Pre-tribulation

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The return of Christ "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout. . ." (1 Thess. 4:16). "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself" (John 14:3)

A resurrection of dead church saints "The dead in Christ shall rise first" (1 Thess. 4:16). "The dead will be raised imperishable" (1 Cor. 15:52).

A translation of living believers "Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up" (1 Thess. 4:17).

A glorious reunion "We. . . shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord" (1 Thess. 4:17). "I will come. . . that where I am, there you may be also" (John 14:3).

A giving of glorified bodies "We shall be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality" (1 Cor. 15:52-53). "We eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory" (Philippians 3:20-21).

Speed of Rapture "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye" (1 Cor. 15:52).

The sound of the trumpet before the seals are opened "After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."" (Rev. 4:1)