The Rapture or Escape from the Wrath of God
Isaiah prophesied escaping the wrath of God.
Come,
my people, enter into your rooms and shut your doors around you; hide
for a little moment, until the fury has passed by. For behold, the LORD
comes out of His place to punish the people of the earth for their
iniquity; the earth also shall reveal her blood, and shall no more
cover her dead. Isaiah 26:20-21
Daniel prophesied believers will be delivered.
And
at that time Michael shall stand up, the great ruler who stands for the
sons of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as
never was since there was a nation; until that time. And at that time
your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written
in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting
contempt. And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the
sky; and those who turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars
forever and ever. But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the
book, even to the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall be increased. Daniel 12:1-4
Zephaniah prophesied escaping the wrath of God.
Gather
yourselves together; yea, gather, O nation not desired; before the
birth of the decree, the day shall pass like the chaff; yet not before
the hot anger of the LORD comes on you, yet not before the day of the
LORD's anger comes on you. Seek the LORD, all the meek of the earth who
have done His justice; seek righteousness; seek meekness. It may be you
shall be hidden in the day of the LORD's anger. Zephaniah 2:1-3
Believers will be hidden in heaven with Jesus Christ.
Let
not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me. In
My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, so that
where I am, you may be also. John 14:1-3
Apostle Paul describes the escape being in a moment.
Behold,
I speak a mystery to you; we shall not all fall asleep, but we shall
all be changed; in a moment, in a glance of an eye, at the last
trumpet. For a trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall all be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Apostle Paul describes how the escape occurs.
For
we say this to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and
remain until the coming of the Lord shall not go before those who are
asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the
dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall
be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air. And so we shall ever be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one
another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
Apostle Paul declares the wrath is for unbelievers.
But
of the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write
to you. For you yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord
comes like a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and
safety! Then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman
with child. And they shall not escape. But you, brothers, are not in
darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief. You are all
the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or
of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us
watch and be calm. For those sleeping sleep in the night, and those
being drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day,
be calm, having put on the breastplate of faith and love and the hope
of salvation for a helmet. For God has not appointed us to wrath, but
to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that
whether we watch or sleep we should live together with Him. 1
Thessalonians 5:1-10
Jesus Christ will keep believers from the wrath of God.
"Heaven
and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. But
take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with
carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on
you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on
the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you
may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to
pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:33-36
Because
you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the
hour of trial which will come upon all the whole world, to test those
who dwell upon the earth. Revelation 3:10
Apostle John describes the wrath as a series of events.
And
when He had opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a
great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and
the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth,
even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs when she is shaken by a
mighty wind. And the heaven departed like a scroll when it is rolled
together. And every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every
freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.
And they said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from
the face of Him sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
for the great day of His wrath has come, and who will be able to stand?
Revelation 6:12-16
Jesus Christ’s return to the earth will be an event.
And
immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be
darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
And then the sign of the Son of Man shall appear in the heavens. And
then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the
Son of Man coming in the clouds of the heaven with power and great
glory. Matthew 24:29-30
Jesus Christ’s return to the earth finalizes wrath.
And
I saw Heaven opened. And behold, a white horse! And He sitting on him
was called Faithful and True. And in righteousness He judges and makes
war. And His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head many
crowns. And He had a name written, one that no one knew except Himself.
And He had been clothed in a garment dipped in blood, and His name is
called The Word of God. And the armies in Heaven followed Him on white
horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of His mouth
goes a sharp sword, so that with it He should strike the nations. And
He will shepherd them with a rod of iron. And He treads the winepress
of the wine of the anger and of the wrath of Almighty God. And He has
on His garment, and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD
OF LORDS. And I saw one angel standing in the sun. And he cried with a
great voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come and
gather together to the supper of the great God, so that you may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders, and the flesh of strong
ones, and the flesh of horses, and those sitting on them, and the flesh
of all, both free and slave, both small and great. And I saw the beast,
and the kings of the earth and their armies, being gathered to make war
against Him who sat on the horse, and against His army. And the beast
was taken, and with him the false prophet doing signs before it, (by
which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast), and
those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the
Lake of Fire burning with brimstone. And the rest were slain by the
sword of Him who sat on the horse, it proceeding out of His mouth. And
all the birds were filled from their flesh. Revelation 19:11-21
Escape the wrath of God through sincere belief in Jesus Christ.
He
who believes on the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not
believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon
him. John 3:36
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