Come up. Come doooooooown.

 The difference between the Rapture and the 2nd Coming.

The rapture is we come up. The 2nd coming is the LORD comes dooooooooown. Keep it simple.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Elaborate

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise (come up) first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (go up in the clouds) together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 

2 Thessalonians 2:8 Elaborate

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:  

Coming as in coming down to earth, to reign.

Matthew 24:45-48

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

The ones who are serving the LORD on earth when he comes down shall be ruler over all his goods. In other words these are people who are saved after the rapture. When the LORD comes back down to reign.

Come up. Come down. Come up. Come doooooooown. It's just that simple.