What does Tribe teach about rapture?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on the rapture begins with the fall feasts in Leviticus 23. Brian Hunter has walked the congregation through the argument that these ancient observances are not merely Jewish holidays but God's own family traditions, and that each one functions as a rehearsal for something Jesus has not yet done. The first of the fall feasts, the Feast of Trumpets or Rosh Hashanah, is where the rapture fits. The spring feasts, Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, and Shavuot, have already been checked off through the crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and the giving of the Holy Spirit. The three fall feasts still have no check mark next to them, and that open space is treated as a serious invitation to pay attention.
Brian draws the rapture picture primarily from 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 and 1 Thessalonians 4:16, pointing to the trumpet imagery in both passages as the signal for the dead in Christ to be raised and the living to be transformed. He is careful to say that the return of Jesus and the rapture cannot be separated in scripture, and that Paul wrote with a genuine expectation that Jesus might return within the reader's lifetime, a hope Christians have carried for two thousand years. On the question of what happens between a believer's death and the resurrection, Brian has suggested that outside of this realm there is no linear time, so what feels like twenty-five years for the living may register as nothing for the person who has died and gone to be with the Lord.
The broader frame Brian brings to all of this is one of readiness and perspective. If the fall feasts are rehearsals, then observing them now is a way of positioning yourself to recognize what is coming. Brian put it plainly: "If you allow the Lord to develop your worldview, you position yourself to be in a place of leadership and influence, calmness." The rapture is not presented as an escape hatch to watch for anxiously but as a known event on God's calendar, one that God himself built into the rhythm of the year so his people would not be caught off guard.
Taught from 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 · 1 Thessalonians 4:16 · Leviticus 23:23-44 · Revelation · Daniel 9
“Your stance today is the least expensive that it will be in your life.”
From The Feast of Trumpets： A Rehearsal for What's Coming
The passage taught · 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
World English Bible
The messages that teach on it
- October 6, 2025 The Feast of Trumpets： A Rehearsal for What's Coming Brian Hunter walks Tribe through God's fall feasts, showing how the feast of trumpets, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot point to Jesus' return and reign.
- October 5, 2025 The Fall Feasts 2025 Brian Hunter walks through the three fall feasts from Leviticus 23, showing how each one points to a future event still to come when Jesus returns to earth.
Mentioned along the way
- September 22, 2025 Your Reward Is Coming Brian Hunter closes the Full Reward series by exploring what the Bible says about the crowns believers receive at Christ's return, and why we lay them back at his feet.
- September 21, 2025 Every Moment Matters When Forever Is Your Measure Brian Hunter preaches on heavenly reward, why every faithful act matters, and what it means to one day lay a hard-earned crown at the feet of a worthy Jesus.
- June 22, 2025 Comfort From The King Brian Hunter walks through Luke 21, explaining why Jesus's hard words about wars and persecution are meant to strengthen believers, not frighten them.