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Or will they have to wait for Jesus to swing by on his way back to heaven?

Or will they simply be left behind for not living on the earth?

And what about the Christians living on the International Space Station? Will the Atheist living on the Space Station get a good view of the second coming?

2006-07-29 10:16:26 · 6 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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do we know the coordinates of the rapture run?

2006-07-29 10:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4 3

well if you read the bible and have a true understanding of it ,after all the bible is originally writing in Greek and Hebrew, would know the truth, we do not know what tomorrow may bring, the world or man kind may not exist tomorrow or the rapture may come today.
MATTHEW 24:3b-5
'The disciples (mathetes (Heb)=a leaner or didaskalos (grok)= a pupil of the master teacher.) came to Jesus privately,saying,'Tell us, when will be the sing of your coming, and of the end of the age?' and Jesus answered and said to them: 'take heed(sharar (Heb)=to wait;watch,observe) that no one deceives you. for many will come in my name saying,'I am Christ,' and will deceive meny .'
read all of Matthew 24 ,2 Thessalonians,and revelations 3:11 and 3:15-22

2006-07-29 10:51:03 · answer #2 · answered by sunistao 3 · 0 0

The rapture is the catching up of all Believers. God is limitless and all will be raptured at the same time in the twinkling of an eye.

2006-07-29 10:21:46 · answer #3 · answered by (2-E) 2 · 0 0

SECRET RAPTURE IS NOT IN THE WORD OF GOD

But no matter how intense the persecution, the church will complete her task of proclaiming the gospel to all nations before the end comes. Remember, when persecution set in on the early church, the gospel penetrated new areas and the number of disciples increased. Can we expect anything less in the time of the end? No 'Secret Rapture' Today, the idea of escaping the end-time tribulation by way of a "secret rapture" is popular among evangelicals, but the Bible teaches no such doctrine. Rather, the New Testament shows that truly converted Christians-men and women of deep and abiding faith, who are filled with the Spirit of God, and who hope and yearn for the coming of their Lord-will still be on the earth at the time the "Antichrist" ("man of sin," or "lawless one") appears (see 2 Thessalonians 1:1-2:12). Make no mistake; the church will be "caught up" to meet Christ as He descends from heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17), but this event takes place some few years after the Antichrist arrives on the scene.
Notice the events surrounding the Second Coming of Christ:
The faithful saints will be given rest from their troubles when Christ appears (1 Thessalonians 1:7).
The wicked-"those who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ"-will be destroyed at the same time the faithful saints are given rest (verses 7-9).
The Antichrist, or "lawless one," will be destroyed "with the brightness of His coming" (1 Thessalonians 2:8)-that is, at the same time the above two events occur.
Plainly, the reward of the saints and punishment of the wicked are associated with the same event-"when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven" (1:7), "when He comes, in that Day" (1:10), "with the brightness of His coming" (2:8). This scenario hardly leaves room for a secret, pretribulational rapture.
An honest investigation also reveals that the passage does not envision "left behind" saints, or men and women who are converted after Christ comes secretly for the church. The context is critical here. Paul is speaking to the faithful saints of the Thessalonian church (and, by association, the Church of God in general), not to the unconverted or half-converted. Listen to his description, and see if these sound like the spiritually impotent or unregenerate:
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels" (1 Thessalonians 1:3-7).A people whose faith "grows exceedingly," whose love "abounds" toward others, and who are known for their outstanding "patience and faith" as they endure "persecutions and tribulations" are hardly "lukewarm" Christians who are not really serious about living their faith. Nor are they Christians "in name only."
No, these are real Christians, true followers of Jesus Christ, and Paul did not dissuade them from believing that they would live right into the time of the Antichrist. Why, then, should anyone today think that all true Christians will be snatched out of this world and taken to heaven at the beginning of the tribulation and reign of Antichrist?
Plainly, the idea of the church being snatched away to escape tribulation under the reign of Antichrist was completely foreign to Paul's mind. The Remnant Church In Revelation 12, the devil is unsuccessful in his attempt to destroy Christ when He is born (verses 4,5). He also fails to destroy the "woman" who gave birth to Christ (verses 13,14). Enraged, the devil goes off "to make war with the rest of her [the woman's] offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" (verse 17).
Who are the rest (or "remnant"-KJV) of the woman's offspring? Christ was her first offspring; the rest of her offspring must be Christ's brothers and sisters-the Spirit-begotten members of the family of God, which is the Church of the Living God.

2006-07-29 10:22:08 · answer #4 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0 0

nope

2006-07-29 10:18:39 · answer #5 · answered by jyd9999 6 · 0 0

nnno.
Yeah they got someone up their to record it if and when it happens.

2006-07-29 10:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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