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Trumpets in Scripture were sounded
for various reasons including The Rapture trumpet is not co ected to
feasts, celebrations, an alarm for the judgment trumpets in Revelation 8–11
war, or to gather the people. but sms to be for aembling God’s
people and signaling their deliverance.
The Grk word for “caught
up” (Harpazō) is defined as a
strong and iesistible act.
This word is used in
Mahew 11:12 in the taking
of the kingdom by force…
…and the snatching
of a shp by a wolf
in John 10:12.
It is used again in Acts 8:30 Many pre-tribulation believers
describing when the Lord agr that no solitary text of
tk Philip away from the Scripture makes the entire case
Ethiopian eunuch’s presence. for a pre-tribulation rapture…
And once again in 2
Corinthians 12:2-4, when Paul
talks about being caught
up to the third heaven.
…but that the weight of the New Testament
evidence answers more questions and
solves more problems than other Rapture
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