IS MATTHEW 24 A RAPTURE PASSAGE?

Answer these questions after reading the verses...

To what event does Paul tie the Lord's coming and our gathering in 2 Thessalonians 2:1,2?

"Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to Him, that you may not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come."

(Answer: The day of the Lord.)


What does the prophet Joel say will happen to the sun and the moon prior to the day of the Lord? (Joel 2:31)

"The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes."

(Answer: The sun will go dark and the moon will turn red.)


What event does Jesus say happens after the sun is darkened and the moon does not give its light? (Matthew 24:29-31)

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken, and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one of the sky to the other."

(Answer: His coming and the gathering of the elect.)

So what do you think, is Matthew 24 a rapture passage? I think so.

Last question...What major event occurs prior to the the Lord's coming and gathering of the elect in Matthew 24?

(Answer: The great tribulation.)