What About The Rapture?

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(01-08-2010 06:50 PM)Saltyone Wrote:  
From what I have been told by others Matt 24 and Luke 17 refers to the second coming of Christ. And the ones that will be left behind are actually the Christians. It is the unbelievers that will be snatched away and taken to where the carcase is. Matt 24:28; Luke17:37 They said there is no true rapture.

I believe that we will be raptured because of 1 Thes 4. I do not know if it is pre/ mid / post.

1 Thes 4:16-18

For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
17: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18: Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

I fully agree that these are verses are true and those who know Christ will meet Him in the air when He returns. In the 1 Cor 15 verses, do you think this is talking about the same event? I think somewhere in this thread or another some have said this is referring to the rapture as well. And it says "at the LAST TRUMP". Those that say this believe in the pre-trib rapture-in fact view those who don't agree as heretics.

1 Corinthians 15:50-54 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51. 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. 54. 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.

My question is---if this event is pre-trib----and it is the last trump---are there other trumps still to happen? Is there more than one 'last trump"?

When Christ leaves heaven in a pre-trib rapture scenario---who is left interceding for those to come to Him according to some beliefs--during the tribulation and after the rapture?

If Christ leaves heaven at the last trump, are the books closed so no more names can be added, and He no longer needs to be interceding because all who belong to HIm are now gathered to Him? would that be a fair statement?