Here's the other of Paul's two quintessential Rapture/Resurrection passages. Add your knowledge of this passage to familiarity with I Corinthians 15. Now the student of biblical prophecy can gather clues as to the 'when' and 'how' of these events and take this combination portrait into other prophecy passages with good results. With both passages firmly grasped, students of biblical prophecy can properly integrate our hope of eternal life into the routine of our daily lives.

1. XVII: THE RAPTURE
AND
THE RESURRECTION

2. XVII: THE RAPTURE
AND
THE RESURRECTION

3. XVII: THE RAPTURE
AND
THE RESURRECTION
Paul States the Facts: Part 2
I Thessalonians 4 + 5

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6. I THESSALONIANS
Some key phrases that keep reoccurring.
As to the times and epochs,
you have no need of anything
to be written to you.
For you yourselves know . . .
As to the love of the brethren,
For you recall,brethren . . . you have no need for anyone
to write you
For each of you knows . . .
You are witnesses . . .
. . .just as you know . . .
For you know . . .

7. I THESSALONIANS
Some key phrases that keep reoccurring.
You are witnesses . . . As to the times and epochs,
you have no need of anything
to be written to you.
For you yourselves know . . .
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8. I THESSALONIANS 4
THE PROBLEM:
Even with all Paul’s
teaching, this church
might be confused
about what has
happened to those
among their number
who have died.
13. But we do
not want you to
be uninformed,
brethren, about
those who are
asleep . . .

9. I THESSALONIANS 4
THE ISSUE:
The Thessalonians
grieve like those who
have no hope.
13. But we do not
want you to be
uninformed, brethren,
about those who are
asleep that you may
not grieve as do the
rest who have no
hope.

10. I THESSALONIANS 4
THE SOLUTION:
Belief in Christ’s own
resurrection guarantees
us that He has the power
to bring their dead with
Him when He returns.
14. For if we
believe that Jesus
died and rose
again, even so
God will bring with
Him those who
have fallen asleep
in Jesus.

11. I THESSALONIANS 4
THE PROOF OF
GOD’S
CONCERN FOR
THE DEAD:
The resurrected rise to
join the descending
Christ even before the
living rise to meet their
Lord!
15. For this we say to
you by the word of
the Lord, that we who
are alive and remain
until the coming of
the Lord shall not
precede those who
have fallen asleep.

12. I THESSALONIANS 4
THE RETURN
Described:
A noisy, rousing
descent . . .
(Again with the
trumpets, already! I Cor
15:52)
16. For the Lord
Himself will descend
from heaven with a
shout, with the voice
of the archangel and
with the trumpet of
God.

13. I THESSALONIANS 4
THE RETURN
Described in Detail
See! The dead have had
and will have Christ’s full
attention and care!!
16. For the Lord
Himself will descend
from heaven with a
shout, with the voice
of the archangel and
with the trumpet of
God; and the dead in
Christ will rise first!!!

14. I THESSALONIANS 4
THE FOLLOWUP:
Glorious
Reunification
A rousing declaration of
the unity of the Body of
Christ and of our eternal
communion with our Lord
Jesus.
17 Then we who are
alive shall be caught
up together with
them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in
the air, and thus we
shall always be with
the Lord.

15. I THESSALONIANS 4
EVERYDAY
APPLICATION #1:
While you wait, find
comfort amidst the
distress of personal loss
or persecution.
18. Therefore
comfort one
another with
these words.

16. I THESSALONIANS 4
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17. I THESSALONIANS 5
A REMINDER:
of Paul’s earlier teaching!
The nature of Christ’s
return:
Like a thief in the night.
Sudden
n
prise?
Sur
ess?
1-2. Now as to the
times and the epochs,
brethren, you have no
need of anything to
be written to you for
you yourselves know
full well that the day
of the Lord will come
just like a thief in the
night.

18. FLASHBACK!!!!!!!!
To from where Paul’s imagery originally came . . . .

19. MATTHEW 24
Earlier, in His Olivet
Discourse, Jesus had told
the disciples (and us, too?)
that we would know the
SEASON of His return
(but not the precise time!)
and that “YOU” should be
looking for signs that
would alert “YOU” to the
arrival of that season.
32. “Now learn the
parable from the fig tree:
when its branch has
already become tender
and puts forth its leaves,
you know that summer is
near. 33. So, you too,
when you see all these
things, recognize that He
is near, right at the door.

20. MATTHEW 24
Next, Jesus introduced the
metaphor of the thief and
the householder here in
Matthew 24-in His famous
Olivet Discourse at the
end of His ministry.
Jesus treated Satan as
“the head of the house”,
Himself as the thief!
Curious imagery, no?
42: Therefore be on the alert, for you
do not know which day your Lord is
coming.
43: But be sure of this, that if the
head of the house had known at
what time of the night that the thief
was coming, he would have been on
the alert and would not have
allowed his house to be broken into.

21. I THESSALONIANS 5
3. While they are
saying “Peace and
THE SURPRISED: safety” then destruction will come upon
Sinners and the unsaved
them suddenly like
will have a huge shock
birth pangs upon a
coming at Christ’s return
as a thief.
woman with child
and they shall not
escape.

22. I THESSALONIANS 5
THE ALERT:
The “BRETHREN”
however will not be totally
surprised by the day of
Christ’s coming (though
they won’t know the
precise hour!)
4. But you,brethren,
are not in darkness,
that the day should
overtake you like a
thief.
5. for you are all sons
of light and sons of
day. We are not of
night nor of darkness.

23. FLASHBACK!!!!!!!!
Jesus at Olivet told the brethren to be alert, too . . . .

24. MATTHEW 24
Jesus cautions “YOU” to
stay on the alert because
the hour of return remains
a secret.
44: For this reason you
be ready too, for the Son
of Man is coming at an
hour when you do not
think He will.
The Parable of the
Faithful Servant then
follows to spell out what
being “ALERT” looks like:
Feeding the household
of the Master.
45: Who then is the
faithful and sensible slave
whom his master put in
charge of his household
to give them their food at
the proper time?

25. MATTHEW 24
Jesus cautions “YOU” to
stay on the alert because
the hour of return remains
a secret.
44: For this reason you
be ready too, for the Son
of Man is coming at an
hour when you do not
think He will.
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Feeding the household
of the Master.
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to give them their food at
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26. I THESSALONIANS 5
PROMISE #1:
9. For God has not
destined us for wrath,
but for obtaining
salvation through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
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Eternal unity with Christ
for all Christians
may live together with
Him.

27. I THESSALONIANS 4
APPLICATION #1:
While you wait, find
comfort amidst the
distress of personal loss
or persecution.
18. Therefore
comfort one
another with
these words.

28. I THESSALONIANS 5
APPLICATION #2:
While you wait,
suit up!
APPLICATION #3:
While you wait,
encourage one other.
9. Since we are of the
day, let us be sober,
having put on the
breastplate of faith and
love, and as a helmet, the
hope of salvation.
11. Therefore encourage
one another and build up
one another, just as you
also are doing.

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II Thessalonians
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