The Rapture

Series: Signs of the Times 11/10/13
The Bible is filled with promises of the Second coming of Christ.
Almost a half of the OT books (17/39) are dedicated to the 2nd Coming of Christ. In the twenty-seven books of the NT, there are 318 references to the 2nd Coming. The 2nd Coming is the most spoken of event in Scripture.
In fact, the Scripture speaks of the Second Coming eight times more than it spoke of the First Coming. If the Lord has placed such prominence on the 2nd Coming then certainly it should hold a place of equal prominence in our hearts and our minds as well.

When we speak of the 2nd Coming of Christ, it actually involves two comings of Christ. The Rapture is when Christ comes in the clouds to take His church out of this world to be with Him. The Return, is when Christ returns with the church, at the end of the 7 year tribulation period, to defeat the anti-Christ, overthrow evil and then establish His thousand year reign on earth (Rev. 19:11-16).