The Differences between the Rapture and Second Coming

Rapture Second Advent

1. Private, Acts 1:11 Public, Rev 19:11-16.

2. In the air, 1 Thes 4:17 On earth, Zech 14:4.

3. Judgment of believer's works, 2 Cor 5:10 Baptism of fire, Mat 25:31-46.

4. Church goes to heaven, John 14:3 Church returns with Christ, 1 Thes 3:13.

5. Holy Spirit is removed, 2 Thes 2:6 Removal of Satan, Rev 20:1‑3.

6. Change in believer's body Phil 3:21. Earth is changed, Zech 14:10; Rom 8:19-22

7. Christ appears as the groom. He appears as the Messiah.

8. End of the Church Age. End of the Jewish Age.

9. Israel under the fifth cycle of discipline. Termination of the fifth cycle of Discipline
10.Believers taken from the earth, 1 Thes 4:16‑18. Unbelievers taken from the earth, Mat 24:37‑43; 25:31-46

11. A time of comfort, 1 Thes 4:18. A time of terror, Rev 6:15‑17.