Rapture Options

Pre-Tribulation Rapture

• All believers are raptured before any tribulation. Israel goes through entire tribulation until they are sealed.

• 1 Thes 4:13-18• Matthew 25:13• 2 Thes 2:4-8• Matthew 24:15

Mid-Tribulation Rapture

• All believers are raptures after the “Beginning of Sorrows”, then the “Great Tribulation” occurs

• Matthew 24:15-28• Rapture 1 Thes 4:15-18• The trumpets sound after the Church is

raptured

Pre-Tribulation Partial Rapture

• Christians who are “right” with God get raptured before any tribulation

• Christians who are not “right” with God must endure the tribulation and will be martyred as evidence of their faith.

Kept from The Hour

• The Beginning of Sorrows (Matthew 24:6-14)• The Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:15-28)• The Church and Israel are raptured (1 Thes

4:13-18)• The Day of the Lord brings God’s Wrath (1

Thes 5:9)• Noah and Lot

Back to Basics

1. God is the Sovereign I AM of the Universe2. He knows the beginning from the end3. Jesus came to spare us the wrath of God4. The wrath of God will be poured out and He

will return5. Jesus instructed His disciples to be filled.

Luke 21:34-36