Revelation

Part 18

 

 

We have a promise that we shall escape the

Great Tribulation

 

"The Catching Away" or  "The Rapture"

 

 

 

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.  --  Rev 3:10 (KJV)

 

 

The appearing   (fanero,w)  of the Lord

 

 

 

And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear (fanero,w), we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming (parousi,a).  --  1 John 2:28 (KJV)

 

 

5319 fanero,w phaneroo {fan-er-o'-o}  -- appear,  manifest, show, be manifest, show  (one's) self,  to make manifest or visible or  known what has been hidden or  unknown, to manifest, whether by words,  or deeds, or in any other way, make  actual and visible, realised, to become  manifest, be made known, expose to view, make  manifest, to show one's self, appear, to become known, to be plainly  recognised, thoroughly understood  who and what one is

 

Two comings (e;rcomai)  of the Lord

 

 

 

 

2064 e;rcomai erchomai  {er'-khom-ahee}  --  to  come from one place to another,  to  appear, make one's appearance, come  before the public

 

 

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming  (e;rcomai) in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.  --  Mat 24:30 (KJV)

 

 

The Lord's 2nd Advent  (parousi,a)

 

 

 3952 parousi,a parousia  {par-oo-see'-ah}  -- coming, arrival, advent, the future visible return from  heaven of Jesus, to raise the dead, hold  the last judgment, and set up formally  and gloriously the kingdom of God 

 

Looking for and hasting unto the coming (parousi,a) of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?  --  2 Pet 3:12 (KJV)

 

 

 

The Catching away (a`rpa,zw)  of the saints

 

 

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming  (parousi,a) of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  --  1 Th 4:15 (KJV)

 

For 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:  --  1 Th 4:16 (KJV)

 

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (a`rpa,zw) (rapiere) together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  --  1 Th 4:17 (KJV)   

 

 

726 a`rpa,zw harpazo {har-pad'-zo}  --  catch up, catch away, carry off by force, to snatch out or away 

 

 

The Catching away of Enoch

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him ( xq;l').  --  Gen 5:24 (KJV)

 

 

3947 xq;l' laqach {law-kakh'}  -- receive, take away, fetch, take out,  carry away, fetch,  seize,  marry, take a wife, snatch,  to be taken out of

 

 

The Catching away of Elijah

 

 

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up (hl'[) by a whirlwind into heaven.  --  2 Ki 2:11 (KJV)

 

 

5927 hl'[' `alah {aw-law'}  -- ascend,  arose, to go up, to  be taken up, be brought up, be taken  away,   to bring up, take  away, to cause to ascend,  to be  carried away,  to be taken  up into

 

 

 

 

The GLORIOUS appearing (evpifa,neia) of the Lord

 

 

That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing (evpifa,neia) of our Lord Jesus Christ:  --  1 Tim 6:14 (KJV)

 

2015 evpifa,neia epiphaneia  {ep-if-an'-i-ah}  -- brightness,  an appearing, appearance, Often used of the glorious  manifestation of the gods, and esp. of  their advent to help; in the NT the advent  of Christ, -- not only that which has  already taken place and by which his  presence and power appear in the saving  light he has shed upon mankind, but  also that illustrious return from heaven to  earth to occur in the future. 

 

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing (evpifa,neia) of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;  --  Titus 2:13 (KJV)

 

 

And then shall that Wicked be revealed (avpokalu,ptw), whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness (evpifa,neia) of his coming  (parousi,a) :  --  2 Th 2:8 (KJV)

 

Even him, whose coming (parousi,a) is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,  --  2 Th 2:9 (KJV)

 

 

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing (evpifa,neia)  and his kingdom;  --  2 Tim 4:1 (KJV)

 

 

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing (evpifa,neia) .  --  2 Tim 4:8 (KJV)

 

 

The GLORIOUS revelation (avpokalu,ptw) of the Lord

 

For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.  --  Luke 17:24 (KJV)

 

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.  --  Luke 17:30 (KJV)

 

 

601 avpokalu,ptw apokalupto  {ap-ok-al-oop'-to}  -- reveal,  to uncover, lay open what has been  veiled or covered up,  disclose, make  bare,  to make known, make manifest,  disclose what before was unknown

 

602 avpoka,luyij apokalupsis  {ap-ok-al'-oop-sis}  --  revelation, be revealed,  manifestation,  coming, appearing; manifestation,  appearance 

 

 

The Revelation (avpoka,luyij) of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:  --  Rev 1:1 (KJV)

 

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed (avpoka,luyij), ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.  --  1 Pet 4:13 (KJV)

 

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation (avpoka,luyij) of Jesus Christ;  --  1 Pet 1:13 (KJV)

 

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing (avpoka,luyij) of Jesus Christ:  --  1 Pet 1:7 (KJV)

 

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed (avpoka,luyij) from heaven with his mighty angels,  --  2 Th 1:7 (KJV)

 

 

Totally new concept.  ! ! !

