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0:00hi everyone in these last few months we
0:02received many questions about the
0:05tribulation
0:06about the rapture the end of the age and
0:10the antichrist
0:11now with so much chaos going on in the
0:14world it is normal to start asking
0:16questions about these things and to
0:18start looking at it
0:19but do not do it out of fear do not let
0:22fear control you because we know 2
0:25timothy 1 verse 7 says for god gave us a
0:28spirit not a fear
0:30but of power and love and self-control
0:34now for many of you it might feel like
0:36everything in the world is just falling
0:39apart
0:40but in truth in reality it is just
0:42falling into place the closer we get to
0:44the end times many of the things that
0:47you see going on around the world is
0:49just the signs the birth pains of the
0:52end now i already made a video about the
0:55signs the birth pains of the end times
0:57that you can watch after this video now
0:59please listen to me you don't have to
1:02fear the future
1:04god has already won and he is in control
1:09god is all-knowing he is not limited by
1:12time like we are he knows exactly what
1:15is going to happen and he told us what
1:18will happen
1:19in the future isaiah 46 9 says i am god
1:24and there is none like me declaring the
1:26end from the beginning and from ancient
1:29times things not yet done
1:31saying my counsel shall stand and i will
1:35accomplish all my purpose
1:38now one of the things that god already
1:40declared to us about the future is the
1:43rapture
1:44it's in scripture and we know that it
1:46will take place and this is what i want
1:48to talk about today in this video and
1:50this is a video request i received a lot
1:52of questions on the rapture daniel what
1:55is the rapture when will it take place
1:58how will it happen and will it happen
2:00before or after the tribulation
2:04so in this video i'm going to answer
2:06these questions and more let's not waste
2:09any more time let's get to it
2:23now just very quick if it's the first
2:24time that you're on my channel my name
2:26is daniel and welcome to dlm christian
2:28lifestyle where we preach biblical truth
2:31in a balanced way
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2:38any of the future videos now what does
2:41the bible say about the rapture
2:44what is it exactly
2:46well the word rapture
2:49does not exist in the bible but it does
2:51talk about it let me explain the word
2:54rapture comes from the words caught up
2:56it comes from the greek word harpazo 1
2:59thessalonians 4 17 says then we who are
3:03alive who are left will be corrupt greek
3:07word harpazo together with them in the
3:10clouds to meet the lord in the air and
3:13so we will always be with the lord
3:17so the rapture basically means that we
3:20christians true believers will be caught
3:22up in the air to meet jesus in the
3:24clouds now please don't confuse this
3:27with the second coming of jesus this is
3:30the rapture before
3:32jesus comes to earth a second time if he
3:35comes the second time he won't meet us
3:38in the air he will stand on the mount of
3:40olives and bring judgment zechariah 14 3
3:45then the lord will go out and fight
3:47against those nations as when he fights
3:50on a day of battle
3:52on that day his feet shall stand on the
3:54mount of olives that lies before
3:57jerusalem on the east
3:59and the mount of olives shall be split
4:01in two from east to west by a very wide
4:05valley so that one half of the mount
4:07shall move northward and the other half
4:10southward
4:11so what exactly is the rapture what will
4:14happen at the rapture
4:16well let's take a look at scripture and
4:18let's see what the bible says about it 1
4:21corinthians 15 51
4:23behold i tell you a mystery this is not
4:26a secret it's a mystery we shall not all
4:29sleep but we shall all be changed in a
4:33moment in a twinkling of an eye this
4:35means instantly at the last trumpet for
4:39the trumpet will sound and the dead will
4:41be raised imperishable and we shall be
4:43changed
4:44for this perishable body must put on the
4:47imperishable and this mortal body must
4:50put on immortality it will happen in a
4:53twinkling of an eye that means instantly
4:56so if you are still alive
4:59when jesus comes to meet us in the
5:01clouds and this happens you won't die
5:03your physical body will just change
5:05instantly into an eternal body the
5:08rapture is not a long process it will
5:11happen instantly and suddenly christians
5:14everywhere
5:16gone
5:17a lot of people will know that it was
5:19god
5:20and some people strange
