2006-07-31 10:17:33 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It doesn't.The rapture was made up by a woman named Margaret Mcdonald.Google that and see.
2006-07-31 10:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by kathy6500 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word Rapture is not found in the bible, but christians infer the event from 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. Some churches do not believe in the rapture doctrine.
2006-07-31 17:22:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word Rapture is not in the Bible but the concept is discussed in I Thessalonians 4:13-18. The apostle Paul wrote about it actually to comfort the believers in Thessalonica and clear up some confusion about what would happen to Christians who had already died. Paul tells them that those who have died (fallen asleep) will be raised first when Christ comes for the church. Then the believers remaining will be "caught up" (hence the word rapture) to meet Christ in the air. This is the coming of Christ to take the Church - not one particular denomination, but all who have believed in Christ_- out of the world. Don't confuse this with the second coming. That will be different and way different from the time Christ came as a babe.
Lots of people don't believe in the rapture. But if one day a very large number of people go missing....they may change their minds. ;-)
If you read Tim LaHaye's books..the Left Behind series - this is what they are all about. I've not read them but lots of people seem to like them a lot.
Also, you will often hear some of the verses from I Thess. 4 used at funerals - to comfort those who have lost a loved one with the assurance that they will see that one again.
2006-07-31 17:33:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anne Teak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Revelation 20-5-6 1 Thess13-17
2006-07-31 17:24:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many references to it, but the word 'rapture' doesn't actually appear in the Bible. (but this is because 'rapture' is the Latin word. The Greek word actually found in the Bible is 'Harpazo' (sp?)) The first reference to the rapture is found in Genesis 5. "Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him."
Enoch just vanished!
The prophet Elijah was also 'raptured' as recorded in 1 Kings. He was taken up to heaven without dying as did Enoch.
The most definitive chapter on the rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4.
The people of Thessalonica had written to Paul asking what would happen to Christians who had died.
So Paul told them..."I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope... For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
2006-07-31 17:32:47 · answer #5 · answered by Morwen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't.
Its an illiterate 19th century heresy of Darby's refering to the word rapiemur in the Vulgate translation of Thessalonians - refering to being "caught up." However, Paul is speaking to the personal grief and loss of Christians in the church he is communicating with - not making eschatological prophecy.
As to Jesus' prophecy regarding "one will be left" this does not refer to the rapture heresy. It is thought to refer to the Judaean/Roman war that would come some forty years later and wreak havoc in the Judaean lands. Traditional eschatology considers all the time that has passed since the crucifixion to be the end times... the last age. We've been in it since the epistles of the New Testament. But "none knows the hour..."
2006-07-31 17:21:54 · answer #6 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the bible thessolonians 1 16-17
2006-07-31 17:22:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nowhere.
EDIT:
There are a growing number of scholars who question whether the Rapture can even be considered a Biblical doctrine. They not only point out that the word "rapture" no where appears in Scripture, but neither does the concept. For example, one of the most noted and acclaimed Christian thinkers of the twentieth century, Rev. Dr. John RW Stott, refers to "rapture teaching" as "escapism" and regards it as one of the most damaging doctrines to infiltrate evangelicalism. And a growing body of concerned Christian thinkers share his alarm at the unquestioning acceptance of rapture teaching as a Biblical doctrine.
2006-07-31 17:19:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO WHERE!
There are some Scriptures that people have used to support the doctrine of the rapture, but these are twists, and sorry to say it is NOT Bible teaching.
"Christians" please read the Bible and find the truth for yourselves, and stop listening to 'false prophets' and 'doctrines of men'.
"The TRUTH will set you free!" John 8:32
At Matthew 15:9 Jesus said of the Pharisees back then "
It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines."
It is happening today because Jesus foretold the outburst of false
teachings at Matthew 24 : 4
"Look out that nobody misleads YOU; for many will come on the basis of my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many."
2006-07-31 17:23:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Revalation. It doesn't directly say Rapture. But it is referred to as the second coming of Christ. Rapture means the catching up.
2006-07-31 17:21:26 · answer #10 · answered by (2-E) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word rapture is not located anywhere in the bible.
2006-07-31 17:21:21 · answer #11 · answered by southfloridamullets 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