Trust And Obey

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The rapture, according to its advocates,
will be a very secret event.
[*This Particular Theory, Started Around 200 Years Ago*]

However,{1Thessalonians 4:15-17},
which gives the most famous description of Yahshuas'
second coming, suggests the very opposite.
It speaks of Yahshua our Savior descending "from Heaven,
with a loud command,with the voice of the archangel, and with
the trumpet call of Yahweh our Father".

This hardly suggests a secret rapture. On the contrary,
this may very well be the noisiest passage in the Bible.
And the references to a trumpet call in the parallel passages
of {Matthew 24:30,31} and {1Corinthians 15:52}
corroborate the public nature of the second advent.

No trace of a secret rapture can be found on any of these passages.

Furthermore,{Matthew 24:30,31}uses language that is very similar
to {1Thessalonians 4:15-17}, yet according to the rapture theory
{Matthew 24:30,31) refers to Yahshuas' actual second coming,
while Paul's statement in {1Thess.}, refers to the rapture.

In His discourse about signs of the second coming in {Matthew 24},
Yahshua spoke of the great tribulation that will immediately precede
His coming, and He promised that "'for the sake of the elect -
those days Will be shortened'".

Believers of the rapture theory argue that "the elect" in this passage
refers only to Jewish believers and not to members of the church,
because they believe the church will be taken out of the world
before the tribulation.

However - this view overlooks the fact that Yahshua
was addressing His apostles, who represent not only
National Israel, but the church at large.
This is confirmed by the fact that both Mark and Luke,
who wrote their Gospels for the Gentile church,
report the same discourse.

Yahshua never promised His church a pretribulation rapture
out of this world. Rather, He promised protection in the
midst of tribulation.
In His petition to His Father He said, "'My Prayer is not
that You take them out of the world, but that You protect
them from the evil one'".
If the church were absent from this earth during the hour of testing,
there would be no necessity of Divine Protection.

The second coming of Yahshua, will be anything but secret!
The following are some of the Bible's clearest declarations:

1) It will be very visible.
Every eye will see Him{Revelation 1:7}.

2) It will be very audible.
"Yahshua,Himself will come down from
Heaven,with a loud command,with the
voice of the archangel,and with the
trunphet call of Yahweh"{1 Thess.4:16}

3) It will be glorious.
"The nations of the earth, will see the
Son of Man, coming on the clouds of the sky,
with Power and Great Glory"
{Matthew 24:30}

4) It will have consequences.
"The Son of Man is going to come in His
Father's Glory, with His angels, and then
He will reward each person according to
what they have done"{Matthew 16:27}
"The dead in Christ will rise first.
After that, we who are still alive and
are left will be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet Yahshua
our Savior, in the air"{1 Thess.4:16,17}.

*In Light Of The Reasons Discussed Above -
The Popular Teaching Of A Secret Coming
Of Yahshua To Rapture The Church Before
The Final Tribulation, Is Devoid Of Any
Biblical Support*
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