There is a growing insistence in modern Christianity that the rapture of the Church can happen at any moment, with nothing needing to take place beforehand. It sounds comforting, it preaches well, and it has been repeated so often that many now accept it as unquestionable truth. The only problem? The apostle Paul flatly told you the exact opposite.
“That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (KJB)
On this episode of Rightly Dividing, the Bible shows you the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of God, and these two kingdoms while ruled by the same King, could not be more different. One is for the Jews and Israel, and the other is for born again Christians and the Church. So it is that the Day of Christ and the Day of the Lord, while having some overlapping similarities, could not be more different. The Day of Christ is to be waited for, looked for, hoped for, and Paul tells us that the mere discussing of it brings comfort to the believer. The Day of the Lord, on the other hand, we are warned about not looking for it, not desiring it, and to escape and avoid this dreadful situation at all costs. In fact, Amos goes so far as to pronoun a condition of woe to fall upon any soul foolish enough to venture into its waters. The word ‘woe’ is a solemn declaration of impending divine judgment, severe sorrow, or misery. If you find yourself there, run! The differences between the Day of Christ and the Day of the Lord are as far removed as the East is from the West. On tonight’s Bible Study, we run all the references on the Day of Christ and show you the connection to the Pretribulation Rapture of the body of Christ, the Church, at the Day of Christ.