5:22theories will come they will say no it
5:24was aliens that abducted people but it
5:26will be jesus coming to get his children
5:30meeting us in the clouds 1 thessalonians
5:334 for this we declare to you by a word
5:36from the lord that we who are alive who
5:39are left until the coming of the lord
5:41will not precede those who have fallen
5:44asleep for the lord himself will descend
5:46from heaven with a cry of a command with
5:49the voice of an archangel and with the
5:52sound of the trumpet of god and the dead
5:54in christ will rise first then we who
5:58are alive who are left will be caught up
6:00together with them in the clouds to meet
6:03the lord in the air and so we will
6:06always be with the lord therefore
6:09encourage one another with these words
6:13wow just imagine it jesus himself coming
6:18meeting us in the clouds calling us to
6:20be where he is
6:22but
6:23now there's a question
6:25why does jesus
6:27come and get us the rapture before his
6:30second coming
6:31you see this is where it gets really
6:32interesting
6:34is because of the tribulation
6:37the tribulation is a time so awful
6:40nothing before it or after it can even
6:43compare jesus himself says in matthew 24
6:4721 for then there will be great
6:49tribulation
6:51such as has not been from the beginning
6:53of the world until now no and never will
6:58be
7:00now this will be a terrible terrible
7:02time for the nation of israel and for
7:04the whole world the tribulation
7:07but just before it happens jesus will
7:10come to get his children
7:11will call us with him harpazo meeting
7:14him in the air to be with him where he
7:17is
7:18why
7:19because he doesn't want us to go through
7:22the tribulation through all that pain
7:24now there are some disagreements about
7:26this between christians some say no
7:29the rapture will happen after the
7:31tribulation
7:32and some other people say no it will
7:34happen in the time of the tribulation
7:37now listen to me very carefully if there
7:39are some of you here who quarrel about
7:41these things who love to argue with one
7:43another please listen to me carefully
7:45first we should not give the devil any
7:48room here to come between us to quarrel
7:51over opinions romans 14 1 says as for
7:55the one who is weak in faith welcome him
7:58but not to quarrel over opinions
8:02now let's talk about this in love and
8:04let's take a look at what the bible says
8:06about it jesus went to prepare a place
8:10for us and at the time of the rapture he
8:12will come to get us to be where he is
8:16jesus said in john 14 1
8:18let not your hearts be troubled believe
8:21in god believe also in me in my father's
8:24house are many rooms if it were not so
8:28would i have told you that i go to
8:29prepare a place for you
8:31and if i go and prepare a place for you
8:34i will come again and i will take you to
8:36myself that where i am you may be also
8:41this is amazing
8:43jesus is preparing a place for us right
8:47now and when he is ready he will come
8:50and get us to be where he is this is the
8:53rapture
8:54then when he comes the second time
8:57to earth
8:58we will bring judgment on this sinful
9:01world but right now we still have time
9:03we have to share the gospel to the ends
9:06of the world why
9:08because we are the ambassadors for
9:11christ 2 corinthians 5 20 says therefore
9:15we are ambassadors for christ god making
9:18his appeal through us
9:21i want you to see the bigger picture
9:22here
9:24this world is not our home
9:26we are only passing through we are
9:28ambassadors for christ sharing the
9:30gospel we are ambassadors in another
9:32country in another world and there is a
9:34huge spiritual war going on behind the
9:37scenes
9:38and we are right in it and at the end
9:40god himself will come and he will bring
9:42his judgment on this sinful fallen world
9:46but before that happens he will bring
9:49his ambassadors home
9:51that is the rapture the day you became a
9:54christian you became a citizen
9:57of heaven
9:58that is your real home and at the
10:00rapture god is just bringing you home
10:03because he doesn't want you to go
10:05through the tribulation once
10:06thessalonians 4 17
10:08then we who are alive who are left will
10:12be caught up harpazo together with them
10:15in the clouds to meet the lord in the
10:17air and so we will always be with the
10:21lord and then just a few verses later in
10:23chapter 5 it says now concerning the
10:26times and the seasons brothers you have
10:29no need to have anything written to you
10:32for you yourselves are fully aware that
10:35the day of the lord will come like a
