Rapture & Glorious Appearing Comparisons

Rapture	Glorious Appearing
Christ comes for His own John 14.3; 1 Thessalonians 4.17	Christ comes with His own Revelation 19.14
He comes in the air 1 Thessalonians 4.17	He comes to the earth Zechariah 14.4,5; Acts 1.11
He comes to claim His Bride 1 Thessalonians 4.16,17	He comes with His Bride Revelation 19.6-14
Only His own see Him 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18	Every eye shall see Him Revelation 1.7; Matthew 24.30
Tribulation begins 2 Thessalonians 1.6-9	Millennial Kingdom begins Revelation 20.1-7
Saved are delivered from wrath 1 Thessalonians 1.10; 5.9; Revelation 3.10	Unsaved experience wrath of God Revelation 6.12-17
No signs precede the Rapture 1 Thessalonians 5.1-3	Signs precede the Second Coming Luke 21.11-28
Focus: Lord and Church 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18	Focus: Israel and Kingdom Matthew 24
World is deceived 2 Thessalonians 2.3-12	Satan is bound Revelation 20.1,2