43 Bible Verses about The Rapture
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Afterwards we who are alive and are still on earth will be caught up in their company amid clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
"But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.
But at the end of the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and they rose to their feet; and all who saw them were terrified.
"But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament, and the forces which control the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man.
And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.
They had tails like those of scorpions, and also stings; and in their tails lay their power of injuring mankind for five months.
"But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
After all this I looked and saw a door in Heaven standing open, and the voice that I had previously heard, which resembled the blast of a trumpet, again spoke to me and said, "Come up here, and I will show you things which are to happen in the future."
Because in spite of suffering you have guarded My word, I in turn will guard you from that hour of trial which is soon coming upon the whole world, to put to the test the inhabitants of the earth.
when He comes on that day to be glorified in His people and to be wondered at among all who have believed, including you--because you believed the testimony which we brought for your acceptance.
the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.
("I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the man who keeps awake and guards his raiment for fear he walk about ill-clad, and his uncomeliness become manifest.")
So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near--at your very door.
From this time onward there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who love the thought of His Appearing.
I know a Christian man who fourteen years ago-- whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know; God knows--was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking)
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
And war broke out in Heaven, Michael and his angels engaging in battle with the Dragon.
For this we declare to you on the Lord's own authority--that we who are alive and continue on earth until the Coming of the Lord, shall certainly not forestall those who shall have previously passed away.
And so we shall be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
in expectation of the fulfilment of our blessed hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
But the proclamation of the Good News must be carried to all the Gentiles before the End comes.
These are those who had not defiled themselves with women: they are as pure as virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men, as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, and *we* shall be changed.
Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.
"Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and anger towards this People.
Then the sea yielded up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades yielded up the dead who were in them, and each man was judged in accordance with what his conduct had been.
And just as that time there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city was overthrown. 7,000 people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of Heaven.
And there will be great earthquakes, and in places famines and pestilence; and there will be terrible sights and wonderful tokens from Heaven.
The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
In the Spirit I found myself present on the day of the Lord, and I heard behind me a loud voice which resembled the blast of a trumpet.
At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,
And at that time people will seek death, but will by no possibility find it, and will long to die, but death evades them.
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Acts 1:7"It is not for you," He replied, "to know times or epochs which the Father has reserved within His own authority;