THE RAPTURE

Week 5: The Coming Kingdom

Pandemic, protests, panic…is this the end?

Application Key Words: REPENT

Big Idea: Repent from the “weight” of sin so when the Rapture happens you will take flight by the grace of God. Don’t let anything of this world weigh you down. Break addictions! Be set free of hurts, hang-ups, and habits.

“And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other…40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left” (Matthew 24:31, 40, 41 ESV cf. 1 Thessalonians 4:17).

How do the Jews say “Happy New Year?” SHANA TOVA

RAPTURE: a feeling of ecstasy or passion; an experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; a mystical experience of the Divine.

“16 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. 17 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” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 ESV).

“And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other…40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.” (Matthew 24:31, 40, 41 ESV)

LIGET: “a love so irresistible one is compelled to take action”

“The man who is seriously convinced that he deserves to go to hell is not likely to go there, while the man who believes that he is worthy of heaven will certainly never enter that blessed place.” A. W. Tozer

Questions for Reflection & Discussion

• 1. By faith try and pinpoint what the Lord said to you in today’s message.
• 2. What is the Rapture and how do Jesus and Paul describe it?
• 3. What special Jewish holiday are we celebrating this weekend?
• 4. How are Rosh Hashanah and the Rapture similar?
• 5. What does LIGET mean? And what does it have to do with the Rapture?
• 6. How do we get people ready for the Rapture?
• 7. Are you ready?
• 8. By faith what did the Spirit say to you through Pastor Lori and how will you obey God?