124 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 4 - Book 11 - Anti-Christ Escaping Remnants Revelation

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 11 THE ANTI-CHRIST: DEPARTURE: ESCAPING REMNANTS Revelation 11-13 We have had so many requests to teach the Rapture of the Church. We have coined the word "Rapture." I Corinthians 15 deals with the resurrection. It is a Church Age doctrine. Paul taught the Thessalonians this event would probably take place in their lifetime. The word we use is "imminent." We do know according to Paul, the Rapture will happen before the Anti-christ is revealed. Verse 51: A lady asked the other night, "What will people think when they see our dead bodies and we're gone?" This body is going to suddenly change. That beautiful butterfly. I Corinthians 15:52 In verse 23 of this Chapter, Paul tells us that believers of the human race from Adam through the Tribulation are not going to be resurrected at the same moment. I Corinthians 15:23 "But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming." Here, Paul's writing is strictly for the Church Age believer. If we have time I'll show you how these resurrections are ordered throughout the Scripture. For now, let's deal with the Church Age believers: those of us who have come into the Body of Christ by believing the Gospel, which Christ Himself revealed to the Apostle Paul for us. If we believe that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the grave - only believing for our salvation - not working for it. Paul writes this old body must put on incorruption. I Corinthians 15:53,54 "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal (prone to die) must put on immortality (an eternal body that will never die - fit for eternity. That's what we get with our new body). In I Thessalonians Chapter 4, the Apostle Paul states this more clearly than in I Corinthians, using almost the same language: I Thessalonians 4:13 Paul is the first one to reveal it. What is Paul recognizing? Now Paul says, "The believer doesn't have to do that." We can lose a loved one and suffer loss and mourn. I Thessalonians 4:14 "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again (the Gospel), even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." "For if we..." Paul never makes that a requirement. If we believe. What has God said concerning the Gospel? That it is the power of God unto salvation. And here Paul puts it right into plain language. Now verse 1: I Corinthians 15:1,2 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel (watch it. It doesn't say a Gospel. This Gospel. And remember it's the Gospel). By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain." Let's break that verse down: "By which also ye are saved (many people don't like that word. You have heard people say, "The death of that rich uncle was his salvation." It saved him from financial ruin. Here is the Gospel that saves each of us in verses 3 and 4: I Corinthians 15:3,4 "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins... From the Ascended Glorified Lord. It's believing that Christ died, was buried and rose again (that's not just head knowledge). When every believer can come to the place that he genuinely, totally and completely can rest on the fact that when Christ died, he died; when Christ was buried, he was buried; and when He rose from the dead, he rose from the deadness of sin, and He has imparted eternal life to him. What was Israel's lot? Through the Red Sea event which was a picture of the burial and the death of Christ. Now verse 15: I Thessalonians 4:15 "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord (the ascended Christ revealed this to Paul), that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (or go ahead of) them which are asleep." Or have died. Why? I Thessalonians 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." All the way since the Body of Christ, saints have been dying and are buried. Remember the Apostle Paul tells us that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. And they are there in Christ's presence. When Christ leaves Heaven coming to get us believers, He will also bring our loved ones and all the Church Age saints who have died with Him. Their bodies will rise with us (who are alive when this event occurs) to meet in the air. They will at last, again, have a new body when their souls and bodies once again become united in the air. Remember at the Rapture, Christ comes for the Saints. Turn with me to the Old Testament, to the Book of Zechariah 14 verse 4. Paul says, "We will meet the Lord in the air." The Old Testament prophecy says: Zechariah 14:4 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible