The Timing of the Rapture is Revealed by Comparing Scripture!

 

Have you ever compared the end time discourses by Jesus in the three Gospels; Matthew, Mark, and Luke and then compared them with the events listed in Revelation. If you do, it will yield an interesting result. Take a look… 

 

	Matthew 24	Mark 13	Luke 21	Revelation 6,7
Deception	5.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.	6.  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.	8.  And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived	2.  And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
War	6.  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:	7.  And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars	9.  But when ye shall hear of wars and commo-tions	4.  And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth
Famine, Pestilence, Earthquakes	7. and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.	8. there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles	11. And great earth-quakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences	5. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.  6.  A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.   8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Sorrows	8.  All these are the beginning of sorrows.	8. these are the beginnings of sorrows
Persecution	9.  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:	9. for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten:		9.  And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
A of D	15.  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation	14.  But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation
Great Tribulation	21.  For then shall be great tribulation	19.  For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation	23. for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people
Signs in sun, moon, stars	29. Im-mediately 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	24. after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25.  And the stars of heaven shall fall	25.  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars	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
See the Lord	30.  And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven…and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds	26.  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds	27.  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud	16. Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rapture	31.  And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect	27.  And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds		7:9,14. lo, a great multitude, which no man could number…These are they which came out of great tribulation,

 

So, what do we see? 

In all 3 Gospels Jesus starts off talking about deception which undoubtedly emphasizes the fact that one of the underlying tenets of the end times will be deception. That is what the devil and his workers are all about—deception. And it is interesting to note that the first event of the end times is the Seal 1 rider on the white horse that conquers the world with no arrows—undoubtedly through deception. 

Then Jesus talks about wars and rumors of wars, which aligns with the Seal 2 red horse that removes peace from the earth. 

And then next Jesus speaks of famines, pestilences, and earthquakes. This aligns with the 3^rd and 4^th Seals—the black and gangrene horse that bring a scarcity of food and death. 

Thus, so far what Jesus tells us will happen in the end times aligns perfectly and in chronological order with the first 4 Seals of Revelation 6. Jesus further tells us that these are only the beginning of sorrows 

And what comes next in the end times timeline explained by Jesus? He says Persecution will come, which also aligns with the next event in Revelation—the Seal 5 persecution—the great tribulation. 

And then Jesus tells us when He is coming back at the rapture, He says. 

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 

30.  And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven…and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds 

31.  And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect. 

Are you getting this? After the tribulations of Seals 1 to 5 Jesus says the sun will be darkened, the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven. Seal 6 is the time when the sun is darkened, the moon does not give its light and the stars fall. 

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. 

Then Jesus tells us that He will appear in the clouds and the saints are gathered to Him at the rapture.

Thus, an examination of the end times chronology presented by Jesus in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and then comparing it to the events of Revelation 6, this clearly shows that the rapture follows the opening of Seal 6. 

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 21:36 

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