10:37thief in the night verse 4 but you
10:40are not in darkness brothers for that
10:44day to surprise you like a thief and now
10:48listen to verse 9 for god has not
10:51destined us for wrath but to obtain
10:54salvation through our lord jesus christ
10:57who died for us so that whether we are
10:59awake or asleep we might live with him
11:03god's wrath is not for you
11:06god's wrath is for the unbelievers those
11:09who willfully chose the darkness instead
11:12of the light the time of the tribulation
11:15is a time where god himself will pour
11:18his wrath
11:19on this sinful world on all
11:21unrighteousness you can read all about
11:24it in the book of revelation
11:26but scripture is clear that his wrath is
11:29not meant for his children let me read
11:32it again for god has not destined us for
11:35wrath but to obtain salvation through
11:38our lord jesus christ so i cannot agree
11:41with people who say that
11:43god will let us go through the
11:45tribulation or
11:47um that he will only come and get us
11:49after the tribulation
11:50i can't agree of that because that goes
11:52against god's word he says that we are
11:55not destined for wrath and it says it
11:57after he says that he will come and get
12:00us now listen to this revelation 3 verse
12:0210 because you have kept my word about
12:05patient endurance i will keep you from
12:08the hour of trial that is coming on the
12:12whole world to try those who dwell on
12:15the earth so here god promises that he
12:18will protect his children from the hour
12:21of trial that will come on the whole
12:23world
12:24this is the tribulation the greek word
12:27that's used here is ack which means out
12:29of now he's not just saying i will keep
12:32you from the trial he is saying i will
12:35keep you from the hour
12:37of the trial
12:38this means the whole time of the
12:40tribulation
12:42now think about this think about god's
12:44character
12:45it is not his character that he would
12:48want you to go through this wrath of his
12:51the tribulation
12:52because you are his child and he already
12:55justified you this is the same god that
12:57spared noah from the flood and lot from
13:01the destruction of sodom and gomorrah
13:04that is who god is do you really think
13:07that god who is love would want you to
13:10go through his wrath that is meant for
13:12unrighteousness he already declared you
13:15as righteous do you really think that he
13:18would want you to go through the wrath
13:21that is meant for this sinful dark evil
13:24world
13:26no
13:27listen to this 1 thessalonians 1 verse 9
13:30for they themselves report concerning us
13:32the kind of reception we had among you
13:35and how you turn to god from idols to
13:37serve the living and true god
13:40listen to this and to wait for his son
13:43from heaven whom he raised from the dead
13:46jesus who delivers us from the wrath to
13:50come
13:51here the bible clearly says to wait for
13:54jesus who will deliver us from from what
13:58from the wrath to come the tribulation
14:01now a lot of people don't understand the
14:03whole timeline uh what will exactly
14:04happen
14:06in the end times let me quickly explain
14:08it to you in a simple way first jesus
14:11comes down from heaven to take us with
14:13him at the rapture second jesus brings
14:16down his judgment on the earth the time
14:19of the tribulation
14:20third jesus is victorious and we rule
14:23over the world for one thousand years
14:26with him while the devil is sealed in
14:28the pit number four the devil will be
14:30released and he will have a final war
14:33against god number five god deals with
14:36the devil a final time he throws him in
14:39the lake of fire for all eternity to be
14:42tormented
14:43six
14:44the great final judgment will take place
14:48and lastly number seven we will live
14:51with god forever as his children in the
14:54new earth and the new heaven
14:57are you ready for all of this i sure am
15:00i can't wait to meet jesus
15:03and also to see my father my all my
15:06grandparents my my two brothers
15:09are you ready the rapture
15:11is just the start
15:13if you are a real child of god you won't
15:15be afraid
15:17you will actually
15:18look forward to it
15:20with a smile with a with a joy in your
15:23heart
15:24and if you are not a real child of god
15:27if you're uncertain that you are saved
15:31then please watch this video here and
15:33i'll see you there and always remember
15:35god loves you and i love you too bye
15:38take my life and let it be
15:44consecrated
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15:47lord to thee