Is the Rapture real or made up?

Question

The Rapture is a known period in Revelation but I don't see it in the Bible?

Answer 1

"Then Jesus told them another story: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who planted good seed in his field. That night, when everyone was asleep, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat and then left. Later, the wheat sprouted and the heads of grain grew, but the weeds also grew. Then the man's servants came to him and said, 'You planted good seed in your field. Where did the weeds come from?' The man answered, 'An enemy planted weeds.' The servants asked, 'Do you want us to pull up the weeds?' The man answered, 'No, because when you pull up the weeds, you might also pull up the wheat. Let the weeds and the wheat grow together until the harvest time. At harvest time I will tell the workers, "First gather the weeds and tie them together to be burned. Then gather the wheat and bring it to my barn." Then Jesus told another story: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. That seed is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows, it is one of the largest garden plants. It becomes big enough for the wild birds to come and build nests in its branches." Then Jesus told another story: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and hid in a large tub of flour until it made all the dough rise." Jesus used stories to tell all these things to the people; he always used stories to teach them. This is as the prophet said: "I will speak using stories; I will tell things that have been secret since the world was made." Then Jesus left the crowd and went into the house. His followers came to him and said, "Explain to us the meaning of the story about the weeds in the field." Jesus answered, "The man who planted the good seed in the field is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed are all of God's children who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those people who belong to the Evil One. And the enemy who planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest time is the end of the world, and the workers who gather are God's angels. "Just as the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all who cause sin and all who do evil. The angels will throw them into the blazing furnace, where the people will cry and grind their teeth with pain. Then the good people will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. You people who can hear me, listen." (Matthew 13:24 - 43 NCV)

According to Jesus, the people of God and the people of the devil will not be seperated untill the end of the world!

Answer 2

The term "Rapture" actually comes from 1 Thess 4:17 which reads:After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

The word "Rapture" comes from the Latin word "Raptus" which means to be "caught up" so really there is no dispute on whether we will be "caught up" but in which sense? Some believe it is merely a spiritual catching up when many others believe it is in the physical sense, hense the varius "rapture" theories. However in Revelation chapter 14, it discusses the Great Harvest of faithful which had gone through the time of The Beast and didn't recieve the mark.... I believe this is "The Rapture" but there are other theories.

Answer 3

The rapture doctrine is only slightly supported by a few verses that do not indicate much of a timeline. But what it does say is that the dead (in Christ) will rise first. So that would put it somewhere around Revelation chapter 20, near the end of things.

Answer 4

The word rapture is not a Bible word but it means to be "caught up" which means the same thing. The apostle Paul was given the mystery of the catching up of the church before the wrath of God falls on the earth. The rapture of the Body of Christ (the church) is not prophesied event but was kept secret before the foundation of the world. Christ’s invisible return in heaven to catch away the Body of Christ. This event is a mystery that has now been revealed but never prophesied about until it was revealed to the Apostle Paul.

I Cor 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, I Cor 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
I Thes 4:16 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: I Thes 4:17 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.
Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

After the rapture, the Body of Christ will be judged for our works done after we are saved. We will never answer for one sin because Christ paid for all our sins. The Body of Christ will inherit the heavens for that is our promise and the Nation of Israel will inherit the earth. Today there is no prophecy being fulfilled and will not be fulfilled until the Body of Christ is rapture out of this world.

II Cor 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

Answer 5

i can't really say if it is real or not, coz it hasn't occured yet. but coz of religious believes, i do believe that it will occur.

The Rapture is an event in certain systems of Christian eschatology (the study of the end times) whereby it is believed that all Christians will be taken from Earth by Jesus Christ into Heaven. Although almost all forms of Christianity believe that those who are "saved" will enter Heaven, the term "rapture" is usually applied specifically to the belief that Christians will be taken into heaven prior to the Second Coming of Christ, and there will be a period of time where non-Christians will still be left on earth before Christ arrives to set up his earthly kingdom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture

Answer 6

Darby.
Rapture 1830

The story goes that a woman was sick and delirious, Darby was at her bed side, she rambled and WA la the Rapture doctrine is formed. Spread like wild fire.

Don't you believe it!

There is a time at the END when Christ returns to earth the set up his kingdom that the faithful will be transfigured and rise to meet him and descend back to earth with him.
BUT the rapture says you will fly away from the anti-Christ with Christ to heaven. BS!!!!
We are here to be tested

Answer 7

Myth time !!

Do you really think that the graves are going to open up and that skeletons (if that) are going to rise thru the air to go to heaven? The same with "believers".

What do the believers do when the oxygen becomes thin?

If any of this is possible, and if those powers exist, then why isn't god using those powers to stop all of the stupid wars in the world? Why isn't god putting those powers to good use to feed the starving people, and relieving Africa of AIDS?

Believe in myths if you want, but you're only fooling yourself!

Answer 8

I THESSALONIANS 4:16-18
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.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words

Answer 9

It is totally made up......it is not anywhere in the bible. An Evangelist made it up to draw crowds decades ago. Sad huh ........ why do some christians do this kind of thing??

Answer 10

Like everything else in the bible, it's made up.