THE SIX NECESSARY 'INGREDIENTS' FOR THE RAPTURE TO HAPPEN..........

The Apostle Paul revealed the mystery of the resurrection/rapture to the Gentiles AFTER Jesus was crucified , but Jesus revealed it to the Jews in His Olivet Discourse the  night  BEFORE He was crucified.

The following Scriptures are a comparative study of the SIX necessary 'ingredients' required for the resurrection/rapture to happen according to Jesus, and Paul's writings about the rapture:

1 Thessalonians 3:13 ( Paul speaking about the rapture )

"....at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints......." ( Jesus is bringing the souls of the dead saints in heaven with Him on the day of the rapture )

1 Thessalonians 4:14 & 16-17 ( Paul speaking about the rapture )

" Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him  .....For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God , and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall  be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air."

2 Thessalonians 1:7 & 10 ( Paul speaking about the rapture ) 

"When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels....When He shall come to be glorified in His saints , and to be admired  by all those who believe,  IN THAT DAY." 

THE SIX NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR THE RESURRECTION / RAPTURE :

( 1 ) the Lord Himself

( 2 ) the trumpet of God

( 3 )  caught up together

( 4 ) the clouds of heaven

( 5 ) with His angels

( 6 )  His elect saints both dead and living

NOW  COMPARE THE SCRIPTURES ABOVE WITH THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE TO SEE IF ALL SIX NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR THE RAPTURE ARE PRESENT :

 Matthew 24:30-31 ( Jesus )

"......and they shall see the SON OF MAN COMING ( 1 ) in the the CLOUDS OF HEAVEN ( 4 ) .....and He shall send HIS ANGELS  ( 5 ) with a great sound of A TRUMPET (2 ) and they shall GATHER TOGETHER ( 3 ) His elect SAINTS ( 6 ) from the four winds ( the living saints from earth ) and from one end of heaven to the other ( dead saints souls from heaven )."

SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT :

ALL SIX required ingredients are present in the Lord's description of the resurrection/rapture which He gave in His Olivet Discourse the night before He was crucified as recorded in the events of Matthew 24:30-31. How can that be , you might ask, because the events described in Matthew 24:30-31  come AFTER the events of Matthew 24:29 which states,  "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS." . "THOSE DAYS'  of tribulation. spoken of in Matthew 24:29. are exclusively upon Israel , and they are "THOSE DAYS"  of the Gog-Magog War which occurs immediately  BEFORE the rapture happens.  They are not part of the great tribulation upon the WHOLE WORLD which comes AFTER THE RAPTURE.  God's tribulation  judgment comes in two stages separated by the rapture  according to :

Romans 1:9

"TRIBULATION and anguish upon every soul of man that does evil, THE JEWS FIRST and then also THE GENTILES."  

The rapture occurs AFTER the tribulation of the Jews by the Gog-Magog War, but  BEFORE the tribulation of the whole world.

According to Your Holy Word, come Lord Jesus !