New Testament Prophecies on the Second Coming and Rapture: Zone of Truth or Delusion?

 
New Testament Prophecies on the Second Coming and Rapture: Zone of Truth or Delusion?

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Matt 10:23 [Jesus to the disciples] “...truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.”

Matt 16:28 [Jesus to the disciples] “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.” (Parallels at Mark 9:1 and Luke 9:27)

Matt 24:34 [Jesus to the disciples] “Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” (Parallels at Mark 13:30 and Luke 21:32)

Matt 26:64 [Jesus to Caiaphas the high priest and the Sanhedrin] “...you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (Parallels at Mark 14:62 and Luke 22:69)

1st Corin. 15:50-52 [Paul to the Corinthians] I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, 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. 


1st Thess. 4:15-17 [Paul to the Thessalonians] For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Rev 1:7 [John to the seven churches of Asia Minor] “Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him…”

(All quotes English Standard Version)


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