The Second Coming of Christ (day of Christ) is a singular, glorious, and universally visible event, devoid of a secret appearance or rapture, distinctly marked by a trumpet’s sound that will also mark the day of the LORD. Matthew 24:27, 30-31 portrays Christ’s return as lightning flashing across the sky, with the Son of Man appearing in the clouds with power and great glory, accompanied by angels gathering His elect “with a great sound of a trumpet”, signaling a profoundly public, unmistakable event. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 describes the Lord descending “with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God,” uniting all believers, dead and living, with Him. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 emphasizes the transformation of believers into glorified bodies “at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,” indicating a singular moment of resurrection and rapture, not a secret event. Philippians 3:20-21 and 1 John 3:2 reinforce that believers are transformed to be like Christ at His appearing, with 2 Thessalonians 1:10 noting His glorification in His saints before all. John 14:3, Romans 8:17-18, Jude 1:24, Titus 2:13, 2 Timothy 4:8, and Hebrews 9:28 all point to one glorious appearing where Christ returns to gather, transform, and glorify His saints. The trumpet’s significance is further declared in Isaiah 27:13, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish… and shall worship the LORD,” and Joel 2:1, “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh”. These passages collectively depict a single, triumphant return of Christ, heralded by the trumpet’s universal call, visible and audible to all, with no scriptural basis for a secret rapture.
If you are risen with Christ now, you will be risen with Christ later.
Colossians 3:1 KJV If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:2 KJV Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians 3:3 KJV For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
