Top 5 Rapture Warning Signs
Are you ready?
Do not let any distractions keep you from observing the signs of the good news that is eventually coming soon. On some random day and hour that nobody knows...Jesus Christ will come down on the clouds and snatch up all of His devoted followers from the earth and take them into heaven before more judgments are released upon the rest of the world.
According to The Bible, what are the top five "warning signs” of Jesus' rapture return that you need to know and look out for?
Top 5 Warning Signs
Solar Eclipse/Darkened Sun
Lunar Eclipse/Blood Moon
Falling/Shooting Stars
Strong Winds/Natural Disasters
Great Earthquake
These signs aren’t meant to be complicated or super puzzling, so don’t overthink it. The Bible mentions these prophetic signs throughout in various books, but one of the primary places to start digging is in Matthew 24. Jesus is speaking and He mentions these signs or cues will happen before He descends back to earth to gather His people.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
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 shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Matthew 24:29-31
From that passage, the cues that Jesus mentioned are a solar eclipse or a darkened sun, falling or shooting stars, and the word “shaken” is mentioned which could very well be associated with earthquakes and/or strong winds causing more aggressive natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, or winds that can sustain major fires.
So according to Jesus, He simply told us what the warning signs are, and after those signs happen, He’ll come down on the clouds, there’s a great sound of a trumpet, and His people are gathered up from all across the world. Sounds pretty straight forward right?
See Additional Scriptures for Further Study
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And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
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Then I will work wonders in the heavens and the earth - blood and fire and columns of smoke.
The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awe-inspiring day of the LORD comes.
And it will be that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.
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Before them the earth quakes, the heavens shake; the sun and the moon darken, and the stars withdraw their radiance.
The LORD has sounded His voice before His army, for His camp is exceedingly great; mighty is the one who accomplishes His word.
For great is the day of the LORD, and very awe-inspiring. Who can endure it?
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For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God.
And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we shall be forever with the Lord.
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Jesus says “Concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of Son of Man. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Two will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will taken, and the other left.
Another place in scripture that mentions similar signs is found in Revelation 6. In John’s visions of the end, he see’s these things happen when the 6th seal is opened.
The Sixth Seal
I watched as He opened the sixth seal. And suddenly there was a great earthquake.
The sun became black, like sack-cloth made from goat hair, and the moon became like blood.
And the stars of heaven fell to earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it is shaken by a strong wind.
Then the heavens receded like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Revelation 6:12-14
Very similar signs when compared to Matthew 24. Again there’s mentions of a solar eclipse, a great earthquake, stars falling, strong wind, along with the addition of a blood moon or a lunar eclipse.
According to scripture, these are the major warning signs or cues that happen before Jesus comes back to collect His people before more judgements take place.
Check this out…just before the 7th seal opens in Revelation, John see’s a great multitude of people appear out of nowhere from every nation celebrating and praising God and Jesus for their salvation.
Then I looked. And there was a great multitude which no one could count, from all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes with palm branches in their hands. They cried out with a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
Revelation 7:9-10
Where did all these people come from? An elder asks and responds to John:
“These are those who came out of great tribulation and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 7:14
It's important to become more watchful and establish that spiritual connection between these signs and Jesus. In Luke chapter 21, Jesus said again that signs in the sun, moon, stars, and winds would happen before He comes back.
"There will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men fainting from fear and expectation of what is coming on the inhabited earth.
For the powers of heaven will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption is drawing near."
Luke 21:25-28
God’s Word doesn’t say when these warning signs will happen precisely, or where they’ll happen. But if you see or hear about these signs happening more often and within shorter intervals of each other, then that should be alarming. Jesus is coming soon. Become a watcher and help sound the alarm for others needing salvation. Matthew 24:44 says:
Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you least expect, the Son of Man is coming.
If you have already genuinely surrendered your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, there is nothing to fear. Remain faithful in trying times, keep praying, serve the Lord, minister to others, open your Bible's more, and try to live a lifestyle that is pleasing to God.
If you are currently not a believer... ask yourself, do you know where your spiritual destination is or where you'd like to be? If you'd like to go to heaven one day, whom does your hope and faith lie with? The answer can only be through Jesus Christ and if you have not put your faith and trust in Him, you can easily do so right here, right now, wherever you are.
Why not initiate or reignite your relationship with Jesus today? Troubling times are ahead and Jesus could come back any day. We'd hate for you to miss Him when He does.
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