1. ENOCH:
(Gen 5:22-24)(Heb 11:5) The 7th from Adam. Enoch walked 300 years with God
after Mathusala was born. God took him because he had the testimony that he pleased
God, and please God, and it is by Faith that we are saved through Grace, lest any man
without Faith it is impossible to please God. Thus those who are raptured must
boast. Enoch did not see death.
2. ELIJAH:
(2Kings 2:11) Elijah and Elisha (the apprentice prophet) had to be separated by the fiery
chariot of God, because Elisha wanted a double portion, and God took Elijah up
happened, and went searching for Elijah for 3 days and nights. in a whirlwind. The
other Prophets, 50 of them did not believe what had
3. JESUS:
(Acts 1:9) Jesus was taken bodily and alive in front of a crowd to Heaven, the same
way as Enoch, but he also experienced a resurrection physically.
4. THE CHURCH: (Bride of Christ)
This is a pre-tribulation Rapture. This allows the Anti-Christ to manifest himself.
This is also the most controversial Rapture, and most misunderstood. Yet, it is the
5. THE GREAT MULTITUDE: (Rev 7:9)
most important, because it is the link between the Past and Future.
a) They are taken out of the “Great Tribulation”
b) They have no crown
c) They have no thrones
e) They do not sing a “new song”
d) Jesus does not meet them in the air
f) They sing the song of Moses and the Lamb
i) It is basically on Israeli description, with a few Gentiles in it. It occurs in the
g) They had known much suffering
h) They were accustomed to temple worship
Evangelists. (Rev 7:1-8) They accepted Jesus through the ministry of Angels.
middle of the Tribulation. These are the converts of the 144 000 Jewish
6. The 144000 Jewish Evangelists: (Rev 14:1-5)
1. 144000 Jewish Evangelists, all men and not married.
2. they are servants of God sent forth on assignment
3. they are the first ones to be born again at the beginning of the seven years.
4. It is clear that all Israel should be saved, through their ministry. (Rom 14)
Half way through the Tribulation the Anti-Christ breaks his Agreement with Israel and
turns on them militarily. God takes up all the converts to Heaven.
5. (Zach 8:23) Says that there are 10 times that many Gentile men only, not
counting woman and children.
God does not take up the 144 000 till 6 months later because there is still the remnant
of Israel that has to be saved. God hides he remnant away with the 144 000 and they
begin to worship the Lamb. They all gather together in Jerusalem. (Rev 14:1-5)
Jesus then escorts them into Heaven and they learn to sing the “New Song”.
NOTE: The 144 000 have the seal of God on their foreheads and are immune, nothing
can hurt or harm them.
7. THE 2 WITNESSES
(Rev 11:1-13) This is Moses and Elijah. It is not Enoch, because the word says that he
should not see death and these two are killed by fire and lay ahead for 3 days and 3
contends with Satan saying the Lord rebuke/thee. It is given unto man but once to
nights. Moses in (Jude 1:9) tells of his raising up. Michael the Arch Angel
die and thereafter the judgment. Moses and Elijah both were on the Mount of
Transfiguration with Jesus. Thus Moses went into the Promised land with Jesus and
not a bunch of wailing Jews.