Please be honest and then answer why don't you?
And Yes I know that no man knows the day or hour in which Christ will return. And for all who don't believe in the rapture, thanks for your comments, because I'll be praying for you not to miss it.
2006-08-20 14:57:57 · 20 answers · asked by Wise ol' owl 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Okay, for those who can't read. Someone tell them that the question started off with PRETEND. If you believe that it is not real, it's okay. You PRETEND that there is no God, so why could you not humor me. Both are real and when the event occurs, you'll know as well. I hope and pray that you come to the knowledge of the truth before then. But I did not impose on you to state that it was real, I asked you to PRETEND!
2006-08-20 15:11:59 · update #1
The only thing necessary is to pray. It might be possible to get others to pray as well. Maybe this Wednesday at noon will be a little late. IMAGINE it will happen on Tuesday. Well maybe not the rapture but a war caused for a religious reason to bring about the appearance of the Mahdi (guided one) and Jesus who will defeat the anti-Christ (dajjal) and ultimately to bring Judgment Day (qiyahmah).
On 8/22 Ali Larijani, hand delivered Iran's response to UNSC 1696 the package of incentives to dissuage Iran from uranium enrichment. Iran's top nuclear negotiator said today that Tehran was ready to enter "serious negotiations" over its disputed nuclear program but did not say whether it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment — the West's key demand. At least no one got nuked today.
It is good to be prepared for the rapture, and to help others to be prepared as well, but also it is good to be prepared to endure the spiritual warfare of the tribulation because the rapture might not come until sometime after the tribulation begins. Scholars do disagree when it may happen. Better to be prepared for the worst and then be pleasantly surprised, than to expect the best and be disappointed.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the man to watch these days. Leaders of the Iranian hard-line regime, believe they have a direct line to God, and they'll do whatever 'divine inspiration' requires them to do. Talking to them is pointless.
Ahmadinejad, rejected a UN Security Council resolution that would give Iran until Aug. 31 to suspend uranium enrichment. Ahmadinejad promised to respond to European and American demands to cease his country's illicit nuclear programs on August 22.
On Saturday, August 19, Iran launched a large-scale area, sea and ground exercise he maneuver, the Blow of Zolfaghar (the sword used by Imam Ali), which involved 12 divisions, army Chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces. Iran's state-run television reported that the new anti-aircraft system was tested "to make Iranian air space unsafe for our enemies."
On August 8, 2000, the Wall Street Journal published comments by Prof. Bernard Lewis, the great scholar of Islam and the Middle East:
"In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time - Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam. Mr. Ahmadinejad and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the U.S. about nuclear development by Aug. 22. This was at first reported as "by the end of August," but Mr. Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise."
Revolutionary Iran habitually links fundamentalist symbolism to political events.
Prof. Lewis explains the significance of Aug. 22 and adds ominously:
"This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and, if necessary, of the world. It is far from certain that Mr. Ahmadinejad plans any such cataclysmic events precisely for Aug. 22. But it would be wise to bear the possibility in mind."
There are three issues that coincide with August 22, 2006.
1. It will mark the anniversary of a sacred event on the Islamic calendar: The 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427CE (632 A.D.) is the day when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad (miraj) on the legendary winged horse Buraq, first to "the farthest mosque," (in Jerusalem) and then to heaven and back. Islam has its own lunar calendar so that Islamic holidays correspond to different dates each year on the Gregorian calendar.
2. This date roughly coincides with another event 240 years earlier — the conquest of Jerusalem by the Muslim warrior Saladin, the arch-enemy of the crusaders.
3. It is perhaps the date that the Mahdi, (the guided one, the 12th Imam) is expected to appear (zuhur). Shiites believe Imam Mahdi will bring with him a new period of Islamic justice.
Lailat al Miraj (27 Rajab, 22 August 2006)
The festival is celebrated by telling the story of how the Prophet Muhammad was visited by two archangels while he was asleep, who purified his heart and filled him with knowledge and faith.
According to Islamic tradition, the Prophet travelled from Mecca to Quds (Jerusalem) in a single night on a strange winged creature called Buraq. From Quds he ascended into heaven lighting up the skies over the holy city in his wake. The divine white light that over Quds spread over the whole world.
Those who have mentioned the Mabath, Shiites focus on the 27th of Ramadan 610 AD (not the 27th of Rajab) as the date that the Archangel Jibril (Gabriel) Allah appeared before Muhammed in a cave in Mount Hira and told him he had been chosen as the prophet to spread the divine message across the world and gave him the first five verses of the first chapter, Surat al-Alaq. Mabath means the one appointed. This night of appointment is also know as the night of revelation, the night of might, destiny and the precious night. Yowm al Mabath (Day of appointment) is marked by Shiites in Iran and other parts of the Middle East with great ceremony. For 2006 Ramadan will begin September 24 and end on October 23, with the
Eid Al-Fitr.
Finally, the solar eclipse that occurred on March 29, 2006 was visible in most of the Arab world (Europe, Asia and Africa) and may have had prophetic significance. There is mention of an eclipse that heralds the appearance (zuhur) of the Mahdi.
The Ist, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar are considered to be sacred months. Following the Islamic calendar and the Qur'an, the 7th month of Rahab ends on August 24, 2006 The 11th month, Dhul-Qi'dah begins November 22, 2006, the period between these dates would be a time permissible for aggressive jihad.