 

We defined briefly what the GOSPEL or

good news means !

 

 

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;  --  Luke 1:71 (KJV)

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;  --  Luke 1:72 (KJV)

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,  --  Luke 1:73 (KJV)

That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,  --  Luke 1:74 (KJV)

 

SALVATION means that we have been set free from being held captive as a prisoner!

 

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:  --  Col 1:12 (KJV)

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:  --  Col 1:13 (KJV)

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:  --  Col 1:14 (KJV)

 

 

We are saved by grace through faith !

 

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  --  Eph 2:8 (KJV)

 

 

We are also saved by hope !

 

 

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?  --  Rom 8:24 (KJV)

 

 

 

Our faith gives substance to the hope (or promise)

 

 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  --  Heb 11:1 (KJV)

 

 

 

 

REMEMBER we said that the WHOLE creation was made or became subject to vanity

For the creature (kti,sij) was made subject to vanity (mataio,thj), not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,  --  Rom 8:20 (KJV)

 

 

3153 mataio,thj mataiotes  {mat-ah-yot'-ace}  -- vanity; empty, void, aimless, nonsense, nothingness, emptiness; purposelessness, worthlessness, futility, pertaining to being useless on the basis of being futile and lacking in content - ‘useless, futile, empty, futility; .

 

 

 

mataio,thj  contrasted with   keno,w

 

For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void (keno,w), and the promise made of none effect (katarge,w):  --  Rom 4:14 (KJV)

 

 

2758 keno,w kenoo {ken-o'-o}  -- make void, make of none effect, to empty, make empty, deprive of force,  render vain, useless, of no effect, to  make void, cause a thing to be seen  to be empty, hollow, false 

 

2673 katarge,w katargeo {kat-arg-eh'-o}  -- destroy, do away, abolish,  cease,

to render idle, inactivate, inoperative,  to cause a  person or thing to have no further  efficiency, to deprive of force,  influence, power, to cause to cease,  put an end to, do away with, annul,  abolish,  to cease, to pass away, be  done away, to be severed from,  separated from, discharged from, loosed  from any one, to terminate all  intercourse with one 

 

 

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect (keno,w).  --  1 Cor 1:17 (KJV)

 

 

 

The Dangerous Warning of Paul

Is it possible to be moved away from the hope (or promise) ?

 

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,  --  Col 1:3 (KJV)

 

Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,  --  Col 1:4 (KJV)

 

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;  --  Col 1:5 (KJV)

 

 

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;  --  Col 1:9 (KJV)

 

 

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet (i`kano,w) to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:  --  Col 1:12 (KJV)

 

2427 i`kano,w hikanoo {hik-an-o'-o}  -- make able, to make sufficient, to  equip one with adequate power to  perform duties of one. 

 

 

 

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:  --  Col 1:13 (KJV)

 

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:  --  Col 1:14 (KJV)

 

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.  --  Col 1:20 (KJV)

 

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled  --  Col 1:21 (KJV)

 

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:  --  Col 1:22 (KJV)

 

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;  --  Col 1:23 (KJV)

 

 

Is the current RAPTURE theory dangerous ?

 

 

mataio,thj  is like having a FALSE SUBSTANCE  which yields no results

 

 keno,w   is like having God's promise, without having faith in that promise

 

mataio,thj  is like having faith in something that God never promised

 

 

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.  --  Rev 3:11 (KJV)

 

Back to the Promises made to the churches

 

 

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God (éä—GàÁ), and the name of the city of my God (éä—GàÁ), which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.  --  Rev 3:12 (KJV)

 

          1.  The Name of God

          2.  The Name of the City of God

          3.  My Own NEW Name

 

 

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.  --  Dan 9:19 (KJV)

 

 

 

The Heavenly City of Gold

 

 

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: Rev 3:12 (KJV)

 

 

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.  --  Heb 11:8 (KJV)

 

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:  --  Heb 11:9 (KJV)

 

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.  --  Heb 11:10 (KJV)

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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.  --  Heb 11:13 (KJV)

 

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.  --  Heb 11:14 (KJV)

 

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.  --  Heb 11:15 (KJV)

 

But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.  --  Heb 11:16 (KJV)

 

 

 

The Mighty, Unspeakable, Secret Name of God

 

and I will write upon him the name of my God (éä—GàÁ), Rev 3:12 (KJV)

 

3068 hw"hoy> Y@hovah {yeh-ho-vaw'}  •  from 01961;  - LORD, GOD, JEHOVAH = "the existing One".  the  proper name of the one true God

 

 

 

And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.  --  Joel 2:30 (KJV)

 

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD (hw"hoy>)> come.  --  Joel 2:31 (KJV)

 

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD (hw"hoy>)> shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD  (hw"hoy>)> hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.  --  Joel 2:32 (KJV)