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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 aembling God’s
                                                       people and signaling their deliverance.
      The Grk word for “caught
      up” (Harpazō) is defined as a
      strong and i„esistible act.
             This word is used in
           Ma†hew 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
       t”k 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
     18 18                                             positions – which we wiž l”k at next!
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