Keywords taken from the Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible: KJV (King James
Version )
by Zodhlates, Spiros Zodhiates (Editor)
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Greek Lexical Aid:
Rapture: Greek keyword # 1074 - word parousia: (3952) taken from paron, present, presence, being present, coming to a place (3844) from the verb parimie (1510) to be. To be present. To be at hand. Parousia is connected with the Second Coming of Christ as apocalupsis (602) and epiphaneia (2015) See 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, James 5:8, 2 Peter 3:4, 1 John 2:28. The parousia corresponds with apokalupsis of the Son of Man (Matt. 24:27, 37, 39); of Christ (1 Cor. 15:23); of our Lord (1 Thess. 3:13, 5:23). See 1 Thess. 2:19, 2 Thess. 1:7, and 1 Peter 1:7. The two expressions are used interchangeably in 2 Thessalonians 2:1,2 Ant. apousia (666) absence. .
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
2 Peter 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
1 Corinthians 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of
rejoicing? Are not
even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
2
Thessalonians 1:7 And to you who are
troubled rest
with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
1
Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith,
being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with
fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing
of Jesus Christ:
2
Thessalonians 2:1-2 Now we beseech you,
brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together
unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
The
Tribulation is called the Day of the Lord. These two days happen simultaneous.
They
are mutually exclusive.
1
John 2:20 But ye have an unction from the
Holy One, and ye know all things.
1
John 2:27-29 But the anointing which ye
have received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any
man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath
taught you, ye shall abide in him. And
now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have
confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. If ye know that he is
righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
Joel Chapter 2 describes what is
going to happen in Israel,which will affect the rest of the world as well.
Joel 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
John 3:29, 30 that hath the bride
is the bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the
bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.
The seven vials had not been
dispensed off in Revelation 21:9 And
there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials
full of the seven last plagues, and talked
with me, saying, Come
hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
This verse proves that the Bride of Christ (His
Church) is already in Heaven at that point.