Revelation 1:7 says, "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."
Behold, he comes with the clouds. I personally don't believe this is making reference to the rapture. I believe Revelation 1:7 is speaking of the Second Coming of Christ, separate from the rapture which would have previously taken place.
Please allow me to share my reasoning. This is how I understand this. It says, "He (Jesus) comes with the clouds. The reference is found in Daniel 7:13.
In Acts Chapter 1, after Jesus ascended up after His resurrection, the disciples were looking up into heaven watching Him disappear in the clouds, and Acts 1:10-11 says, "and while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel. Which also said ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen Him go into heaven.
So, Jesus is going to come back the same way. He's going to come back in the clouds. We know that Jesus physically walked this earth some 2,000 plus years ago. We also know that when He ascended, He ascended up on a cloud. When He comes at His Second Coming, He will again come in the clouds and physically step down onto the earth. This will be seen, the same as His ascension was seen. At the rapture, we meet Him in the air. The rapture will happen so fast that it will be impossible for the eye to see.
The dead in Christ will rise from the grave, and we (believers) who are alive will also be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air. There is no mention of anyone meeting the Lord in the air at His Second Coming.
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Revelation 1:7 says, "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."
Behold, he comes with the clouds. I personally don't believe this is making reference to the rapture. I believe Revelation 1:7 is speaking of the Second Coming of Christ, separate from the rapture which would have previously taken place.
Please allow me to share my reasoning. This is how I understand this. It says, "He (Jesus) comes with the clouds. The reference is found in Daniel 7:13.
In Acts Chapter 1, after Jesus ascended up after His resurrection, the disciples were looking up into heaven watching Him disappear in the clouds, and Acts 1:10-11 says, "and while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel. Which also said ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen Him go into heaven.
So, Jesus is going to come back the same way. He's going to come back in the clouds. We know that Jesus physically walked this earth some 2,000 plus years ago. We also know that when He ascended, He ascended up on a cloud. When He comes at His Second Coming, He will again come in the clouds and physically step down onto the earth. This will be seen, the same as His ascension was seen. At the rapture, we meet Him in the air. The rapture will happen so fast that it will be impossible for the eye to see.
The dead in Christ will rise from the grave, and we (believers) who are alive will also be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air. There is no mention of anyone meeting the Lord in the air at His Second Coming.
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