Summary: A Comparison of the classic rapture passage with other rapture passages of the New Testament

I THESSALONIANS 4:13-18

SECOND COMING SIMILARITIES AND PARALLELS

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

1. Sorrow not (v.13)

2. Believe (v.14)

3. Jesus/God (v.14)

4. We say unto you (v.15)

5. Coming of the Lord (v.15)

6. Caught up together (v.17)

7. Meet the Lord (v.17)

8. Ever be with the Lord (v.17)

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

1. Coming of the Lord (v.15)

2. The Archangel (v.16)

3. The Trump of God (v.16)

4. In the Clouds (v.17)

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

1. Coming of the Lord (v.15)

2. The Archangel (v.16)

3. In the Clouds (v.17)

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

1. Coming of the Lord (v.15)

2. In the Clouds (v.17)

3. Caught up Together (v.17)

John 14:1-3

1. Not troubled (v.1)

2. Believe (v.1)

3. God/Me (v.1)

4. Would have told you (v.2)

5. I will come again (v.3)

6. Receive you (v.3)

7. Unto Myself (v.3)

8. There ye may be (v.3)

Matthew 24:27-31

1. The Coming of the Son of man (v.27)

2. His Angels (v.31)

3. Trumpet (v.31)

4. The Clouds (v.30)

Mark 13:24-27

1. The Son of man Coming (v.26)

2. His Angels (v.27)

3. In the Clouds (v.26)

Luke 21:25-28

1. The Son of Man Coming (v.27)

2. In a Cloud (v.27)

3. Your Redemption (v.28)