Bible Verses Related to the Resurrection and Rapture (Typological and Direct) (KJV)
John 11:25-26 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Mark 8:36-37 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Old Testament Foreshadows (Typological)
Genesis 5:24 - "for God took him."
But the emphatic and seemingly needless repetition...
2 Kings 2:11 - "and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven."
Job 19:25-26 - 25 "he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:" 26 "Yet in my flesh shall I see God:"
It is a story of Gentile life in the time...
Jude 1:9 - "he disputed about the body of Moses"
But from the brief saying of Scripture...
Isaiah 26:19 - "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise."
Daniel 12:2 - "many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,"
Psalm 16:10 - "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption." (fulfilled in Jesus's resurrection - Acts 2:27)
Hosea 6:2 - "in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."
in connection with the resurrection of the dead...
Jesus's Own Resurrection (Foundation of all future resurrection)
Jesus foretold His resurrection:
John 2:19 - "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
Matthew 16:21 - "and be killed, and be raised again the third day."
Gospel witness:
Matthew 28:6 - "He is not here: for he is risen, as he said."
Mark 16:6 - "he is risen; he is not here:"
Luke 24:6 - "He is not here, but is risen:"
but the evidence that He had risen...
after the events...
interpreted by the event...
Apostolic preaching of the resurrection:
Acts 2:24 - "whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:"
Acts 3:15 - "and killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead;"
Romans 10:9 - "God hath raised him from the dead,"
1 Corinthians 15:4 - "and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day"
Believers' Resurrection (Future bodily resurrection)
John 5:28-29 - 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
John 6:39-40 - 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
1 Corinthians 15:20–23 - 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Philippians 3:20–21 - "who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body"
Romans 8:11 - But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Resurrection and the Rapture ("caught up") - Direct passages
Matthew 24:40–41 - 40 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.
Matthew 27:52–53 - 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Luke 17:34–36 - 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
John 11:25-26 - 25 "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:" 26 "and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 - 16 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.
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 - 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 - 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.
John 14:3 - "I will come again, and receive you"
Titus 2:13 - looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
1 John 3:2 - "when he shall appear, we shall be like him;"
2 Thessalonians 2:1 - "by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,"
Colossians 3:4 - When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Revelation 4:1 - "first voice I heard was as it were of a trumpet* talking with me; which said, Come up hither"
Revelation 20:4-6 - 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.