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Kress Biblical Resources :: Diagram 5—Rapture and the Second Coming Comparison

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Diagram 5 "Rapture and Second Coming Comparison"

The nature of events at Christ's posttribulational coming (Mat 24:31)
radically differs from that of the rapture (1Th 4:16-17).

RAPTURE SECOND COMING
1. Christ gathers His own (1Th 4:16-17) Angels gather the elect (Mat 24:31)
2. Resurrection is prominent (1Th 4:15-16) No mention of resurrection
3. Christ comes to reward (1Co 3:11-17; 2Co 5:10) Christ comes to judge (Mat 25:31-46)
4. Believers depart the earth (1Th 4:15-17) Unbelievers are taken away (Mat 24:37-41)
Unbelievers remain on the earth (implied) Believers remain on the earth (Mat 25:34)
5. No talk of setting up the kingdom Clear talk of Christ coming to set up a kingdom (Mat 25:31,34)
6. Believers receive glorified bodies (1Co 15:51-57) No one receives glorified bodies
7. Christ comes in the air (1Th 4:17) Christ comes on the earth (Mat 25:31-32)
Additionally, parables in Matthew 13 confirm differences between the rapture and the final event of Christ's second coming.
8. Believers are removed from among unbelievers (1Th 4:15-17) Tares (unblievers) taken out from among the wheat (believers) (Mat 13:30, 40)
9. Believers are removed from among unbelievers (1Th 4:17) The bad fish (unbelievers) removed from among the good fish (Mat 25:31-32)

Taken from Dr. Richard Mayhue, “Why a Pretribulation Rapture?” in Christ’s Prophetic Plans, John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue (Chicago, Moody Publishers, 2012), 93-94.

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