Does everyone know that the rapture and tribulation are quickly approaching?

Question

Ppl hav said time & again that the end of the world was coming i.e. Dark Ages, Napoleon's time, WW2, but Israel 1st had 2 b reborn as a nation. It happened May 14, 1948 at 4:32 pm. Jesus says in Luke 21:10,11 “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven." How many wars hav we had in this century? What about earthquakes? It has been estimated that 60,000,000 ppl a year die from starvation around the world. If u go 2 google and type in whirlpool galaxy core, you'll c something that is the basis of Christianity. In Ezekiel, the prophet speaks of Israel being at war w/ Ethiopia and Libya (Arab states) led by Gog and Magog (Russia and Moscow) and the world just watches including us b/c after the Bush administration, the next president WILL b Democratic, withdraw from the Mid-east vow 2 stay out of there in the future.

Knowledge would increase in the last days... hmmm. People would have no conscience. People would mock about the last days and not believe. People would become lovers of themselves, Remember the TV commercials—"I do it for me"? People would be disobeying their parents. People would be grateful for nothing. People would be without self-control in sex. Is this not the great sex generation? People would be untrustworthy, friends would betray friends. People would love pleasures more than God. There would be weapons that could destroy the world. It's estimated that the combined nuclear arsenals of the US and Russia (as of the year 2000) could kill every living thing on earth 6 TIMES OVER. The currency in Israel at the time of the end would be the shekel. The currency had been the Israeli pound until June 1980, when it was changed to the shekel.

Answer 1

>For you maybe...that rant looks like it was inspired by 5 lines of coke followed by a few mushrooms and washed down with a pint of Jack Daniels.

My apologies if you are simply a dumbass.<

Answer 2

I dont think that a lot of people know or belive that it is..
I have been studining it a lot after reading the first four books in the Left Behind series it gives you a startaling clarity to what could happen. If you are interested in the books, you can find them anywhere by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHay..
Also by Jerry B. Jenkins is a GREAT book called Are We Living in the End Times? It has a lot of great bible refrences, and ideas to the rapture, and apocolypse..
Also a cheap but great way to look or study up on revelations is buy the Revelations Cd from the dollar Tree store, its just the book of revelations read by some guy, word for word..
But I do belive that the rapture is quickly drawing near, I just pray that my family and I are right with God and can be taken and not have to suffer the Tribulation, but I would love to see the Glorious appearing...
Well, its neat to know that others think or belive that the rapture is near.
God bless!

Answer 3

It really does not matter if people believe the time is coming because it will still come. There has never before been a time in history when it could actually be the time before now. Technology has advanced to the point where there could be total control of whether or not we buy or sell, work or not and that was not possible until now or at least it will be possible soon. There are many who know, many who do not and many who don't care.

Answer 4

Well if you think 2000 years is a short period of time then yes, but on the other hand, no, very no. Good luck with all that rapture nonsense.

Answer 5

Yes they are, but not in the order that you think...

“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 6

The amazing part of all of this is the answers you are getting, some are open and well others just plain ignorant. I know that Jesus is coming very soon to take His bride away, and when he comes all h will break loose. The signs of the time prove it's close.

Answer 7

So how do you know "Gog and Magog" refers to Russia and Moscow?

There is no rapture or tribulation except the one within you.

Answer 8

And why don't Christians pray that he never happens, I mean the world lets all the bad things happen because the are afraid of changing

Answer 9

yeah but ones own world can be destroyed.. if one person dies and suffers the tribulation, then so be it; the world will keep turning.

Jesus is saying you will see signs in Heaven. He also said "On earth, as it is in Heaven."

He was saying, in Heaven, there will be disease, etc etc.. You don't gain "signs from Heaven" by looking at the earth.

People forget a war was waged from heaven in Revelation, if the battle isn't over, it's still going on. Whether it's one person facing his mortality, or the whole world ~ the war must be ended.

Answer 10

The National Sunday Law will be passed just before the return of Jesus Christ.

Beware of the coming National Sunday Law . . . 666

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