In 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Paul declared, “I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.”

He also wrote in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, “The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

Some Christians believe a mid-tribulation rapture theory, where Christ will call His church up after God’s wrath has begun pouring onto the earth. This would negate 1 Thessalonians 5:9, “For God has not destined us (Christians) for wrath.” The church can be persecuted, but not suffer wrath from God who saves His church. Since the church is the Bride of Christ, that would make God guilty of domestic violence. God’s wrath was satisfied at the cross.

If there is a post-trib rapture, then who would be entering the millennial reign to repopulate the earth, after the wicked are eliminated and the righteous evacuated to receive their spiritual bodies (Isaiah 11:6-8, 65:20). That’s a yo-yo.

Daniel 9:24 reveals a 490 year prophecy determined for Israel, not the church. With God’s focus on Israel exclusively during the last seven years, the church would already be removed.“

Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left (Mat 24:41).” No believer will be holding a job after receiving the mark of the beast.

A Jewish wedding lasted seven days. The church will be celebrating as the bride of Christ for a seven year wedding celebration in heaven.

1 Thess 4:18 “Comfort one another”
Pastor Huck