2006-09-08 03:46:14 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Doesn't matter. We're all RAPTURE READY.
2006-09-08 03:47:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The word "rapture" isn't in the Bible. Religious scholars took the term from the Greek word "rapare" which means "to remove quickly or snatch away". It describes the way in which the Church will be translated into immortality as per the Scripture that says, "......in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye.......". Being that such an instantaneous change is how the Bible described the change to immortality, "rapture" was a good way to describe it to the Greeks when the Word was made available to them.
2006-09-08 11:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct in that the word 'rapture' is not used.
Here are the scriptures:
Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54
2006-09-08 10:53:07 · answer #3 · answered by Char 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Matthew 24:40-42, "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."
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, "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: 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
2006-09-08 11:05:32 · answer #4 · answered by TubeDude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Rapture" is derived from the Latin verb: 'rapere', of 1 Thess. 4:17-"we will be caught up," ['to carry off' - or 'catch up']).
So when we mention the Rapture, we are not saying the actual word is in the bible, but what it means is, the removing or taking away of the christian believers just before the seven year tribulation begins.
2006-09-08 10:53:40 · answer #5 · answered by heresyhunter@sbcglobal.net 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
2006-09-08 10:48:55 · answer #6 · answered by Randy G 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, one arguement is that in Revelations, the church is not mentioned at all after the 6th chapter, where the Tribulation unfolds. It's mentioned again in chapter 21 in heaven. People take the assumption that the church will not be on earth during the tribulation. I'm sure I'll find out during my lifetime, either way...
2006-09-08 10:49:54 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People keep "dropping thier pants" about the fact the word
Rapture itself is not used in Scripture. It is just the word we
use to describe the event Jesus mentioned in Matthew.
I'm not some A'hole that can qoute chapter and verse for
everything. Its around chapter 23,24,25. Where Jesus says
"Two will be working in the field. The one will be taken, and the
other left."
2006-09-08 10:52:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1 Thess. 4:17- we shall be called to meet Jesus in the air. Jesus comes for all those who are saved. If you read in Revelations Jesus comes back again but this time he comes to fight. He returns to the earth. The rapture Jesus doesnt come to the earth.
2006-09-08 11:03:18 · answer #9 · answered by iwant_u2_wantme2000 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
MARK 13:32
LUKE 12:35-40
JOHN 11:25
JOHN 14:3
JOHN 21:20-23
1 CORINTHIANS 15:51-55
1 THESSALONIANS 1:10
1 THESSALONIANS 3:13
2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-3
TITUS 2:11-14
HEBREWS 9:24-28
1 PETER 1:3-5
2 PETER 3:3-4
I HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU...god bless
2006-09-08 10:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by justmenothinelse 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
rapture is from the latin for ' taken up'
it is from Thessalonians
"and the Lord himself shall desend with the clouds and the voice of the archangel of God and the dead in christ shll rise first and then we shall be TAKEN UP"
so although Chrstians might disagree on the schedule of some things like rapture and the tribulation , the rapture itself is totally Biblical and will happen
its the "taken up" part
see Randy below for the exact verse, way to go Randy!!
2006-09-08 10:48:50 · answer #11 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