The Rapture Of The Church / Of Those Who Truly Believe Into Jesus Christ - Various King James Version Scriptures

There are actually 2 Raptures of the Church, the unseen and sudden snatching away without warning (which is the Enochian Rapture), and the seen rapture (which is the Elijahn Rapture) 3 1/2 years into the 7 Year Tribulation Period (the time of truble, as the KJV calls it).  These two raptures are designated as the first of two watches for the believer in Luke 12:37-38.  Any of us who die prior to the first rapture, or who are living when the first rapture hits, are part of that first watch mentioned by Jesus.  Any who are born-again and who die after the first rapture, the sudden vanishing and unseen Enochian Rapture (so named after the event of Genesis 5:23-24) as well as those who are living as born-again converts when the seen Elijahn Rapture event occurs 3 1/2 years or 1290 days (cf. Daniel 12:11)  into the Tribulation period, these will all be part of the second watch.  And in like manner, those who believe or survive to see the LORD's return to the Mount of Olives 1335 days after the Elijahn Rapture (cf. Daniel 12:12, Zechariah 14:3-5), shall be part of the third watch, but while there shall be resurrection and transformation into incorruptible spirit beings like the angels who can materially manifest at will, at best there would be what we might term a type of teleportation of those resurrected after the Elijahn Rapture in Christ to thus go to Jerusalem to where the LORD is at that time.  So technically, there will be only two "snatchings away" to be hid in secret in Heaven, which the Raptures are to be defined as, and then as part of the third watch, a type of teleportation or Aliyah ascent up to Zion to the LORD at Jerusalem to come before Him and His Throne as those also  personally welcomed and beloved of the LORD.     

Below are jsut straight King James Version Scriptures which I designate as Rapture Scriptures.  There are more, and I have also discussed the concept previously in various lengths.  The primary previous larger postings readers might want to check out are:

http://brianroysinput.blogspot.com/2011/09/isagogic-musings-on-rapture-beginning.html

and 

http://brianroysinput.blogspot.com/2009/10/deliverance-
through-raptures-part-1.html 

http://brianroysinput.blogspot.com/2009/11/deliverance-through-raptures-part-2.html
http://brianroysinput.blogspot.com/2009/11/deliverance-through-raptures-part-3.html

1)   God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

      (Psalm 47:5)

2)   This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so  come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

       (Acts 1:11 b)

3)      ¹ The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

             ² Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

³ Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour            before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

⁴ He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

⁵ ’Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.’

⁶ And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

(Psalm 50:1-6)

4)    ¹⁶ 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:

¹⁷ 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.

        (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

5)    ¹³ The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice…

¹⁶ He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

¹⁹ He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

(Psalm 18:13,16,19)

6)    ²⁰ Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.

²¹ For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

(Isaiah 26:20-21) 

7)   ¹⁴ And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

¹⁵ The Lord of hosts shall defend them…

¹⁶ And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

(Zechariah 9:14-16)

8)    ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

³⁵ Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

³⁶ And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

³⁷ Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

³⁸ And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

(Luke 12:34-38)

9)    ¹⁴ And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

¹⁵ And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

¹⁶ And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

¹⁷ And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

¹⁸ And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

¹⁹ And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

(Revelation 14:14-19)

10)  ²³ And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

²⁴ And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

(Genesis 5:23-24)

11)    ⁷ And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

⁸ And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

¹¹ And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

(2 Kings 2:7-8,11)

12)    ³ And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
⁷ And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
⁸ And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
⁹ And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
¹¹ And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
¹² And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
     (Revelation 11:3, 7-9, 11-12)



13)     ⁵ Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
⁶ Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
⁷ Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
      (Psalm 144:5-7) 



14)    ⁷ But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
⁸ And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
⁹ The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
¹⁰ And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
     (Psalm 9:7-10)



15)    ¹The heavens declare the glory of God…
⁵  …as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
⁶ His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
    (Psalm 19:1, 5-6)



16)    ⁵ For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
     (Psalm 27:5)



17)     ⁶ For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
⁷ Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
     (Psalm 32:6-7)


17a)
 ⁹ After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
¹⁰ And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
¹¹ And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
¹² Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
¹³ And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
¹⁴ And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
¹⁵ Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
¹⁶ They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
¹⁷ For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
     (Revelation 7:9-17)


17b)  
1  And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
² For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
³ And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
⁴ And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
⁵ And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
⁸ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
⁹ And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
     (Revelation 19:1-7)



17c)
¹⁷ The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
      (Zephaniah 3:17)


17d)  
⁵ For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
      (Isaiah 62:5)





18)  ¹ Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
³ He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
     (Psalm 57:1,3)



19)    ³² Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
³³ To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
³⁴ Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
³⁵ O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
     (Psalm 68:32-35)



20)    ⁸ Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
⁹ When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
    (Psalm 76:8-9)



21)   ⁹ For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
    (Amos 9:9)



22)  ³ Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.
    (Zephaniah 2:3)




23)    ¹ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
³ They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
⁴ But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
⁶ And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
⁸ And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
¹¹ Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
¹² But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
¹³ Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
     (Matthew 25:1-13)




24)   ²⁰ …  The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
²¹ … behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
²² And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
²⁴ For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
²⁷ They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
²⁸ Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
²⁹ But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
³⁰ Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
⁸ … Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
     (Luke 17:20b, 21b-22, 24, 26-30; 18:8b)




25)   ³⁴ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
³⁵ For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
³⁶ Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
      (Luke 21:34-36)




26)    ⁵⁰ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
⁵¹ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
⁵⁴ So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
       (1 Corinthians 15:50-54)




27)   ¹ After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither…
² And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
    (Revelation 4:1,2)




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