RRB Cross References to Rapture verses

#1) Deut 21:1-9 The God-ordained way to trigger the Rapture

Deut 21:1-4 If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: 3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:

Deut 21:5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:a

1. Deut 19:16-18 [ e) 1 Kings 21:10-13; Matt 26:60 ]

Deut 21:6-9 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. 

#2) 2 KINGS 2:1-11 A picture of the post-Tribulation rapture (Rev. 11:11-12)

2 Kings 2:1 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 

2 KINGS 2:2 And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.a

1. Vs. 4 - the route of Joshua (Josh 5:10 cf. 7:2)

2 Kings 2:3-11 And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he said, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.” 

4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. 5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.” 

6 Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. 7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. 8 Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground. 

9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.” 10 And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.” 11 And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

#3) ISAIAH 26:19-21 The post-Tribulation rapture

 Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, Together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: For thy dew is as the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. 

Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee: Hide thyself as it were for a little moment, Until the indignation be overpast.m 

m) Psa 50:4-5

Isaiah 26:21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: The earth also shall disclose her blood, And shall no more cover her slain.

n) Second Advent (Rev 6:15-17, 14:14-20, 19:11-21)

#4) MATTHEW 24:32-44 World conditions at the Rapture and the Advent

Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;p When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

p) Amos 8:2; Jer 24:5, 7-8

Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Matthew 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generationq shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

q) Matt 23:36, 12:45; Acts 2:40

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven,r but my Father only.

r) The newer versions have added “nor the Son,” which is an interpolation from Mark 13:32

Matthew 24:37-38 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came,s and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

s) See RRB Appendix 12: The Flood (Details regarding 1) The Evidence; 2) The Ark Itself; 3) The Cargo; 4) The Population; and 5) The Water.

Matthew 24:40-44 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

#5) JOHN 12:23-33 A picture of the Rapture and a prophecy of an unlimited atonement

John 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.d

d) Vs. 27, John 13:1, 16:32

John 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheate fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

e) Mark 4:28; also cf note on Ruth 2:14 (“reached” meaning to “give over” or “hand over”)

John 12:25-28 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

John 12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered:f others said, An angel spake to him.

f) A picture of the Rapture (cf. Job 37:1-5; Acts 22:9

John 12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.g

g) See note on Ezekiel 28:16

John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.h

h) John 6:44

John 12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.

#6) ROMANS 8:18-31 The completion of New Testament salvation at the Rapture

Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.i

i) 2 Corinthians 4:17

Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:20 For the creaturej was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

j) See note on 2 Cor 5:17

Romans 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.k

k) The Millennium (Psa 72:1-9; Isa 11:1-9; see also App. 110 (The Restored Kingdom))

Romans 8:22-23 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.l

l) Vs. 11; 1 John 3:1-3; Phil 3:21; 1 Pet 1:9

Romans 8:24 For we are saved by hope:m but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

m) The “hope” is the anticipation of the salvation of the body (vs. 23), not the soul.

Romans 8:25-31 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

#7) 1 CORINTHIANS 15:50-58 The exact nature of the coming Rapture of believers

1 Corintians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;n neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

See notes on Rom 14:17; 1 Cor 6:10; Mark 1:15; Luke 17:20

1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.o

o) The order of the resurrection is the same as that given in 1 Thess 4:16-17; John 11:25-26 - the dead first (“corruptible”) and then the living (“mortal”).

1 Corinthians 15:54-58 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.p

p) Memorize

#8) 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23-28 Benediction and close (notice the last doctrinal statement in the epistle deals with the Rapture and the Judgment Seat of Christ)

1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soulg and bodyh be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

g) See note on Gen 19:20 - “Again, notice how the word “soul” is used for physical life. In the Old Testament, the soul is stuck to the flesh like flesh joining flesh in marriage (Rom 7:1-3). In the New Testament, the soul is cut loose from the body inside by a spiritual circumcision described in Colossians 2:11-12 (see Isa 55:3; Ezek 4:14). Lot’s request to flee into Zoar was because he didn’t think he had time to make it before the fire fell. Lot figured the city was so small that God could afford to spare it.

h) The definitive verse on the trinitarian nature of man (see note on Gen 1:27).

Since God is a trinity (see App. 69, The Trinity) and everything in the universe divided correctly is a trinity, Romans 1 gives you the correct interpretation of the “Trinity.” It calls the Trinity the “Godhead.” This is confirmed by the sun, which has three types of rays: 1. heat rays you can feel but not see, 2. light rays you can see but not feel, 3. actinic rays which you can neither see nor feel. These match, first of all, the Holy Spirit whom you can feel but cannot see, the Lord Jesus Christ whom you can see but cannot feel, and God the Father whom no man has seen nor can feel.

