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Most disagr ments about the rapture The word “rapture,” like
have to do with whether Christians (the the word “Trinity,” does
church) wi be present during the not our in the Bible.
Tribulation or taken out of the world
before or during this climactic time.
It comes from a Latin word
meaning “a caying o, a
transport, or a snatching away,”
and is clearly taught in Scripture.
Both Jesus Christ and Paul taught
i
inency – that we n d to be ready
at any moment to m t Jesus Christ.
We could m t him either by
our physical death or by his
return for his church.
Like the five wise virgins in Jesus’ parable
(Mahew 25:1-13), we must be ready.
Be on the alert
then, for you do
not know the day
nor the hour
(Ma hew 25:13).
Tragica y, some people get so
caught up in the study of the
end-times that they neglect the
basic principles of spiritual growth
and evangelism that the Second
Coming is designed to motivate.
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