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About, ‘The Rapture’ – English Standard Version of the Bible used here (Pg.#1)
— This quiz will focus on 1^st Thessalonians 4:13-18 & 1^st Corinthians 15:50-54.

This is NOT about Revelation 19:11-14 which refers to when Jesus comes to judge the world.

— 1^st Thessalonians 4:13-18 refers to the rapture of (all) God’s people away from a world facing His judgment.

As you read these verses it is obvious they are not speaking of the same event…

Revelations 19:11-16  Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.  (12)  His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.  (13)  He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.  (14)  And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.  (15)  From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.  (16)  On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

1^st Thessalonians 4:13-18  But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  (14)  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.  (15)  For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.  (16)  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.  (17)  Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.  (18)  Therefore encourage one another with these words.

— Paul doesn’t want us to be ‘ignorant’, instead he wants to encourage us…

So let’s dig into 1^st Thessalonians 4:13-18.

(Fill in the blanks)

— Q1. From Vs.13, But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not _______ as others do who have no ______.

a/ sing – tune     b/ grieve – hope     c/ dance – party

— Q2. In Vs.14, Paul states we believe that “through Jesus, God will ______ _____ ____ those who have fallen asleep.”

a/ wake up all     b/ weep over all     c/ bring with him

— Q3. And yet in Vs.16, Paul states that “the dead in Christ will _____ ______.”

a/ rise first     b/ sleep on     c/ roll over

— Q4. How can “those who have fallen asleep” come back with Christ, and then join the dead in Christ rising from the dead?
— This controversy is answered when as you read other scriptures, you understand that in death…
it is _____ ________ ______ _______, and our spirit goes to be with the Lord the moment we die.

a/ our body that sleeps     b/ an error in scripture     c/ not going to happen

— Q5. From Vs.17, “Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord ____ ______ ______, and so we will always be with the Lord.”

a/ on the earth     b/ in the city     c/ in the air

In 1^st Thessalonians 4:13-18 we read of how the believers ascend into heaven to meet with Christ. This is NOT the Second Coming when Jesus comes to judge and reign over the earth… This is what Christians call ‘The Rapture’ of His followers.

Next, we look at WHY we need the ‘Rapture’ (Pg.#2)

About, ‘The Rapture’ (Pg.#2)

— Why do we need the ‘Rapture’?

SEE 1^st Corinthians 15:50-55  I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.  (51)  Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,  (52)  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.  (53)  For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.  (54)  When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”  (55)  “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”

— Q6. 1^st Corinthians 15:50… I tell you this, brothers: ______ _____ _______ cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

a/ all you sinners     b/ flesh and blood     c/ the gentile nations

1^st Corinthians 15:51-52… Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,  (52)  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.

— Q7. Here Paul tells us that “we shall ____ _______.”

a/ wake up     b/ sleep on     c/ be changed

1^st Corinthians 15:53… For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

— Q8. We find that to enter heaven we have to be changed from…

a/ mortal to immortal     b/ perishable to imperishable     c/ both a & b

1^st Corinthians 15:54-55… When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”  (55)  “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”

— Q9. Here we are told that when our bodies are brought to life and rejoin our spirits, they are made new, for they are changed from…

a/ mortal to immortal     b/ perishable to imperishable     c/ both a & b

— We get an understanding of why we have a ‘rapture’ of the saved, before the final judgment from…
1^st Thessalonians 4:13-18 (ESV) But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.  (14)  For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.  (15)  For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.  (16)  For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.  (17)  Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.  (18)  Therefore encourage one another with these words.

— Q10. As we study this remarkable eternal transformation, designed to bless all who acknowledge the truth of our Creator God, and His plan of salvation through Jesus Christ our soon-coming King of Kings, and Lord of Lords… What are we to do with this GOOD NEWS?

a/ Keep it a church secret.     b/ Lord it over the worldly.     c/ Encourage one another with this promise.

hat a great promise, to meet our loving God and Savior! — I hope to meet you all as well some great day, when we will have forever to get to know one another better… God bless until then! (KK)

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