In an age of uncertainty, where wars, deception, and moral decline dominate the global landscape, believers are searching for biblical clarity on end-time prophecy. Many wonder:
🔹 What is the difference between the Rapture, the Day of the Lord, and the Second Coming of Christ?
🔹 Are we witnessing the prophetic signs Jesus warned about in Matthew 24?
🔹 How can we prepare for the glorious return of Christ?
Renowned eschatologist and end-time evangelist Peter Gee delivers a prophetic and life-changing sermon titled “Differences Between the Rapture, the Day of the Lord, and the Second Coming.” This message, preached with deep biblical insight, stands as one of the most comprehensive expositions of Matthew 24 and the end-time prophecy ever taught since the creation of the universe.
Evangelist Gee, founder and chancellor of The Institute of Eschatological Studies (TIOES) and host of The Everlasting Gospel Program on Jesus Christ Only TV and The World of Eschatology Podcast, unveils God’s prophetic timeline with undeniable scriptural proof.
đź“ş Watch the entire sermon on YouTube now: [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmuoKd4h0bk ]
The Three Distinct Events in End-Time Prophecy
One of the biggest misunderstandings in Bible prophecy is the confusion between the Rapture, the Day of the Lord, and the Second Coming. Many assume they are the same event, but Evangelist Peter Gee breaks down the biblical distinctions among these three prophetic moments.
1. The Rapture: The Blessed Hope of the Church
The Rapture is the glorious moment when Jesus Christ returns for His Bride, the Church, before the Great Tribulation. This rescue/Rapture event will catch believers and bring them to meet the Lord in the air.
đź“– Key Rapture Scriptures:
🔹 John 14:1-3—Jesus promises to prepare a place for His followers and return to receive them.
🔹 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17– “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, and we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”
🔹 1 Corinthians 15:51-52—”Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed… in the twinkling of an eye.”
🔹 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8–”Our gathering together to Him” occurs before the Antichrist is revealed.
🔹 Titus 2:13—”Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.”
🔹 Revelation 3:10—”I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world.”
🔹 Luke 17:34-37—”Two will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.”
📌 In his explanation, Evangelist Peter Gee asserts that the Rapture is a literal event preceding God’s wrath. It is a rescue mission for the Church as Jesus gathers His faithful to be with Him in Heaven for three and a half years for the marriage supper of the Lamb.
2. The Day of the Lord: The Outpouring of God’s Wrath
There is a common misunderstanding of the Day of the Lord. Many think it refers only to the Second Coming, but in reality, it encompasses a period of divine judgment that includes:
âś… The end of the Great Tribulation and the instant destruction of the entire world system of humanity before the millennial reign of Christ begins from the Mount of Olives.
âś…The most significant single-day global turmoil and destruction ever witnessed since creation.
✅ The end of the Antichrist’s reign and his one-world government system.
✅ The pouring out of God’s most extreme wrath upon the ungodly
âś… The physical return of Christ to destroy and crush the Antichrist and his evil system.
đź“– Key Scriptures About the Day of the Lord:
🔹 Joel 2:31—”The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the Lord.”
🔹 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 — “For you yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.”
🔹 Isaiah 13:9—”Behold, the Day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate.”
🔹 Revelation 6:17—”For the great day of His wrath has come, and who can stand?”
đź“ŚEvangelist Peter Gee emphasizes that the Day of the Lord comes three and a half years after the Rapture. It is NOT the Rapture itself, as many have believed over generations, but a time of divine punishment upon the rebellious world.
3. The Second Coming of Jesus Christ: His Triumphant Return to Earth
The Second Coming of Christ is an entirely separate event from the Rapture. The Rapture happens secretly in the air, while the Second Coming is public and occurs on Earth as Jesus descends with power and glory to establish His kingdom.
đź“– Key Scriptures About the Second Coming:
🔹 Revelation 19:11-16—”Now I saw Heaven opened, and behold a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and the armies in Heaven followed Him.”
🔹 Zechariah 14:4—”And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives.”
🔹 Matthew 24:29-30—”Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
🔹 Revelation 1:7—”Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him.”
📌Evangelist Peter Gee explains that Jesus’ Second Coming is when He returns to establish His millennial kingdom on Earth with His Bride.
The Urgency of the Hour: Are You Ready?
In Peter Gee’s interpretation, Matthew 24 indicates that the phase, commonly referred to as “the beginning of sorrows,” which precedes a peace treaty between Jews and Gentiles, is nearing its conclusion. We are approaching a critical juncture just before the potential collapse of the global system, influenced by factors such as war, widespread famine, epidemics, the misleading teachings of false prophets, and a rise in seismic activity.
âś… Increased deception and false prophets (Matthew 24:11)
âś… Global conflicts and wars (Matthew 24:6-7)
âś… Rise of a cashless society and economic control (Revelation 13:16-18)
âś… Moral decline and the days of Noah (Luke 17:26-30)
🚨 Jesus is coming soon! Will you be ready when the trumpet sounds?
Final Thoughts: The Most Important Sermon on End-Time Prophecy
Evangelist Peter Gee’s sermon, “Differences Between the Rapture, the Day of the Lord, and the Second Coming,” is a must-watch for every believer who wants to understand God’s prophetic timeline fully.
đź“ş Watch the entire sermon on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmuoKd4h0bk]
đź“– Key prophecies of Jesus Christ in Matthew 24 to remember:
- The Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, fulfilling this prophecy.
- The period known as “the beginning of sorrows” must end before the Rapture of the Church. In addition, the Rapture’s occurrence hinges on the Antichrist’s appearance in the Temple’s Holy Place.
According to scripture, the Rapture will occur in the middle of the 7-year tribulation period. God will dissolve the second Heaven (the dwelling place of Satan), and God shall cast Satan to Earth to persecute the Church for three and a half years before the Rapture. With the Antichrist’s signature on a seven-year peace agreement, Satan and his demonic realm will be cast to the Earth, but those who believe in Jesus shall overcome him by the blood of the Lamb.
Satan and his evil empire were cast out of Heaven by God.
Revelation 12 describes Satan expelled from Heaven in verses 7-9.
7 And war broke out in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in Heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon, that ancient serpent known as the Devil and Satan, who deceives the entire world, was cast out to the Earth, along with his angels.
- The Church must get prepared to endure three and a half years of severe persecution from Satan and his demons physically during the first three and a half years of the 7-year tribulation period. Still, we shall defeat him by the words of our testimony and the Blood of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 12:13-17  When the dragon saw that he had been cast to the Earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.  14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the serpent’s presence. 15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the Earth helped the woman, and the Earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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🌍 For more biblical insights, visit The Institute of Eschatological Studies (TIOES) or tune in to The Everlasting Gospel Program on Jesus Christ Only TV and The World of Eschatology Podcast
To contact Evangelist Peter Gee, please email the chancellor at tioes.org.
