The Rapture Part 2: The Uniqueness of the Rapture

Part 2: The Uniqueness of the Rapture
Revelation 19: 11-21

 The points of the 2nd Coming Passage:

1. Jesus is coming for war. (11-13)
2. The church returns with Jesus. (14)
3. Jesus is coming to take over. (15-16)
4. An angel rings the dinner bell. (17-18)
5. The armies of the earth line up against Jesus. (19)
6. Jesus wins the battle. (20-21)

 The differences in the two events.

1. Jesus comes for the church at the Rapture and He returns with the church at the 2nd Coming.
2. Jesus stops in the clouds at the Rapture and lands on the ground at the 2nd Coming.
3. Jesus meets Christians in the air at the Rapture and non-Christians on the battlefield at the 2nd Coming. 
4. Jesus brings blessings at the Rapture and brings wrath at the 2nd Coming. 
5. Christians fly in the Rapture and ride in the 2nd Coming.
6. Christians are taken away in the Rapture and brought back at the 2nd Coming.
7. A Christian gets a new body in the rapture and new clothes at the 2nd Coming.
8. There is re-creation in the Rapture and destruction at the 2nd Coming.
9. The Rapture will occur in secret and the 2nd Coming is visible. 
10. The rapture could happen at any minute and the 2nd Coming is scheduled after the tribulation. 

The Rapture and the 2nd Coming are two different events.