The Raptor

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

`Because thou didst keep the word of my endurance, I also will keep thee from the hour of the trial that is about to come upon all the world, to try those dwelling upon the earth.

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we--we shall be changed:

for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, — read the full passage →

waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers who are in the heaven, not even the Son--except the Father.

`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more, — read the full passage →

`And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ-- — read the full passage →

and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers of the heavens--except my Father only;

`I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left; — read the full passage →

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, — read the full passage →

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory; — read the full passage →

And these things having said--they beholding--he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from their sight; — read the full passage →

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.

`And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book.

`And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book. — read the full passage →

so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him--to salvation!

`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, — read the full passage →

and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed; — read the full passage →

`And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers who are in the heaven, not even the Son--except the Father. — read the full passage →

and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead--Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.

`I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,

and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years, — read the full passage →

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because--if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed--the son of the destruction,

and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

`Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies. — read the full passage →

And they answering say to him, `Where, sir?' and he said to them, `Where the body <FI>is<Fi> , there will the eagles be gathered together.'

two women shall be grinding at the same place together, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left; — read the full passage →

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

And he hath strengthened a covenant with many--one week, and <FI>in<Fi> the midst of the week he causeth sacrifice and present to cease, and by the wing of abominations he is making desolate, even till the consummation, and that which is determined is poured on the desolate one.'

I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.

And I saw the heaven having been opened, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness doth he judge and war, — read the full passage →

And lo, I come quickly, and my reward <FI>is<Fi> with me, to render to each as his work shall be;

And he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe <FI>to him<Fi> through whom they come; — read the full passage →

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail <FI>doth<Fi> her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

who also said, `Men, Galileans, why do ye stand gazing into the heaven? this Jesus who was received up from you into the heaven, shall so come in what manner ye saw him going on to the heaven.'

and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope, — read the full passage →

when the Christ--our life--may be manifested, then also we with him shall be manifested in glory.

for what <FI>is<Fi> our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?

for this to you we say in the word of the Lord, that we who are living--who do remain over to the presence of the Lord--may not precede those asleep,

much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath;

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

`For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because--if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed--the son of the destruction, — read the full passage →

And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him, — read the full passage →

and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars, — read the full passage →

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent;

And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam--Enoch--saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads,

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;

Woe! for great <FI>is<Fi> that day, without any like it, Yea, a time of adversity it <FI>is<Fi> to Jacob, Yet out of it he is saved.

Jesus saith to him, `Thou hast said; nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds, of the heaven.'

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

And the armies in the heaven were following him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen--white and pure;

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

And the seventh messenger did sound, and there came great voices in the heaven, saying, `The kingdoms of the world did become <FI>those<Fi> of our Lord and of His Christ, and he shall reign to the ages of the ages!' — read the full passage →

because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

and as the days of Noah--so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man; — read the full passage →

And I hear the one clothed in linen, who <FI>is<Fi> upon the waters of the flood, and he doth lift up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sweareth by Him who is living to the age, that, `After a time, times, and a half, and at the completion of the scattering of the power of the holy people, finished are all these.'

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord--the Righteous Judge--shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!' — read the full passage →

For our citizenship is in the heavens, whence also a Saviour we await--the Lord Jesus Christ--

`But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, — read the full passage →

and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island--out of their places they were moved; — read the full passage →

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be. — read the full passage →

`And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book. — read the full passage →

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, — read the full passage →

`And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;

And the seventh messenger did sound, and there came great voices in the heaven, saying, `The kingdoms of the world did become <FI>those<Fi> of our Lord and of His Christ, and he shall reign to the ages of the ages!'

and Jesus said, `I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.'

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.