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Originally Posted by Matt Anderson
In addition to the passages from Nell's link, I think Malachi 4:5-6 also points to an aspect of revival before Jesus' return.
I think the primary scripture for ALL christians being raptured are 1 Th 4:15, 1 Cor 15:51-52. There are other passages that refer to rapture, but they don't cover the ALL aspect. I do have one open question about the Laodiceans. In Rev 3:16, God says he is going to spit them out of His mouth. How significant is this? Does it change God's relationship to the ones spit out of His mouth to the extent that they would not be raptured?
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Matt, I Cor 15.52 and I Th 4.15 are often joyously quoted, in fact, when I was saved 50 years ago, they were some of the very first verses I learned. That was the era of Hal Lindsey’s book “Late Great Planet Earth.”
But here’s my dilemma. These verses provide a distinct timeframe - “the Last Trumpet” is The 7th Trumpet in Revelation - for the Rapture. A perusal of Revelation provides serious “predicaments” will befall us all prior to this last Trumpet. Most Christians are (willingly?) oblivious to this, and gleefully proclaim their departure before this.
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