Rapture is not written of in the Bible, anywhere.
Neither is trinity, but you can find scriptures testifying to the Triune God just as there are scriptures testifying that what makes up the kingdom of heaven is
hidden as there will be three harvests before the Son gives it up to the Father in the end: Christ the firstfruits, and they that are Christ's at His coming and then the end of that harvest that did not rebel with Satan when he is released from the pit after the milleniel reign.
Matthew 13:[SUP]
33 [/SUP]Another parable spake he unto them;
The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and
hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
1 Corinthians 15:But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the
firstfruits of them that slept....[SUP]
22 [/SUP]For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. [SUP]
23 [/SUP]But every man in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits; afterward
they that are Christ's at his coming. [SUP]
24 [/SUP]
Then cometh the end, when
he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. [SUP]
25 [/SUP]For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. [SUP]
26 [/SUP]The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
So there wqill be saints found abiding in Him to be taken as firstfruits.
James 1:18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that
we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
These particular firstfruits below were those redeemed from the earth that did not defile themselved with women, remaining as virgins. Note what follows after they had been redeemed from the earth: three angels setting the stage for the coming great tribulation and then those wayward saints left behind were to face what was coming.
Revelation 14:[SUP]
3 [/SUP]And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. [SUP]
4 [/SUP]These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. [SUP]
5 [/SUP]And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God...........[SUP]
6 [/SUP]And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, [SUP]
7 [/SUP]Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. [SUP]
8 [/SUP]And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. [SUP]
9 [/SUP]And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, [SUP]
10 [/SUP]The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
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11 [/SUP]And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. [SUP]
12 [/SUP]Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. [SUP]
13 [/SUP]And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Alot f believers are labouring in unbelief from which the Lord will make them finally rest from their labours as their works will follow them ... as into the dust as wood, stubble, and hay would wind up after being burned up for what they had built on that foundation.
Oh yeah. God the Father will chasten every child He receives ... even if it means by leaving them behind as the prodigal son having given up his first inheritance ( firstfruits ) for wild living where there will be weeping & gnashing of teeth over that loss, but after the great tribultion, God will wipe the tears from their eyes to get past that loss as they will know they are still sons and become as vessels unto dishonour in His House as they will testify to the saving power of God in salvation for any that believe in Jesus Christ, even in His name. So His glory as Saviour will be seen in both the vessels unto honour as well as the vessels unto dishonour in His House... and that only covers two harvests with the third yet to come still after the milleniel reign which will make up the whole of the kingdom of heaven.
May God cause the increase... for I know I cannot