When is the Rapture?

End time Teaching
When is the Rapture, and when will it happen?

Intro: 2 Peter 3:3
I Thes. 4: 16-18

I.

1. In I Thes. 4: 16-18 Paul teaches us that when there is no hope for the future, there is no power for the present.

2. Paul encourages the believer with the following four things:
i. I Thes. 4: 13-15
ii. I Thes. 4: 16-18
iii. I Thes. 5: 1-5
iv. I Thes. 5: 6-11

3. Read Matthew 24:30

4. Acts 1:11

5. Matthew 24:27

II.

A mystery, what is it?
I Cor. 15: 51-52

III.

When and how will Jesus come for the believers?
Mark 13:32

IV.

Signs of an imminent Rapture
1. 2 Thes. 2: 3-10
2. John 16: 8-11

Pastor Stephen Galvano
Rochester Christian Church Ministries International
www.rccm.org
pastor@rccm.org