Mainstreamers, where is it?
There is an 'event' that many have attached the term 'Rapture' to in the New Testament...but I don't see where the word 'Rapture' could have originated from...
2007-02-03 21:19:57 · 6 answers · asked by Mr O 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
~ The word for 'Rapture' in the Holy Bible is in the Greek Lexicon... the word is 'harpazo' ... to be caught up
Pronunciation Guide: harpazo {har-pad-zo}
The word harpazo is used as a verb.
Also noted in Strong's 726:
1) to seize, carry off by force
2) to seize on, claim for ones self eagerly
3) to snatch out or away
2007-02-03 21:46:58 · answer #1 · answered by James N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's something that may help you. I'll put the web site below. The Bible does not use the word Rapture. But this explanation contains some of the Bible verses in which the expressions are the same..like 'caught up'...
The rapture is an event that will take place sometime in the near future. Jesus will come in the air, catch up the Church from the earth, and then return to heaven with the Church. The Apostle Paul gave a clear description of the rapture event in his letters to the Thessalonians and Corinthians.
"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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." (1 Thess, 4:16-18).
“Behold, I shew 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 trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality” (1 Cor. 15:51-53).
The timing of the rapture is not known. From the Word of God and from sound reasoning--something Jesus used quite frequently--I hope to prove the reality of the pretribulation rapture.
The word “rapture” comes from Paul's "caught up" remark in verse 17. The words “caught up” are translated from the Greek word harpazo, which means "to carry off," "snatch up," or "grasp hastily." The translation from harpazo to “rapture” involved two steps: first, harpazo became the Latin word raptus; second, raptus became the English word “rapture.”
2007-02-04 05:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by chole_24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It occurs four times in the New Testament: 2 Cor 12:2, 2 Cor 12:4, 1 Th 4:17, Rev 12:5.
The word "rapture" is the Latin form of the Greek word harpazo. The literal word "rapture" is taken from the Vulgate:
2Co 12:2 scio hominem in Christo ante annos quattuordecim sive in corpore nescio sive extra corpus nescio Deus scit raptum eiusmodi usque ad tertium caelum
2Co 12:4 quoniam raptus est in paradisum et audivit arcana verba quae non licet homini loqui
1Th 4:17 deinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul rapiemur *** illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera et sic semper *** Domino erimus
Re 12:5 et peperit filium masculum qui recturus erit omnes gentes in virga ferrea et raptus est filius eius ad Deum et ad thronum eius
By the way, I do not believe in the Rapture. And that is hardly a mainstream belief - rapture believers, or Dispensationalists, make up about 2% of the Christian population world-wide.
Ha! Guess what Latin word is filtered out by Yahoo?
2007-02-04 05:27:14 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"rapture" comes from the Latin word "rapturo," which was a translation of the Greek verb "caught up" in 1 Thessalonians 4:17.
This website explains the pre-trib rapture doctrine well.
http://www.raptureready.com/index.php
2007-02-04 05:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by Serena 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I will enlighten you.
Rapture is a heretic dogma that protestants have created.
The verses in new testament are talking about the final judgement and the second coming of christ and not about another coming of christ. Well how many times christ will come to earth you fool religious people??? Are you so stupid that you can't even READ A GOD DAMNED BOOK????????
Some may say that jesus will not come to earth but above earth , its so pathetic and psychotic .
2007-02-04 05:26:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does not appear in the KJV. But the scriptures in Corinthians and Thessalonians are pretty clear about this issue.
I Cr 13;8a
2007-02-04 05:24:23 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