Did The Rapture Just Happen?
If large numbers of people around the world have suddenly disappeared without trace, and many of them were known to have personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, then the biblical event known as ‘The Rapture’ has just happened.
Christians have anticipated The Rapture throughout the past 2,000 years of the Christian Age. At the Last Supper, Jesus promised His disciples that He would return for His bride and bring her to His Father’s house:
John 14:2–3 “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”
What happens next?
So, what happens next? This disappearance, or Christ’s gathering of His bride, is known as The Rapture. It precedes a seven-year period known as ‘The Tribulation’, which begins with the signing of a covenant between Israel and a prominent world leader, the Antichrist. As part of this covenant, Israel will likely be allowed to rebuild the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The first half of ‘The Tribulation’ is relatively peaceful, but midway through the seven years the Antichrist changes course, and God sends severe judgements upon the world. At the end of that period, Jesus Christ returns to earth as Divine Judge and King, taking rulership of the world with believing Israel as the leading nation. This appearing of Jesus as Divine Judge and King is known as the second coming of Christ. After this, the world enters a 1,000-year period biblically called ‘the millennium’, with Jesus ruling the whole earth and believing Israel as the leading nation.
Revelation 20:7 “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison.”
In addition to the two books below, this website offers up-to-date ‘watch’ events, teaching papers and audio studies addressing many of the questions people ask about what the Bible teaches on this matter.
Daniel 12:4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Daniel 12:9–10 And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.”