Things to Come

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At the _<U>conversion</U>_ of a sinner.</div> <bR> <div> The 2nd coming of Christ will take place in_<U>2</U>_  stages; the _<U>rapture</U>__ and the _<U>finial</U>_ return of Christ to earth.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><U>THE RAPTURE</U></B></div> <bR> <div> The rapture is typified in the _<U>Old</U>_ Testament; God's pattern has been to _<U>rescue</U>_ the righteous before judgment of the wicked.</div> <div> a. Rescue of _<U>Noel</U>____.</div> <div> b. Rescue of _<U>Lot</U>__.</div> <div> It is not God's revealed _<U>nature</U>__ to destroy the righteous with the wicked.</div> <div> (I Thess. 5:9-11)</div> <div> The promise of the rapture is found _<U>only</U>_ in the N.T. and primarily in the _<U>letters</U>__ to the churches. (I Thess. 4:13-18)</div> <bR> <div> In the epistles the rapture and second coming is called the "_<U>Day</U>__ of _<U>Christ</U>_" (Phil. 1:10,2:16, I Cor. 1:7-8, 5:5)</div> <bR> <div> Revelations 4:1 speaks of the _<U>fulfillment</U>_ of I Thess. 4:13-18. John is _<U>taken</U>__ in the spirit to heaven _<U>before</U>_ the judgment on earth begins!</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>