Do you realize that after the rapture of the Christians.......?

Question

the Bible says that anyone who proclaims a belief in Christ will be beheaded. Now if Christians are gone, the most numerous religion in the world would be Islam. Aren't they the ones who like to cut off heads, anyway?

Revelations 20:4
First Thessalonians 4:16-17

Answer 1

wow I didn't even make that parallel....scary......they do like to behead Christians...I'll be with Christ so I ain't got nothin' to worry about

Answer 2

Dear bubba,

You have followed teachings that are not Biblical! Please read these Scriptures:

! Corinthians 15:51-53
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
John 6:39, 40
John 6:44, 54
John 12:48
John 5:28, 29

The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 2:13 that we must compare Scripture with Scripture. And if you have a Scripture that contradicts what the others say, then you have not come to truth! The idea of a pre-tribulation rapture is contrary to the Scriptures! The "last day" is Judgment Day and culminates with the catching away (rapture) of the true believers (saved). The churches have taught you a false doctrine. Please read Matthew 24 slowly and prayerfully. These verses inform us that we are in the Great Tribulation that precedes the return of Christ! May I also point you to 2 Thessalonians 2 which shows us that satan is now ruling in the local congregations (churches). The Holy Spirit has left the local churches and so NO ONE can be saved there regarless of the accuracy of the preaching! That is why the Lord tells us in Revelation 18:4 (whole chapter) to get out of the churches because the Lord has begun the judgment process on them (1 Peter 4:17).
If you would like further information please see the website Iisted at the references. I hope this will help you. "For many are called, but few are chosen."

Answer 3

The bible says very little about the reapture. In fact the Rapture is a belief of the Born Again sect. And it states that only those who have been born again into the belief that Jesus Christ is their personal savior will be taken bodily up into heaven.

This means that there will be plenty of Christians left if this rapture does happen.....

And where in the Bible does it say the remaining people will be beheaded?!

Answer 4

ROFLMAO
There is no Rapture!


Darby.
Rapture 1830 was formulated

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 5

Interesting...I didnt know the rapture was spoken of in the Bible...I thought it was more made up crap from the Church....

But what youre saying is, that when the rapture hits, there will be no more Christians on the face of the earth?? WHAT THE HELL ARE WE WAITING FOR THEN!! Bring it on!!!

Answer 6

There will be non-believers left behind during the rapture that will finally "have the scales fall from their eyes" and come to believe in Jesus. People will accept Christianity (as new believers) and they are the ones that will be persecuted for their beliefs.
I am not sure about the Islamic faith, only my own so I cannot answer your last question--if in fact it is a sincere question.

Answer 7

The Bible says that the church and the evil people will be together untill the end.

“Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, ‘Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares?’ He said unto them, ‘An enemy hath done this.’ The servants said unto him, ‘Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.’’” (Matthew 13:24 – 29 KJV)

Now that is an interesting story, and it can be a little confusing; fortunately, because the disciples found this story a little confusing they also and asked Jesus to explain if further. Because our God is not a God of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33), Jesus explained what this parable meant.

“Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, ‘Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.’ He answered and said unto them, ‘He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.’” (Matthew 13:36 – 42 KJV)

A closer study of this parable would seem to completely disprove the theory of a secret rapture of the church. Let’s take a look at what Jesus had to say about the time of the end through this parable. There are two groups on the earth represented by the wheat (the good or the church) and the tares (the evil). The workers of the field (probably representing angels) are troubled by the tares that the evil one (the devil) has planted. They ask the farmer (Jesus) if they should gather the weeds now and purify the field (the world). The farmer (Jesus) said that it should not happen that way because some of the wheat may come up with the tares. He then declares, “Let both grow together until the harvest (the end of the world): and in the time of harvest (the end of the world) I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.” I find it hard to be a proponent of a secret rapture for the church when Jesus said that both the good and the evil will grow together until the harvest (the end of the world). How can the church be raptured, leaving the evil on the earth, when Jesus said they will be together until the very end?

There is another issue raised by this parable. Many well intentioned Christians use the story in Matthew 24:40 & 41 and Luke 17:34 – 36 as key proof of a secret rapture for the church, but if we examine this story about the end times with the earlier story Jesus told about the end times in Matthew 13, we get a completely different picture from what most Christians interpret this story to mean. Let’s look at what Jesus said in these verses.

“Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.” (Matthew 24:40 – 42 KJV)

“I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.” (Luke 17:34 – 36 KJV)

Now I do not think that I am wrong in thinking that most Christians interpret these stories to mean that the man taken from the field, the woman that is taken while grinding, and the man taken in his sleep are the ones that belong to the group that is the church and are ruptured. This does not seem to be a plausible explanation however. Jesus gives an order for things to happen back in Matthew 13. “Gather ye together first the tares (the evil), and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat (the good or the church) into my barn.” Jesus clearly says that the evil will be gathered first. If we take this understanding and apply it to Matthew 24 and Luke 17, we get a very different understanding. The ones that are taken are not in the group we want to be in. The ones who are taken are the tares (the evil) that are being gathered to be burned, but the ones that are left are the wheat (the good) that are saved.

There is another metaphor that many well intentioned Christians use to support a secret rapture for the church; I feel that this too is an invalid interpretation of a story.

“But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.” (Matthew 24:43 & 44 KJV)

“And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.” (Luke 12:39 & 40 KJV)

“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.” (1 Thessalonians 5:2 KJV)

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” (2 Peter 3:10 KJV)

“Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.” (Revelation 16:15 KJV)

Here again, most Christians would attempt to say that this metaphor of a thief in the night is depicting a secret rapture for the church. I believe that most Christians have misinterpreted this too. First, Jesus explains what this metaphor means. He says that the meaning is not that the second coming is a secret but we do not know when it will occur. If we knew what day the Lord was to come, we would get ready the day before it, but since we do not know the day or the hour (Matthew 24:36), we must be ever ready! Just examine what Peter had to say of this metaphor in 2 Peter 3:10; he says that when the Lord comes as a thief,” the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therine shall be burned up.” Now I am not sure how all that could be kept a secret from anyone or how people would be able to live on the earth when it has passed away, burned up, and all the elements in it have melted.

Answer 8

Also, according to the Bible, 144,000 Christians (former Jews) will be converting the world to Christianity. It is they and their followers who will be beheaded for their faith in Christ.

Answer 9

Wow - that's got to be one of the most idiotic and hateful claims I have read in a while. Especially since the rapture is not Biblical.

Answer 10

So let me get this straight? No more Christians? I'm an undercover Christian... If all the loud ones were gone we might be able to restore some respect for our religion!

Woo-Hoo!

Answer 11

I would be interested in knowing where that Bible verse is located - and I believe that it is when a ruler disagreed with Christians and they were all threaten!@