Qur'an Sira Barã´ah 9:5
Once the Sacred Months are past, (and they refuse to make peace) you may kill (fight and slay)the pagans (idol worshipers) when you encounter them, punish them, and resist every move they make. (and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war); If they repent and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), you shall let them go (open the way for them). Allah is Forgiver, Most Merciful. (Khalifa translation)
After the sacred months, (the grace period of four months) have expired, slay them wherever you find them. Seize them, besiege them and lie in ambush for them at all possible places. But if they repent, establish ‘salat’, and pay the ‘zakat’, then let them go their way. Of course, Allah is the most Forgiving and the most Merciful. (Munir Munshey translation)
فَإِذَا انسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدْتُمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ فَإِنْ تَابُوا وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَوةَ وَءاتَوْا الزَّكَوةَ فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Fa-itha insalakha al-ashhuru alhurumu faoqtuloo almushrikeena haythu wajadtumoohum wakhuthoohum waohsuroohum waoqAAudoo lahum kulla marsadin fa-in taboo waaqamoo alssalata waatawoo alzzakata fakhalloo sabeelahum inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun
No one wins in a war. Property can be restored, but even a lifetime is not long enough to resolve grief over a lost loved one.
Since Muslims, Jews and Christians have messianic beliefs, maybe praying for the messiah to come and bring lasting peace before the world destroys itself would be a win-win-win solution
2006-08-20 15:22:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would stay in a state of prayer and try to mentally prepare much like we do for communion. We come to a place that is has no unforgiven sin and nothing against anybody. A totally attitude of surrender much like we do daily. Stay as close to the anointing as humanly possible, and then look for a new beginning in the "Twinkling of an eye".
This is truly the state of mind the Child of God is suppose to maintain anyway, so for me it would not be a lot different other then I would probably be evangelizing with an urgency and operating somewhere in the five fold ministry. Running through the streets proclaiming the "King Is Coming". God willing.
2006-08-20 15:10:01 · answer #2 · answered by happylife22842 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I knew than I would pray for more people to come to know Christ! I would get a Christian friend and witness to as many people before it is too late!
2006-08-20 15:08:08 · answer #3 · answered by zoril 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rapture is not going to happen. It is a story made up by a 15 year old girl to please theminister she had a crush on. And while we are at it, revelations isn't real either. it was a dream, probably induced by ergot of syphilis, that noone knows who wrote(perhaps John Calvin), or when. it could be as old as 2000 years, or as young as 600 years, since it didn't show up until after the Gutenberg bible was printed. By rights, it shouldn't even be in the pook, but was put there the first time by some hellfire and damnation church leader about 600 years ago.
2006-08-20 15:15:05 · answer #4 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Read Adi Da!
AVATAR ADI DA SAMRAJ: Mankind is now in a state of delusion; that is a characteristic of this time. That is why I call it the "late-time", or the "dark epoch". Mankind is possessed by false views, illusions about life, that the purpose of life is some kind of self-directed or collectively directed intention toward fulfillment -- utopian, or for the sake of the species, or even going into outer space, or some ultimate fulfillment -- or whatever they advertise on TV.
Life, as being purposed toward fulfillment in the gross context of body, the nature domain, the potentials of the cosmic universe -- all views that presume living on the basis of motivations, desires, intentions and patterns that are for that purpose are deluded.
Life is not of that nature. Mankind is not divine; Reality is Divine. Mankind inheres in That -- but in and of itself, mankind is simply another primate species of animal in the earth world.
There is no ultimate fulfillment to be pursued. In The Knee Of Listening, 33 years ago, I Wrote about this very matter, looking for a new age of men and women, Speaking there specifically in these terms.
It is not this utopian drama of the future and all this perfection of human possibility, or fulfilling the life of egoity, the technological fulfillment, or any other kind of means of fulfillment in the cosmicm sphere. That is not it.
Egoity must be transcended. Therefore, bondage to the body-mind is transcended in that process, because egoity is an activity of the body-mind.
The process is a Spiritual one, not merely a philosophical one. It involves the Profound Effort of Grace, Divinely, Avatarically Given, Extended from Me in My Regard of people, by the Work that I do in Spiritual terms.
August 16,2005
2006-08-20 15:05:20 · answer #5 · answered by soulsearcher 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I doubt any will miss it when it comes.
But I would do the only thing you can do and that is wait and see what happens.as in most things that you know are going to happen but have little or no control over.
2006-08-20 15:08:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In truth i think I would be wearing a sandwich board and walking down town, I know I would be much more serious about sharing the gospel if I really knew that.
2006-08-20 15:05:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Life goes on. I would try to find , With prayer some of the chosen who have not yet come into the fold.Mostly my brothers.
2006-08-20 15:15:50 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Historically, the rapture is the idea of a 16 year-old Scottish girl in the middle 1800's. There is no biblical or traditional basis for the theory.
2006-08-20 15:29:53 · answer #9 · answered by sfpschmidt 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
The Rapture is not a scriptural accurate event.
It was contrived in the 80's and is NOT in the bible in the way most people have come to think of it, so NO I will not pretend to perpetuate false doctrine.
2006-08-20 15:04:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Praying that I go to heaven.
I would be very happy.
CC
2006-08-20 15:03:32 · answer #11 · answered by cheeky chic 379 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