Who believes in the Rapture?

Question

I can't fully say I believe in it. I have hope it will happen.

Actually it is in the Bible.

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 ye therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." ( also Luke 17:26-37)



The Rapture is an event in certain systems of Christian eschatology (the study of the end times) in which it is believed that all true 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. However, the timing of "when" the rapture will take place is the key point often discussed and debated between denominations. One belief ("dispensationalist" or "futurist" interpretations) is that the rapture will take place at an unknown period of time prior to the beginning of t

I say I don't fully believe in it because it's description although in the Bible is vague and we aren't positive who will be taken.

I am saved by the way, do not judge me for God is on my side.

Answer 1

I do, here are the Bible verses to support it:

1 Thessalonians 4:16 and 17 "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."

1 Corinthians 15:51 and 52 "Behold I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumphet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed."

Revelation 4:1 "After this I looked, and behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were a trumphet talking with me; which said, come up hither and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter."

This next verse supports the position of a pre-tribulation rapture:

Revelation 3:10 "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

In the scripture you quote, the one "taken" is the one who dies because in the very next verse, Jesus answers "where there is a dead body, vultures will gather". (Luk 17:37 And they answered and said unto him, WHERE, LORD? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the vultures be gathered together. ) The Rapture is a private interpretation not found in the Bible, there are no two comings more for Jesus, only one last in which he comes as righteous judge when first he came to dispense mercy. However there is a reference to a raptured saint returning - Elijah the Tishbite because this is attested to by Jesus. It is amazing that some evangelists of the 19th and 20th centuries will invent anything in order to simply "differ" from the mainline churches that do not add such "gnostic" or "secret" slants to absolutely clear teachings of Christ in the Bible. Christ deliberately even talked about bodies so that these later so-called "prophets" and self-declared "saints" (ever hear benny hinn on TV) and those of "itching ears" would not cherry-pick verses to explain their pet theories.
You know what's really bad - that so many are deceived by the likes of the absolutely shameless Tim La Haye who has absolutely no problems updating the date of the "rapture" on his website (last I checked it was 06.06.2006 and that's come and gone too). Believe in what Jesus said clearly in the Bible not in someone's private interpretation - I fear that as the window for rapture passes, people who believed in this falsehood and based their whole lives on it will expose themselves to the danger of discouragement and apostasy. Witness how many Jews have explained away their Messiah as "Israel" or "society" and fallen into apostasy which is exactly what the enemy wants, for discouragement to replace hope in Jesus's coming for Christians.

Answer 3

The rapture is not a Catholic teaching.

Yes, on the End, hopefully, never but it will be according to Revelations (end of the bible chapter) the good and bad shall be separated.....

There is a spiritual warfare that is going on in the air between good and evil, and the righteous are being persecuted, so in these times pray to God always for yourself, family, and the world.

I wouldn't worry. Stand righteous before God, do good, and a clear conscience, and your path will be hard, but be assured you won't be forgotten by God.

If you are invited to the Wedding Feast, and wear a white robe of purity, and are invited to the Feast of the Lamb, then that is your eternal reward.

Answer 4

I do not believe in the Rapture. For all we know the one TAKEN may just be the one that is done away with. The one left may be the one that will inherit the earth. Read the scriptures, it makes sense. There may be alot of disappointed people on that day. Another way I look at it is, God created man to live forever on EARTH. He never promised Adam a way into Heaven if he disobeyed, but did say he would die. God's plan has not changed, since Adam's creation. He created man to live on earth. What do you think God's Kingdom is. Have you ever really stopped and listened to the lord's prayer? Thy Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. This is a model prayer that Jesus himself told us to pray for. Not that we go to heaven, but to make earth as God's Kingdom.

Answer 5

NO. Ask someone who preaches it or believes in it, to call it what the bible calls it.................HE CAN'T! Another "man-made" doctrine of the masses.

I Thess 4 does not describe a "rapture". That's the coming of Christ to redeem His when he comes. Notice, there is no 7 year tribulation, 100 year reign, etc.

Neither does Matt 24 deal with a "rapture". That is, interms of a 7 year tribulation, 100 year reign, etc.

Yes, He will return to take His, Those that are dead, and those that are alive. But, all of the years and times, etc. that come with the "rapture" doctrine; there is no scriptural foundation. KNOW MAN KNOWS THE TIME OR THE HOUR. Matt 24:36

Thiese Article may help someone:
http://www.spiritualperspectives.org/articles/documents/soon.html
http://www.spiritualperspectives.org/articles/documents/insurance.html

Peace

Answer 6

It's Biblical.
The sudden transportation of the perfected saints,of those who have slept in Christ and those who are alive in Christ is known as the "Rapture". This will take place at the "secret" coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess.4:16,17 ).

Answer 7

It's one End Of The World fantasy among many. Just because some book written by miserable desert nomads and goat herders says a thing doesn't mean it's true: For instance, the Bible says that rabbits chew a cud. Do you believe it? Because they don't.

Answer 8

Rapture 101

Enoch was raptured
Elijah was raptured
The church will be raptured.

It's not like it's only a new testament thing. C'mon people!

BTW, the rapture of the church will be before the tribulation because God is not a wife beater.

Answer 9

no, because it is not in the bible and it does not make rational sense.
Think about it this way, why would God kill those who believe in him and then bring them back to life after he kills everyone else?

Believers in the rapture will worship the anti-christ.

Answer 10

It is funny that you say that you don't fully believe in it, I think it is just human nature to doubt what we can't explain. It is all about faith. Just think about the disciples. They were told by Christ that He was coming back, but they didn't listen, they just wept. Just pray hun and read the Lord will confirm you.