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Fall/Winter 2003
RAPTURE—from
the Latin Vulgate translation RAPIO, “to seize or be carried away
in one’s spirit.” Greek: HARPAZO — to be “caught up.”
Someday,
a day that only God knows, Jesus Christ is coming to take away all those
who believe in Him. He is coming to meet all true believers in the air.
Without benefit of science, space suits, or interplanetary rockets, there
will be those who will be transported into a glorious place more beautiful,
more awesome, than we can possibly comprehend. Earth and all its thrills,
excitement, and pleasures will be nothing in contrast to this great event.
Hal Lindsey
The Late
Great Planet Earth, p. 126.
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For
this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive,
and remain until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those
who have fallen asleep. |
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For
the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead
in Christ shall rise first. |
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Then
we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always
be with the Lord. |
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Therefore
comfort one another with these words. |
—1Thessalonians 4:15-18 |
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