The Rapture | Oshkosh | October 26, 2025

This teaching on the Rapture presents the biblical hope that believers have in Christ’s return, emphasizing comfort, readiness, and eternal assurance. Drawing from passages across Scripture, it explains that Jesus’ death and resurrection guarantee eternal life for those who believe, and that when Christ returns, the dead in Christ will rise first and living believers will be “caught up” (harpazō) to meet Him, to be with the Lord forever. The message places the Rapture within God’s redemptive timeline—from the current Church Age, through the Tribulation, Christ’s visible return, the Millennium, final judgment, and the new heavens and new earth—highlighting both the suddenness of Christ’s coming and the certainty of hope beyond death. Ultimately, it calls believers to live prepared, encouraged, and persevering, while urging the church to proclaim the gospel so others may believe and share in the promise of eternal life.