THE RESURRECTION, RAPTURE, AND RETURN OF CHRIST

We believe in and accept the sacred Scriptures upon these subjects at their full face value. Of the resurrection, we believe that Christ rose bodily the third day according to the Scriptures; that He alone is our merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God; that this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven - bodily, personally, and visible; that there will be a calling out of the saved before the Great Seven Year Tribulation where the dead in Christ shall rise first and the living saints shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; that at the end of the Tribulation the Lord God shall give unto Christ the throne of His father David; and that Christ shall reign a thousand years in righteousness until He hath put all enemies under His feet.

Matt. 28:6-7; Luke 24:39; John 20:27; I Cor. 15:4; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:2; Luke 24:4-6; Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:51; Mark 16:19; Rev. 3:21; Heb. 8:1; Heb. 12:2; Heb. 8:6; I Tim. 2:5; I John 2:1; Heb. 2:17; Heb. 5:9-10; John 14:3; I Thess. 4:16; Matt. 24:27; Matt. 24:42; Heb. 9:28; I Cor. 15:42-44, I Cor. 15:51-53; I Thess. 4:17; Phil. 4:20-21; Luke 1:32; I Cor. 15:25; Isa. 11:4-5; Ps. 72:8; Rev. 20:1-4; Rev. 20:6