do you believe in the rapture?

Answer 1

i absolutely don't. it's not even biblical, and there's not even one basis for it.

Answer 2

The belief that faithful Christians will be bodily caught up from the earth, suddenly taken out of the world, to be united with the Lord “in the air.” The word “rapture” is understood by some persons, but not by all, to be the meaning of 1 Thessalonians 4:17. The word “rapture” does not occur in the inspired Scriptures.

Matt. 24:21, 22: “Then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again. In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short.” (This does not say that “the chosen ones” will all have been taken to heaven before the great tribulation, does it? Rather, it holds out the prospect to them, along with associates in the flesh, of surviving that great tribulation on earth.)

Rev. 7:9, 10, 14, RS: “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!’ . . . ‘These are they who have come out of the great tribulation.’” (To “come out” of something a person must go into it or be in it. So this great multitude must be persons who actually experience the great tribulation and come out of it as survivors.)

‘The rapture has been explained to me as an escape plan for Christians. Many feel that this is the way they will escape the coming great tribulation. Is that how you feel? We certainly want God’s protection at that time, and I find to be very encouraging some texts that show how we can benefit from it. (Zeph. 2:3)’ (2)Interestingly, the Bible shows that God will safeguard some faithful ones right here on earth. (Prov. 2:21, 22) That is in harmony with God’s purpose when he first created Adam and put him in Paradise, is it not?’

Answer 3

Gospel According to Saint Matthew
Chapter 6



33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Be not therefore solicitous for tomorrow; for the morrow will be solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.



The origins of the doctrine of the rapture are hotly debated. The Orthodox, mainline Protestant, and Roman Catholic churches (which represent the majority of Christians worldwide) have no tradition of such a teaching and reject the doctrine, in part because they cannot find any reference to it among any of the early Church fathers and in part because they do not interpret the scriptures the way that Rapture-believers do.

































































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Answer 4

I believe in the Rapture simply because my God is not going to allow his children to go through the Seven Year Tribluation. And yes, in the New Testament you will read verses that relate to the Christians being caught up or disappearing before the last day. It doesn't make any difference what anyone believes. They will either believe in God or suffer the damnation of Hell. And yes, there is a Hell, whether of fire and brimstone or literal death, it makes no difference. God's word is here for us and if we choose to ridicule it, denounce it, or whatever these idiots are trying to make us do, then we must each pay the consequences. Not me...what have you got to lose by believing. But look at what you lose if there is a God of Abraham and you refused to believe. God bless....

Answer 5

4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.


This is where they get the Rapture story...BUT what's the Subject?..where are the dead...no flying away subject.

Answer 6

do you believe in the rapture?

Yes. though you wont find the English word "Rapture". in the Biblical text you will see references to the catching away of the saints. from the OT to NT you will find references to this event and Paul wrote about it a great deal as well.

Answer 7

another ploy that feeds off the christian paranoia.... "we should be good because we dont know when the rapture will come, we must be rapture ready"

Answer 8

I used to. But when the world was supposed to end in 2000 and it didn't, I began to give it second thoughts. Now I'm a full-fledged agnostic.

Answer 9

yes i do and it is biblical.

"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be CAUGHT UP together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

its coming very soon

Answer 10

Yes Definetly! And as we get closer and closer to the end I just get more and more excited! soon I will be taken from this wicked world and will be with Jesus!!

Answer 11

No, not the revelations of the bible rapture. Just like the rest of the bible, it is fiction designed to control through fear.