A man has a body (see App 2) that can be seen, and inside it he has a soul that cannot be seen, and he himself (to have life) has to have the spirit in him called the “spirit of man” before he is “born again.” He receives the “Spirit of God” when he is saved so “that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” No soul has ever been born again. It is the spirit that is born again. And no Christian’s body has ever been saved and will never be saved until the Rapture (see Bible Believer’s Commentary on Genesis, Gen 2:7, for the Trinity). Notice that since Moses is writing Genesis 1-2, he has 1:27 refer to something God did, recorded again in 2:7. But this is simply a repetition of the material in a chapter that follows. Still, in Genesis 1, every verse is something that happened after the verse before it. (See note on Gen 1:2)

24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 25 Brethren, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.

#9) 1 JOHN 3:1-3  The glorification of the Christian’s body at the Rapture

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:a therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.b

1. See notes on…

Gen 6:2 (Here, sex “rears its ugly head,” after it peeked around the corner in Genesis 3.)

Psa 82:6 (“The sons of God” in Genesis 6:2 were not “the sons of Seth”; they were “children of the Most High.” They were spirits directly created by God (Heb 1:7), but were not “begotten” as Christ was (Heb 1:5).

Psa 82:7 (“The sons of God” in Genesis 6:2 did not die as “gods”; they drowned “like men” (Gen 6:13). Their spirits are chained in Hell right now (2 Pet 2:4), and they will come up at the White Throne Judgment (Jude 6) where the new “sons of God” (John 1:12) will judge them (1 Cor 6:3).

Luke 3:22 (Despite the fact that the “Holy” Koran says that “the God” (Allah) has no son, the Holy Bible lists God’s sons (plural) for you; they literally number in the millions. They are the angelic “sons of God” (Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7), the created “son of God,” Adam (Luke3:38), the national son of God, Israel (see notes on Exod 4:22; Deut 1:31), the begotten “Son of God,” Jesus Christ (Heb 1:5-6), and the spiritual “sons of God” (John 1:12), born-again Christians. Whoever dictated the Koran was stupid, as well as being a God-defying, Bible-rejecting blasphemer.

2. 1 John 4:5; John 7:5-7

1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him;c for we shall see him as he is.

3. See notes on…

Matt 22:30 (This is where the Scofield board of editors broke their   spiritual necks. They dropped “in heaven” from “the angels of God”; then they used that as an alibi to convert the angelic “sons of God” in Genesis 6:1-4 to the “sons of Seth.” It is the angels “in heaven” who do not fool with females, but “the sons of God” in Genesis 6 left Heaven (Jude 6). They could marry women in this sinful state (2 Pet 2:4) because all of them were male (see notes on Gen 18:3; Judg 13:6).

Luke 24:43 (The marvels of the resurrection body go unnoticed by most of the commentators and critics of the AV. Verses 36-43 describe the body with which every born-again child of God will wind up (see Rom 8:29; 1 Cor 15:42-54; Phil 3:20-21; 1 John 3:1-3). This supernatural body can become visible and invisible at will (vs. 31). It can pass through solid objects (John 20:19, 26). It can travel at least 150 times faster than the speed of light (see comments on John 20:17). It can consume food without having to digest it or eliminate it (vss. 42-43). And it cannot experience sickness, disease, old age, or death (Rev 21:4). In short, God promises to give the sinner (free! — Rom 5:16-18) who trusts His Son, everything that science and education have worked for six millennia to give mankind and have never attained.

Rom 8:29 (Observe that no Christian was ever predestinated to be saved. Predestination appears only three times in the New Testament: here and Ephesians 1:5, 11. In neither case is anyone “predestinated” to be saved. The predestination of Ephesians 1:5 is to “the adoption of children” — not salvation. In the Old Testament, saved people were not “adopted” as children at all (Gal 3:22–4:7). God fixed the destiny of anyone who would trust His Son, to be one of His “children” (John 1:12). In this verse (as well as Eph 1:11), God fixes the destiny of the Christian “to be conformed to the image of His Son.” Both verses are talking about people who are already saved. Calvin simply did not know what he was talking about in this regard (see App 109).

#10) REVELATION 4:1-2  The rapture of the Church before the Tribulation

Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither,a and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

1. Prov 25:7; Rev 11:12

Revelation 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.