The
Rapture
1
Thessalonians 4:13-18
Lesson
I
August 16, 2009
Introduction
As the birth of John Baptist was
the first event of the events preceding Christ’s first Coming,
so the Rapture will be the first event of
the events preceding Christ’s Second Coming.
The Rapture is not the Second
Coming. The Rapture is an event, not the Advent.
Text - 1 Thessalonians 5:27
This charge is important.
I 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 notice three facts
1.
They had turned to God
2 Now, serving a living God. Idols are dead gods
1 Kings 17:1 cf
Deuteronomy 11:16,17
3.
Waiting for God’s Son from Heaven.
II 1 Thessalonians 4:11-13
They make mistakes too
1.
If the Lord is Coming- why study?
2.
If the Lord is Coming why work?
3.
Believer’s will not die before the
Lord comes.
III 1 Thessalonians 4:13
1.
Do not be ignorant about those who have died
2.
Do not sorrow as those without hope
Genesis 23:2
the man of faith sorrows
but not as others
Ephesians 2:12 without Christ- without hope
IV 1 Thessalonians 4:14
1.
To believe in the resurrected Christ makes all the difference
2.
Philippians 1:25 Believer’s who have died are with Him
V 1
Thessalonians 4:15
1.
This is the “Word of the Lord” or it is nothing.
2.. Asleep ?
VI
1 Thessalonians 4:16
1.
The Lord Himself cf Hebrews 1:3
2. Dead in Christ rise first
VII 1 Thessalonians 4:17
1.
Caught up together
1
Corinthians 15:51 all be changed
Philippians
3:20-21 fashion anew
2.
To be forever with the Lord
VIII 1 Thessalonians 4:18
1.
This is God’s provision for comfort here on earth when a loved one dies