1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, 5:1–11 • Matthew 24 • Revelation 6–7
🎙️ [SERIES INTRO]
Welcome to Deep Dive: KJV Bible Studies. I’m Pastor Joshua Tapp from True Words Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. This is Prophecy & Power—where we study end-times truths straight from the King James Bible. Today, we’re tearing down the confusion around the rapture and showing you exactly when it happens, why it matters, and what comes before. This one’s called: “The Rapture Is Real — And It’s Pre-Wrath.” Let’s dive in.
🧱 [OPENING THOUGHT]
The “any moment rapture” is a myth. Jesus Himself said He wouldn’t return until certain events happened first. That means we will go through tribulation, but we won’t go through wrath.
In this study, we prove from 1 Thessalonians, Matthew 24, and Revelation 6 that the rapture and second coming happen on the same day, and the wrath of God falls after the saints are removed.
📜 [READ 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13–18]
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
🔁 [CROSS REFERENCE: MATTHEW 24:29–31]
Matthew 24:29–31
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened…
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man…
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect…
Same trumpet. Same clouds. Same coming. It’s not a different event.
📍 [TRIBULATION COMES BEFORE THE RAPTURE]
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed…
The Antichrist appears before the rapture.
⚠️ [TRIBULATION IS NOT WRATH]
Matthew 24:21–22 For then shall be great tribulation… but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Tribulation is from the world.
Wrath is from God.
Revelation 6:12–13 …there was a great earthquake… the sun became black… the stars of heaven fell…
Revelation 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come…
That’s Seal 6. Wrath starts after the tribulation.
🕊️ [THE SAINTS ARE REMOVED BEFORE WRATH FALLS]
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld… a great multitude… stood before the throne…
Revelation 7:14 These are they which came out of great tribulation…
They came out, and then the wrath began.
📖 [CLEAR GOSPEL PRESENTATION – THE 7 KEY VERSES]
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree…
Acts 16:30–31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved…
John 6:47 He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish…
🎯 CALL TO ACTION
Stop fearing tribulation. Start trusting Christ.
Be ready for what’s coming, because the signs will happen before the sky splits open.
But take heart—you are not appointed to wrath.
🎬 FINAL OUTRO
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