A Quick Look at the Rapture and the Second Coming

By Tim LaHaye

What is the rapture? When is the second coming? Why is there so much talk about Bible prophecy, and what is it all about?

There’s no better place to go for clear, specific answers than to God’s Word, which is what Bible prophecy expert Tim LaHaye does in this Quick Look guide to the last days.

This book, based on decades of careful research, presents a concise picture of the end times. You’ll learn about the two most important events to take place in the future—the rapture and second coming—and along the way, discover answers to questions such as…

• Will Christ’s return be literal, or is it merely symbolic?
• What signs of the last days can we expect to see in the days ahead?
• How can you be ready for these events?
  

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Release date: Dec 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9780736958714

Tim LaHaye

Tim LaHaye es un autor bestseller en la lista del New York Times con más de setenta libros de no ficción, muchos de ellos acerca de profecías y el fin de los tiempos, y es el coautor de la serie Left Behind con ventas record. Se considera que LaHayes es uno de las autoridades más reconocidas de América acerca de las profecías bíblicas del fin de los tiempos. Visite www.TimLaHaye.com

Book preview

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CHAPTER 1

Jesus Promised to Come Again to Rapture His Church

One of the greatest promises in the Bible is the promise from Jesus to His disciples (and to us) that someday He will come again to take us to heaven with Him. Just hours prior to His unjust trial before the Roman governor Pilate and His crucifixion, Jesus said,

Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also (John 14:1-3).

That is my favorite passage of Scripture, for Jesus’ words were the words of God—words that will never pass away (see Matthew 5:18). At the time, Jesus was warning His disciples and followers that He would soon go to heaven, where His Father’s house is located. He also guaranteed He would come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. While this is not the first time He promised He would come in what we call the second coming of Christ (which is mentioned more than 300 times in the Bible), this is the first time He or anyone else referred to the rapture phase of His coming. As we will soon see, we have good reason to believe that the return of Christ is very close to taking place, and could even occur during our