CHART 90: THESSALONIANS: THE JESUS IS COMING AGAIN CHART 91: PREMILLENNIAL SCHEME OF WORLD EVENTS The classic New Testament passage on the rapture of the church is Thessalonians 4:13-18 The word rapture is not found in the Bible, but it very appropriately represents the phrase “caught up” of 4:17 (The Latin translation of the Greek word is rapiemur, hence our word rapture.) Read the paragraph, and observe what it teaches about (1) the comfort of rapture truth, (2) the basis of rapture truth, and (3) the events of the rapture CHART 92: INTERMEDIATE STATE OF MAN BETWEEN DEATH AND RESURRECTION Paul wrote about the rapture mainly to comfort Thessalonian Christians who had been recently bereaved by the death of loved ones (Read 4:13.) They did not have doubts that those would some day be resurrected But they were grieving because they thought their loved ones would miss experiencing the glorious events attending Christ’s return Their big questions were, When will we be resurrected, and How will it happen? Study Chart 92 concerning the intermediate state of people between death and their resurrection, as background for this rapture passage Read the various verses cited on the chart.7 In your survey of Thessalonians you observed that at or near the end of each chapter there is a reference to Christ’s return Read the passages again, and note why Paul refers to the event in each passage B PAUL’S MINISTRY (1:1—5:28) The enemies of Paul had driven him from the city of Thessalonica with the hope of aborting his evangelistic mission (see Acts 17:5-15) Apparently, the enemies pursued with other tactics as well, such as slanderous rumors about Paul’s personal life, motives, and methods in his evangelistic campaigns This would account for Paul’s devoting so ... SCHEME OF WORLD EVENTS The classic New Testament passage on the rapture of the church is Thessalonians 4:13-18 The word rapture is not found in the Bible, but it very appropriately represents the. .. up” of 4:17 (The Latin translation of the Greek word is rapiemur, hence our word rapture.) Read the paragraph, and observe what it teaches about (1) the comfort of rapture truth, (2) the basis of. .. passage Read the various verses cited on the chart.7 In your survey of Thessalonians you observed that at or near the end of each chapter there is a reference to Christ’s return Read the passages