Where did the idea of the "secret rapture" come from in the Bible?

Question

I don't believe in it.

Answer 1

There is no secret rapture anywhere in the Bible, Jesus' coming will be literally and every eye will see Him.

Answer 2

There is not even an idea of a secret Rapture in the Bible. When the Lord returns it surely will not be a secret for every eye will see Him.

The idea of a secret Rapture came from predictions that Seventh Day Adventists made that didn't come true so they say Jesus came back in secret.

Answer 3

The word "rapture" doesn't apprear in the bible, however...It's no secret...

1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.

The second coming of Christ is not a secret.

Grace to you and God Bless!

Answer 4

It's not in the Bible.

According to the Bible, when Jesus returns, the earth will be burned up (2 Peter 3:10), and all people - righteous and unrighteous - will be raised from the dead (John 5:29) and be judged according to their works (2 Corinthians 5:10).

The Bible says nothing about people continuing to live on the earth for 7 or 1000 or 1007 years after His return.

Answer 5

"Secret rapture"
A common interpretation that is quite popular is sometimes referred to as the "secret Rapture". Corinthians says Christians will all be transformed in the twinkling of an eye. Thessalonians says Christians will be caught up. This seems to be quickly, as snatching up is not a slow process. However, when Jesus returned to heaven his followers saw him go up. When Elijah was taken up Elisha saw him go up. Some views posit that there is no scriptural instance of a person vanishing instantly in the past, which is what the "secret Rapture" interpretation teaches; however, some may speculate that, in the Old Testament, Enoch was "raptured" by God instantaneously: "And Enoch walked with God: and he (was) not; for God took him" (Genesis 5:24). Note that there is nothing in this text about a "rapture" or anything happening instantaneously. Nevertheless, the rapture does not necessarily have to have a precursor of the same type to make it possible.



Although the doctrine of the Resurrection of the dead — as taught by Jesus in the Gospels — was common to all Christians and part of the Nicene Creed, little attention was paid to the area of eschatology later known as 'Rapture' until the Protestant Reformation; thus, although Christians from the very beginning accepted, as Scriptures clearly state, that, at some point, the faithful would be "caught up" with Christ, which some in modern eschatology give the name of 'Rapture', the Christian denominations that actually put eschatological emphasis on it are mostly those that appeared after the Reformation.

The later popularization of the term is associated with teaching of John Nelson Darby and the rise of premillennialism and dispensationalism in the United States at the end of the 19th century. The doctrine of the rapture was further popularized by an evangelist named William Eugene Blackstone, whose book "Jesus is Coming" sold more than one million copies[1], and then by its inclusion in the Scofield Reference Bible.

Among Christians who do believe in a Rapture, there is substantial debate about the timing of the rapture relative to the seven-year Tribulation. Critics of a "Pre-Tribulation" Rapture, the belief that the Rapture will occur prior to the Tribulation, often attribute that doctrine to a 15-year old Scottish-Irish girl named Margaret MacDonald (a follower of Edward Irving) who had a vision in 1830. Some pre-Tribulation proponents maintain that the earliest known extra-biblical reference to the "pre-Tribulation" rapture is from a sermon known as the "pseudo-Ephraem", attributed to a fourth century Byzantine, Ephraem of Nisibis, in which he is quoted as saying, "For all the saints and Elect of God are gathered, prior to the tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins[2] [3]." However, there are opposing views to the interpretation of this writing[4] [5]. There are at least three other Pre-Tribulation references prior to Macdonald - in a book published in 1788, in the writings of a Catholic priest Emmanuel Lacunza in 1812, and by John Darby himself in 1827, [6]. Nonetheless, both the book published in 1788 and the writings of Lacunza have opposing views regarding their interpretation as well.

The Rapture gained popular interest in wider circles during the 1970s, in part thanks to the books of Hal Lindsey, including The Late Great Planet Earth.[7] Many of Lindsey's predictions in that book, which assumed that the rapture was imminent, were based on world conditions at the time. The Cold War figured prominently in his predictions of Armageddon, and other aspects of 1970s global politics were seen as having been predicted in the Bible. Lindsey believed, for example, that the 10-headed beast cited in Revelation was the European Economic Community, a forebearer of the European Union, which at the time consisted of ten nations.

The doctrine of the Rapture continues to be an important component in Christian eschatology today. Many Christians continue to feel that world conditions point to the Rapture occurring soon. Although this belief is emphasized in the USA, where it is widespread in certain circles, these views continue to find wide resonance around the world [citation needed].

Answer 6

John14:3
1Thess4:06-17
Phil3:20-21
1Cor15:52-53

Answer 7

For some reason i imagine of that sawdust stuff they positioned down at the same time as someone vomits in the halls at school. i imagine of that even even if I have under no circumstances been to vacation Bible college. it is merely the photo and favourite feeling the word inspires.

Answer 8

The only thing secret is when it will occur . Matthew 24:36

Answer 9

the rapture is a lie

Answer 10

It came from fundamentalists or the Millerites.