ will rise first,
Church
… then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air,
Earth
…and thus we shall always be with the Lord. 20

3. The Rapture 1 2 2 Distinct Groups 1 Thess 4:16-17 John 11:25-26 1 Cor.
15:51-52
Those who
previously
died in the faith
• The believers who have died
• The dead
will be raised imperishable 1
• Dead in
Christ
Those alive when the Rapture occurs
• Those who are alive and remain
• Those who believe and are alive
• We (those alive) will be changed 2
1 Cor. 15:51-52 We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 22