Questions on the Rapture theory?

Question

I don't believe in the Rapture, but I was curious about who the first believers in the Rapture theory were.

I know the people preaching about the Rapture started in the late 1800's and early 1900's, but does anyone know their names?

And please, don't give me any Bible verses, I've heard them all.

I'm not looking for proof, as I do not believe it.

What I'm looking for is the NAMES of the first protestant pastors who started preaching about the Rapture.

So does anyone know the names of the first major preachers of the Rapture theory?

Answer 1

The rapture theory is UN biblical

Answer 2

The word Rapture is not in the Bible, But there are other scriptures talking about the dead in Christ shall rise first & we which are alive & remain shall be caught (up) to meet him, & also it mention about the translation. Now you say you don't believe in the rapture, you sound like my own sister, She through that at me one time & all she could come up with was 2 verses & then she had the wrong interpretaion to those 2 verses, & I gave her about 20 different scriptures about the Catching away of the Bride, & guess what, she has NOT talked to me since. Now you ask who first taught the Rapture or the catching away, Well Jesus mentioned it & all the Apostles of Old mentioned it, So your theory & that is just what it is a Theory to you, Did not start in 1800's, It started 2000 yrs ago. but since you don't want me to give you the scriptures, Then you only want this question answer to tickle your ears, That I will NOT do. Now since you don't believe in the Rapture, Prove it to me that it is not in the bible, You can't, But I can proved it to you it is in the bible, only it is not called Rapture, It is call that word, you don't want me to say. That is the way many Gardner Armstrong people from the world wide church of God teaches, & all they can use is about 2 verses, & Us christians That is matured enough can take you on a journey through the Bible On this subject, & I am matured enough, Don't you think I learned something after serving God for over 36 yrs.

Answer 3

Margaret Macdonald, Port Glasgow, Scotland. John Nelson Darby (1800-1882), The person most responsible for the rather widespread acceptance of Pretribulationalism and Dispensationalism among Evangelicals is Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (1843-1921). C. I. Scofield published his Scofield Reference Bible in 1909.

Answer 4

In England there developed a movement headed by a former Church of Ireland clergyman, John Nelson Darby. He and like-minded Anglicans became known as the Brethren. From his Plymouth base, Darby traveled to preach in Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe. He asserted that Christ’s return would occur in two stages. It would begin with a secret rapture, in which the “saints” would be caught away before a seven-year period of tribulation devastated the earth. Then Christ would appear visibly, accompanied by these “saints,” and together they would rule on earth for a thousand years.

Darby stressed the need to be separate from the world, and those sharing his views eventually became known as the Exclusive Brethren. B. W. Newton headed a different faction that believed in the rapture but not in a pretribulation one. Posttribulation advocate Alexander Reese maintained that “the Secret-Rapture theories are a menace to the hope of Christ’s Coming.”

Answer 5

If you are interested in the Rapture, mail me. There are allot of false teaching about the rapture, like there are 2 raptures, and when it will happen, and how it will happen. I can give you the answers out of the Bible.

Answer 6

The Catholic Church kept the Bible from the common man until 1611. After that the scriptures became common knowledge. The rapture is in the Bible and was believed by the earliest Christians, before the Catholic Church, circa 400AD.


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

Answer 7

Info on that here http://www.bibleprophesy.org/vision.htm

Her name was Margaret MacDonald - a 15-year-old scottish girl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture
There exists at least one 18th century and two 19th century Pre-Tribulation references prior to Macdonald - in a book published in 1788, in the writings of a Catholic priest Emmanuel Lacunza in 1812, and by John Darby himself in 1827.[5] However, both the book published in 1788 and the writings of Lacunza have opposing views regarding their interpretations, as well. It is inargueable, however, that John Darby held the pre-tribulation position.

In 1957, Dr. John Walvoord, a theologian at Dallas Theological Seminary, authored a book, "The Rapture Question," that gave theological support to the pre-tribulation rapture; this book eventually sold over 65,000 copies.

In 1958, J. Dwight Pentecost authored another book supporting the pre-tribulation rapture, "Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology" that sold 215,000 copies.

During the 1970s, the rapture became popular in wider circles, in part due to the books of Hal Lindsey, including The Late Great Planet Earth.[6]

Hope that helps

Answer 8

The Rapture and the Second coming are the same event....

Answer 9

The name of the first Christian Pastor was Paul.I Thessalonians.Don't you believe the word of God?

Answer 10

What difference does it make who first told the TRUTH of the rapture?