The Rapture
|
The Second Coming of Christ
|
| Only believers
see Christ. The Rapture is private. Heb. 9:28; Acts 1:11 |
Every
eye shall see Him. The Second Coming of Christ is public. Rev. 1:7 |
| Christ
meets believers in the air, 1 Thess. 4:17 |
Christ
sets foot on the Mount of Olives, Zech. 14:4 |
| Believers
are taken off the earth, John 14:3 |
At the
Second Coming, unbelievers are taken off the earth, Mt. 24:37f |
| Believers
go to heaven, 1 Thess. 4:17 |
At the
Second Coming, believers come back to earth with Christ, 1 Thess. 3:13;
Col. 3:4;, 2 Thess 4:13; Zech. 14:5 |
| There
is no timetable for the Rapture |
The Second
Coming is seven years after the Rapture, Matt. 24:29-30 |
| Believers
are rewarded. 1 Cor. 3:11-15; Rev. 22:12 |
Unbelievers
are judged at the Second Coming; the Baptism of Fire takes place, Matt.
25:31,32,46 |
| The Rapture
is a source of comfort to the believer, 1 Thess. 4:18 |
The Second
Coming of Christ is a source of terror for the unbeliever, Rev. 6:15-17 |
| There
are no changes in nature associated with the Rapture |
There
are many changes in nature associated with the Second Coming, Isa. 35 |
| The world
is not judged at the Rapture. |
The people
of the world are judged at the Second Coming, Jude 15] |
| The Rapture
is a mystery of the Church Age, 1 Cor. 15:51 |
The Second
Coming is the subject of extensive prophecy in the Old Testament. |
| The unconditional
covenants such as those with Abraham and David are not fulfilled at the
Rapture. |
The covenants
are fulfilled at the Second Coming; Israel inherits her possessions. |
| There
is no dealing with Satan or demons at the Rapture. |
At the
Second Coming, Satan is bound for a thousand years, Rev. 20:2 |