Do not read this paper if you desire to continue to hold to the belief of a rapture.

Can a “rapture” be found in Matthew 24 and Revelation 6.

Do not read this paper if you desire to continue to hold to the belief of a rapture.

Matthew 24: 29 – 31

29 “Immediately — AFTER —- the tribulation of those days — shall the sun be darkened,” —-

Christ is very precise and very clear when He states: “IMMEDIATELY “AFTER”- the tribulation” which can only mean when The Great Tribulation is over – will the 6^th Seal begin. The Heavenly Signs which are the 6^th Seal begin with the sun becoming darkened.

29 — continues —— “and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken”

The whole world will be in total darkness in the day the 6^th Seal opens.

The sun, moon and the stars are used as heavenly signs announcing God’s intervention into the affairs of man: these heavenly signs comprise the 6^th Seal – by which – God will stop the complete annihilation of all mankind by Satan.

It seems few ministers mention the 6^th Seal I would guess it does not fit in their doctrine.

Remember Christ’s statement in verse 22 that no flesh would be saved alive if the time of the Tribulation were not cut short? God is doing the shaking of the heavens and the earth, not man, not Satan.

Does the description of the 6^th Seal given by Christ in Matthew 24 match with what Christ reveals to John in Revelation 6 ?

Matthew 24

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days

shall the sun be darkened,

and the moon shall not give her light,

and the stars shall fall from heaven,

and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Revelation 6

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal,  —-

and, lo, there was a great earthquake;

and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair,

and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;

and every mountain and island were moved out of their places

Let’s put the two side by side;

24: 29 – Shall the sun be darkened.

6: 12 – the sun became as sackcloth of hair

24: 29 – the moon shall not give her light

6: 12 – the moon became as blood;

24: 29 – The stars shall fall from heaven.

6: 13 – And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth,

24: 29 – the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

6: 14 – The heaven departed as a scroll

Almost exact words:

And in Joel 2: 30, 31 God through Joel confirms that the 6^th Seal comes just before the 7^th Seal which is the Day of the Lord.

Joel 2: 30, 31

30 “And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.”

31 “The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood –“before” – the great and the terrible — Day of the Lord — come.”

*And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth

*The sun shall be turned into darkness

*the moon into blood

The sun into darkness and the moon unto blood which is the 6^th Seal and the 6^th Seal comes before the 7^th Seal which Joel states IS – The Day of the Lord.

I will assume it is logical to believe the 7^th Seal will follow the 6^th and according to Joel the Day of the LORD follows the 6^th Seal.

The 7 Seal brings the 7 Trumpet plagues which are the Wrath of God poured out upon gentiles and the 7^th Seal IS the Day of the LORD.

In prophecy a year is as a day thus the Day of the Lord is one year.

It is CONFIRMED twice by Jesus Christ and once by Joel the prophet, after the Great tribulation which is the 5^th Seal comes the 6^th Seal which is the Heavenly signs. I hope you agree 5 comes before 6.

The 7^th Seal is the Day of the LORD and of The Wrath of God on the Beast Power and all the gentile nations.

God gets the gentile powers attention by shaking the heavens which is the purpose of the 6^th Seal. Heavens is plural and must then include the planets and stars above as well as the mantel of air above earth.

By the time the 6^th Seal is completed the heavens ‘shall have been shaken’ and everyone on earth will have experienced the Heavenly Signs and will be in great fear and attempting to hide.

When the 6^th Seal has ended the last Seal begins which is the Seventh ( 7 ) Seal and that 7th Seal brings the return of Jesus Christ King of kings and LORD of lords — at the Last Trump.

At the end of the DAY of the LORD –“At the Last Day”/ ”In that day”- Jesus Christ of Nazareth returns to earth. Do a search of “in that day”, it is used countless times.

Mathew 24: 30

30 “And then shall appear the SIGN of the Son of man in heaven:” ——–

Christ in Matthew 24 after explaining the 6^th Seal comes as the Great Tribulation ( 5th Seal) ends, moves next to the sign of His return in verse 30.

Leaving aside for the moment the 7 Trumpets of the 7^th Seal which are the 7 measures of the Wrath of God, Christ moves directly to the end of the 7^th Seal which is the last Trump i.e. The 7^th and last Trump of the 7^th Seal and to the Sign of His coming.

In scriptures yet to be quoted the Last Trump which holds the Seven Last Plagues is shown to be the time of Christ’s return as King of kings. When the 7^th and last plague is poured out heaven opens and a great voice proclaims; “IT IS DONE”.

When the Wrath of God and the Day of the LORD has been completed –Christ returns.

Many imagine the Sign of the Son of Man that will appear in heaven to be a cross. When the ‘Sign’ appears it will first appear over Jerusalem and continue west until it rest again over Jerusalem and that Sign will be – GREAT LIGHT — brighter then our sun.

The SIGN of Christ’s return is Great Light — the LIGHT OF TRUTH finally is returned to earth by Jesus Christ and not a pagan cross.

30 continues–— “And then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with Power and Great Glory.”

By this scripture one can say with assurance the Return will not be in secret as some of the rapture folks have thought – in fact the entire earth will witness this event in great fear.

Why else would the tribes mourn, they will see Christ coming in great power and Glory never before seen by man?

Christ is COMING – to the Earth as KING of kings and LORD of lords.

You must admit if Christ turned around and went back to heaven the earth would no longer mourn, the gentiles would be overjoyed and celebrate and return to end life on earth. Did Christ not state if the heavens and earth were not shaken all live on earth would end.

This is not a rapture, Christ in Matthew 24 has just taken us through the 5^th, 6^th and 7^th Seals and to the very day of His Return as King of kings in all power to rule earth and not even one hint of going back to heaven.

The whole earth sees and realizes what is taking place, never has any man much less the entire earth witnessed the Awesome Power and Glory of Almighty God which the Father will forcefully demonstrate unmistakably around the entire earth at the return of His Son Jesus Christ.

And Christ comes in the Clouds “On the Last Day” and exactly as He left after His Resurrection — in the clouds of the sky – He comes over a complete day that all will witness. Read Zechariah 14: 5 – 9, Christ returns is a globe circling event witnesses by every one on earth. “In that Day” there will be no night.

Verses 30 and 31 totally destroy the satanic doctrine of a rapture.

31 “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, —- “

Christ sends His angels with the great sound of a Trumpet.

Here the whole concept of the rapture vanishes; the 5th, 6^th, and now the 7^th Seal are now complete; Jesus Christ returns at the sounding of that Last Trump and at the end of the last of 7 trumpets Christ comes with indescribable Power and Great Glory.

31 continues “— And they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

As shown by the words of Jesus Christ above — WHEN– the 5^th and 6^th Seals are completed — and WHEN the last of the 7 trumpets of the 7^th Seal is sounded — THEN Christ returns in the clouds —

THEN and ONLY THEN — Christ sends His Angels to gather His Elect from the 4 winds – from one end of heaven to the other.

The Saints are gathered in the sky i.e. heaven as they rise to meet Jesus Christ – in the clouds which are in the sky. They are not gathered from the 4 corners of the earth – but from the first heaven.

And what is His signal to the Angels that they are to go and gather– –

A great sound of a trumpet i.e. the Last Trump.

WHEN Christ comes in the clouds - –WHEN all the Seals are complete —

THEN — the angels gather the Elect, so says Jesus Christ our King of kings.

WHEN –All — 7 of the Seven SEALS have been completed – THEN and ONLY THEN — do- the angels gather the Elect.

Please do your best and show us where a rapture can be found in Matthew 24.

This is a very short paper and will be followed in a few days by a compete review of all the scripture used by the rapture folks.