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rise from the grave. In doing so, He gave the Jews proof of who
would do the resurrecting. He also gave the criteria for it when
He said,
“I am the resurrection, and the life. He who believes
in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and be-
lieves in me will never die”
(John 11:25, 26).
In the above verses, Christ speaks of the last day. Those in
Christ who have died before the last day will be resurrected
then. Those who believe and are alive at the end will never die.
It appears that those living believers at the end will be rap-
tured. In other instances, there was a rapture at the time of a
resurrection, thus paving the way for this end time resurrection
to also be accompanied by a rapture. There will be those who
come to faith in Jesus the Messiah as their Savior who live be-
tween the previous resurrection and rapture (at the middle of
the tribulation) and Rosh Hashanah (at the end), who will be
waiting expectantly on God. A final rapture 10 days before the
end will enable the last of those who attain faith in Christ to be
quickly judged by fire, and escape the greatest of wrath—the
seven bowls of wrath and the Day of the Lord!
In Jewish literature, Rosh HaShanah is known as the last
trumpet. This is the last trumpet blown during Teshuvah (the
40-day season of repentance), and at the time which begins the
10 High Holy Days—the Days of Awe.
In 1 Thess. 4:17, the apostle Paul speaks of a resurrection
and a changing (in preparation for a rapture or translation) at
the last trump for some future believers (1 Cor. 15:51-52).
This will fulfill the prophecies in the Old Testament, in which
the prophets placed their hope (Hos. 13:14; Isa. 25:8). The
type for this calling out and meeting God is found in the Old
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