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    The Bible must see the Rapture (Jn. 14:1-4; I Cor. 15:51-58; 1 Thes. 4:13-18) and the Second Coming (Zech. 14:1-21; Matt. 24:29-31; Mk. 13:24-27; Lk. 21:25-27; Rev. 19) as separate events, because when the verses are compared they describe two very different scenarios:

    Rapture — believers meet Christ in the air
    Second Coming — Christ returns to the Mount of Olives to meet the believers on earth
    Rapture — Mount of Olives is unchanged
    Second Coming — Mount of Olives is divided, forming a valley east of Jerusalem
    Rapture — living believers obtain glorified bodies
    Second Coming — living believers remain in same bodies
    Rapture — believers go to heaven
    Second Coming — glorified believers come from heaven, earthly believers stay on earth
    Rapture — world left unjudged and living in sin
    Second Coming — world is judged and righteousness is established
    Rapture — depicts deliverance of the Church from wrath
    Second Coming — depicts deliverance of believers who endured wrath
    Rapture — no signs precede it
    Second Coming — many signs precede it
    Rapture — revealed only in New Testament
    Second Coming — revealed in both Old and New Testaments
    Rapture — deals with only the saved
    Second Coming — deals with both the saved and unsaved
    Rapture — Satan remains free
    Second Coming — Satan is bound and thrown into the Abyss

    Since the Rapture and Second Coming clearly are different events that do not occur at the same time, this would rule out a Post-Tribulation Rapture scenario.

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