1. The PARTICIPANTS in the Pretribulational Rapture include:

1. dead believers. (vs. 14-15)
2. The Lord Jesus Christ. (vs. 16)
3. the archangel Michael. (Jude 9)
4. living believers. (vs. 17)

2. The PROCEDURE of the Pretribulational Rapture involves:

1. the return of Christ. (vs. 16)
2. the resurrection of dead believers in Christ. (vs. 16)
3. the rapture of living believers in Christ. (vs. 17)
4. the re-union of all church-age believers. (vs. 17)

2. The PLACE of the Pretribulational Rapture will be in the air. (vs. 17)
3. The PRACTICAL BENEFIT of the Pretribulational Rapture is "comfort one another with these words." (4:18)