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At the Rapture He comes only to meet the saints in
the 1 Thes. 4:17.
air,
At the Revelation, He comes to the earth, 10 and His
feet stand upon the same Mount Olivet from which He
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ascended.
At the Rapture the Church, like Enoch, is taken out of
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the world.
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At the Revelation, the Millennial Kingdom is begun.
In Luke 21:28, the Rapture is referred to at the begin-
ning of the Tribulation. "When these things begin to come
to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
redemption draweth nigh." (Redemption here meaning the
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first resurrection, same as in Rom. 8:23.)
In Luke 21:31, the Revelation is referred to, when
"these things" (the Tribulation) have come to pass, and the
kingdom of God draweth nigh.
Rev. 19 :15. And out of his (12) Acts 15:13. And after
mouth goeth a sharp sword, that they had held their peace, James
with it he should smite the answered, saying, Men and
nations ; and he shall rule them brethren, hearken unto me :
with a rod of iron : and he 14. Simeon hath declared how
treadeth the winepress of the God at the first did visit the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty
Gentiles, to take out of them
God. a people for his name.
See also Rev. 12 :5.
15. And to this the
(10) Acts 1:11. Which also agree
said, Ye men of Galilee, why words of the prophets ; as it is
stand ye gazing up into heaven? written,
this s'ame Jesus, which is taken 16. After this I will return,
up from you into heaven, shall and will build again the taber-
so come in like manner as ye nacle of David, which is fallen
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have seen him go into heaven. down ; and I will build again
(11) Zech. 14:4. And his the ruins thereof, and I will set
feet shall stand in that day upon it up :
the mount of Olives, which is 17. That the residue of men
before Jerusalem on the east ; might seek after the Lord, and
and the mount of Olives shall
all the Gentiles, upon whom
cleave in the midst thereof to- my name saith the
ward the east and toward the is called,
Lord, who doeth all these things.
west, and there shall be a very
great valley; and half of the (13) Rom. 8 :23. And not
mountain shall remove toward only they, but ourselves also,
the north, and half of it toward which have the first-fruits of tha
the south. Spirit, even we ourselves groaa
5 4.nd the Lord ray within ourselves, waiting for
God shaW come and all the the adoption, to wit, the redemp-
saints with thee. tion of our body.