📖 THE BLESSED HOPE – Part 3: THE PATTERN OF THE RAPTURE | 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout…”

In this message, Dr. Robert G. Potthoff of Mission 1611 and the King James Bible Institute preaches the powerful pattern of the rapture as revealed in 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18. God has not left His Church in confusion. The rapture is not a myth, symbol, or allegory—it is a divine event ordered and revealed by the Lord Himself.

Learn the heavenly order of our departure:

The Revelation of the Mystery

The Reassurance of Belief

The Return of the Lord

The Resurrection of the Dead in Christ

The Rapture of the Living

The Reunion in the Clouds

The Reassurance of Comfort

This message will fortify your heart, strengthen your faith, and remind you that the next sound you hear may be the shout, the voice, and the trumpet of the Lord Jesus Christ calling His Bride home.

📜 Scripture Reference:

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

🎯 Key Takeaway:

The pattern of the rapture is perfect. The promise is sure. The plan is in motion.

The next sound the Church will hear is the trumpet of God.

Be ready. Stay faithful. Look up.

🙏 Salvation Invitation:

If you have never trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, believe today that He died for your sins, was buried, and rose again according to the Scriptures. Trust His shed blood for the forgiveness of your sins.

Romans 10:9–17

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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