Comparison: Rapture & Second Advent

Rapture	Second Advent
1. Only believers can see Him. Private. Hebrews 9:28; Acts 1:11.	1. Every eye shall see Him. Public. Revelation 1:7.
2. Christ meets believers in the air. 1 Thessalonians 4:17.	2. Christ stands on the Mount of Olives. Zechariah 14:4.
3. Believers taken off the earth. John 14:3	3. Unbelievers taken off the earth. Matthew 24:37-39.
4. Believers go to heaven. 1 Thessalonians 4:17.	4. Believers come back to the earth with Christ. 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Colossians 3:4, 2 Thessalonians 4:13; Zechariah 14:5
5. Bible does not state when this will be	5. Jesus Christ comes back seven years later. Matthew 24:29,20.
6. Believers rewarded. 1 Corinthians 3:11-15; Revelation 22:12.	6. Unbelievers judged. Baptism of fire. Matthew 25:31,32,46.
7. Source of comfort to believers. 1 Thessalonians 4:18	7. Source of terror to unbelievers. Revelation 6:15-17.
8. No recorded changes in nature	8. Many changes in nature. Isaiah 35.
9. World not judged (people)	9. World (people) judged. Jude 15.
10. Is a mystery: 1 Corinthians 15:51 (Something which was hidden in the OT)	10. Subject of extended prophecy in OT and NT.
11. Unconditional covenants to Israel are unfulfilled.	11. Unconditional covenants are fulfilled.
12. No dealing with Satan.	12. Satan bound 1000 years, Revelation 20:2.