1. Seen in Enoch, who was taken from the world before the flood judgement (Gen 5:24).

2. Seen in Lot, who was taken from Sodom before the fire judgement (Gen 19:22-24).

3. In closing this section on the rapture, consider the words of German theologian Erich Sauer:

"The present age is Easter time. It begins with the resurrection of the Redeemer (Matt 28), and ends with the resurrection of the redeemed (1 Thess 4; 1 Cor 15). Between lies the spiritual resurrection of those called into life (Rom 6:4-11; Col 3:1). So we live between two Easters, as those who have been raised between two resurrections, as burning and shining lights. And in the power of the First Easter we go to meet the Last Easter. The resurrection of the Head guarantees the resurrection of the members. The tree of life of the resurrection bears fully ripe fruit" (The Triumph of the Crucified, Eerdmans,1955 p.101).

4. There we have it, that wonderful coming event, the harpazo-allasso rapture! As has been previously noted, there are 774,747 words in the Bible. The greatest single word among these is the word Maranatha, used but once in Scripture (1 Cor 16:22). It literally means, "the Lord cometh." Keep this in your mind as you walk your path of life.