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Is the Gathering of the Elect from the Four Winds (Matthew 24:31) Describing the Rapture of the Church?

the Proclaim & Defend Podcast

Published
April 27, 2026
Duration
12:01
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Last updated
Apr 29, 2026

Discusses religion.

Summary

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (M…

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Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:30-31)This passage certainly contains imagery reminiscent of the rapture passages of scripture in the Thessalonian Epistles and 1 Cor

Themes

  • religion