Scripture Message
The Presence of Christ in 1 Thess.4.13-18
(Dean Hough, James Coram) Introduction to the theme of our expectation. The question of the rapture as to when and where I occurs and who it involves. Whether Paul is bringing a new revelation of a different matter or speaking of the same event as in Matt.24. How the rapture is distinct from the day of the Lord and occurs before the presence of Christ in Israel. Reply to the claim that the coming of Christ for His saints will not occur until after a great falling away. How the trumpet of God in 1 Thess.4:17 differs from the seventh trumpet in Rev.11:15. A verse by verse exposition of 1 Thess.1:6-10, especially noting our Rescuer out of the coming indignation. Introduction to the popular views of hell.