How many people believe in the *Rapture* and do you think we are in the *End Times*?

Answer 1

Why do people think this is any different than whats been going on for millenia? The deeds are the same, only the technology has changed. It doesn't mean armageddon is coming, it means people need to get over themselves.

Answer 2

I believe there will be a rapture, but I'm unsure whether we are in the "end times". Sometimes I think we have to be because there are so many signs, but then I have to remind myself that people have been seeing signs of the end times for centuries. The Bible says no one knows the day or the hour, so I don't think there's any point in trying to predict it.

Answer 3

The Rapture is a theory invented by a preacher named John Darby in 1830, and before that, no one ever heard of the concept, never mind the word.

This teaching began being propagated by the footnotes in the Thompson Chain Reference Bible, and later sensationalized by the pop theology of Hal Lindsay and Tim Lahaye: false profits of doom, making millions off of peoples fear and ignorance.

Jesus returns once at the end of human history, not one and a half times. Jesus warned us rather sternly to ignore these false prophets. The bible says the Church will be, is being, persecuted, and it can't be persecuted if it is not here.

The "end times" began with the Ascension, and we are still in it.

Answer 4

I for one believe in the rapture before the tribulation period.Whether it's just around the corner,I'm not sure.Nobody knows.What I will say is that there are things in place that weren't in place all the other times before when people predicted the return of Christ.All of the Jews have to be back in Israel before he will return.They are migrating right now as we speak.Somehow the red heifer has returned out of nowhere.The red heifer is essential for Jewish customary sacrifices.The blue prints are already drawn up for the new temple that the Antichrist is supposed to rebuild.Iran(Persia) and Russia are allies.They are the ones to attack Israel.Iran finally has the big bomb.
Who knows.Are you ready?

Answer 5

Yes and Yes.
No other time in history could this happen.When you put Daniel,Revelation,Ezekiel and Zechariah together you will see that.Israel had to be in the land(They were out for 2000 years until 1948).Russia and Persia(Ezekiel 38) have to be aggressive powers,we need to have satellite hook up because in Daniel the Anti-Christ speaks and the whole world hears him.And we had to have nuclear capabilities."I saw a star fall from heaven and it poisoned the waters and it's name was Wormwood"John says in Revelation.The word wormwood in Russian is" Chernobyl",sound familiar? Think maybe that was a warning?
I believe when John is caught up to heaven in Rev.4,that that is a type of the church being caught up to heaven.Because the church is not mentioned again until the end of the book.We will go up before the Anti-Christ is revealed and come back with Christ 7 years later(Rev.19).Yes the actions of Iran(Persia) and Russia lead me to believe the time is getting nearer.

Answer 6

Yes I believe that we are in the last days of this wicked world.
But I remember seeing a scripture that changed my mind about that.
Matthew 24:21,22 It said there would be a great tribulation and if not for the chosen ones no flesh would be saved alive.
If the chosen ones were raptured out he could take as long as he wanted. So I believe they are still here when the tribulation breaks out.

Answer 7

I believe we are getting close. If people would read Revelation they would see the signs. More and more people openly denying God. It's happening. More people becoming Christians. It's happening in underground movements in China and Iran, all over the world. Globalization is leading the way to a one world currency, religion and government. It's happening. Can I say when? No. Only God knows. It will happen when God's Church has been prepared. I only hope more people will realize The Truth before it does happen.

God Bless and Merry Christmas.

Answer 8

I believe in the raptue of the blood bought church of Jesus Christ and at the beggining of the tribulation , Also in our Generation /Man has moved forward more in 100 years than at any other time Israel became a State,The Love of Man waxes colder and colder toward the church ,and most of all a lot of scholars claim that the anti Christ will be a homosexual ,people are accepting it more and more ,not only are they accepting it,but those who dont accept it say something is wrong with us ,in the last days man will call good evil and evil good

Answer 9

Unfortunately, I think God is coming within 50 years or less. The rapture is debatable to me, because even though many of his people will be marked and sent to heaven, I don't believe they will be the last. Those who choose not to accept the mark and who choose not to worship the beast will still be God's people, and will still go to heaven, even though they might not be brought to heaven in this rapture.

Answer 10

The rapture is a fallacy, easily documented in God's Word as lies.

Yes these are the end times, summer is nigh.

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Answer 11

I think we are in the end times, but I do not believe in the rapture that most Christians teach.

The Bible says that the rapture happens at the end of the world.

“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.