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But there are three passages in the New Testament that do provide us with explicit information about this event. At, or immediately before, this rapture into the clouds, those who are alive will undergo a mighty change, that will be equivalent to dying. For us today this is a beautiful picture of hope that one day all who follow Jesus will meet Him in the clouds. For more than 39 years he has helped millions deepen their understanding of the Bible through 4,552 daily Turning Point Radio releases and a daily Turning Point Television program that reaches millions of people globally.

But apart from that, there is agreement among the different eschatological views concerning the rapture; the gathering of believers at the end of the age. The problem with all of the positions (except the historic, post-tribulational view) is that they split the Second Coming into different events. He’s telling them that those who have died before Jesus comes back are actually in a better position because when He comes back they will come back with Him. Daniel’s three friends in Babylon demonstrated integrity when they were threatened with being burned alive (Daniel 3:16-18).

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I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, because I know that I will soon put it aside. Such is the picture David paints with his words in Psalm 32—a drought of spiritual vitality brought on by his own sin. The Rapture, as commonly viewed today, is the belief that Jesus will remove (rapture) the church before the great tribulation. Van Kampen (1938–1999); his books The Sign, The Rapture Question Answered and The Fourth Reich detail his pre-wrath rapture doctrine.As our lives center on God, giving priority to hearing His voice and reading His Word, we become bolder in sharing our faith. The origin of the term extends from the First Epistle to the Thessalonians in the Bible, which uses the Greek word harpazo ( Ancient Greek: ἁρπάζω), meaning "to snatch away" or "to seize".