The Rapture of the Church

Qualifications for going in the Rapture

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17  

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

1 Corinthians 15:23  

But each in his own turn: Christ, the first fruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

Galatians 5:16  

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

Galatians 5:22-24  

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

Ephesians 5:27  

And to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

Hebrews 12:14  

Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

1 John 1:7  

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Revelation 20:6  

Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

The Rapture is the blessed hope of the Christian

Philippians 3:20  

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Tit 2:13

Philippians 3:20  

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18  

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.