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The Rapture

Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Genesis 5:24

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The Rapture: Definition

  • Rapture is a resurrection.
  • There are three types of resurrections.
  • Dead come alive and die again
  • Dead and living resurrect at the same time
  • Living go straight to heaven.

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The Rapture: A Resurrection

  • Enoch raptured: Genesis 5:24
  • Elijah raptured:2 Kings 2:11
  • Hebrews 11:5, By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death…he was taken up.

  • Enoch is very important to this story because he is a type of what will happen at the rapture of the church.

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Enoch raptured before the flood

  • Genesis 3:15: God lays down the pattern for all of history.
  • The seed of the woman includes all believers and Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment.
  • The seed of Satan are all unbelievers including Satan’s army. Antichrist!

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Enoch and the Nephilim

  • Enoch lived during the time that Satan tried to add to his army.
  • Genesis 6:1-4
  • Angels sinned:
  • Jude 6, 14-16 We come back with Jesus!
  • 2 Peter 2:4-5
  • Jesus makes the connection for us: Luke 17:26

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Elijah and the Rapture

  • Elijah came to bring Israel back to the Lord.
  • 1 Kings 17:17
  • 1 Kings 18:36-38
  • Malachi 4:5-6
  • Revelation 11:3-8

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The Church Raptured

  • 1 Thess.4:13-18
  • Dead in Christ rise first
  • Alive are “harpadzo” violently Snatched up!
  • When? before the seven year tribulation.
  • Why? Because of Israel