okay let's say in the future. at the end of the road. at what point is there no turning back for people who haven't yet accepted christ? this is during the antichrist. let's say he is born and has come to power. I know when you die and don't have the holy spirit in you, that is it. you are done and are in hell. during that time based on the bible when else is your fate sealed besides dying?
is it when you accept the mark of the beast? does that means it is over? also when jesus does come. is that too late? is jesus gonna come and stay for a little while before he brings everyone saved away? so that people then can change? or boom he is here and your too late.
2007-02-08 19:59:19 · 9 answers · asked by KAPPAx3 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
what's the rapture. please i'm a newbie.
2007-02-08 20:04:48 · update #1
again what is the rapture?? i dont get it? what is trubulations?? how long is jesus staying? he is gonna just say hi i'm here and i'm taking all my saved people. boom he's gone withthe saved and leaves the evil people around.? also i don't think it's gonna happen in my life time. people are too smart to not sense him. it will have to be in a time where we are destroyed by war and are in search of a leader.
2007-02-08 20:10:32 · update #2
Before Jesus returns, even before certain individuals die, there may be a time during their life when God stops knocking on the door of their heart. We can't repent unless he is giving us that conviction that it is critical to act upon in order to deal with the sin in our own lives. If we feel conviction it's because he is giving us repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. If we don't act then we may stop hearing it. Our hearts definitely can become hardened and our chance for salvation pass.
When Jesus returns at the last trumpet he is coming as judge. There won't be any time at all to repent then.
The rapture as it is taught is a false teaching. Jesus is coming back at the end of the age and those who have died will rise to meet him in the air in their glorified bodies and we who remain will be changed into our glorified bodies also, in an instant, and rise to meet him in the air.
2007-02-08 20:16:48 · answer #1 · answered by hisgloryisgreat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now lets me see if I get the logic this thing. I have an immortal soul. This immortal soul for a split second in the vastness of time did not believe in God while momentarily inhabiting a mortal body. Mortal body dies but soul doesn't. Soul is doomed for eternity anyway, because when god appears in all his glory said soul is not allowed to believe a fact. Kind of an oxymoron. You can believe in fiction but not a fact.
Question? How come God appeared to a bunch of bronze age preachers and only of the chosen people-the rest of humanity can go to hell- and has never been heard of again??? This is a cunning plan with a win-win situation. and it seems to be based on quantity. In the beginning there are only two humans, now there are billions. According to the good book Armageddon will happen. we even know the outcome. So if you believe you win if you don't you lose. The problem is that you have to pick the winner on blind faith. God gets all these souls and so does the Devil (spoils of war) and the good guys get life eternal peace eternal and other eternal benefits. the bad guys get the equivalent in hell. Everybody is happy. God and the Devil.
2007-02-09 04:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by The Stainless Steel Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it will be too late if you get the mark of the beast (666) it will be all over for you. You will get a second chace to come to Christ during the great tribulation, but it will be hard to do, as you will be put to death for your faith. So make sure you are in the rapture and not left behind.
2007-02-09 04:06:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dear Friend,
Take heart, and look to the scriptures for an answer.
Hell does not exist, It is an idea that Man came up with. The scriptures In the book of Genesis God created man, and gave him the whole of the Earth to live in and do as he wished. All god said was:
Genesis 3:3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "
God wanted them to leave this one tree alone as a symbol of his aithority, but Satan was jelous of Adam and Eve, and as we know he tempted Eve to eat from the tree as did Adam when tempted by Eve.
The bible says that god created them both in his own image, i.e. perfectly, and that if they had not questioned gods authority, but in doing so we became imperfect and death entered into the world: Romans 5:12 Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ
12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—
Under gods own law i.e. Leviticus 24:20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured. the sacrifice of one perfect life (Adam) required the sacrifice of another perfect life (Jesus) This is why in John 3:16 it says 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. The sacrifice of his Son atoned for all sin past present and future.
Now as for hell, it says in Revelation: Revelation 12:9
The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
This clearly stated that satan was hurled to earth, not hell, and also it states that he is misleading the whole planet, (false religion) Think of all the evil that men do, doesn't this make sense!
The bible says also the following: Acts 10:43
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
Turn be saved asll you have to do is have a real love for Jesus, acknowledge that he is your saviour and ask God for the forgiveness you obviously seek. No man or priest can forgive you, only through Jesus and Prayer.
So the answer to your question is that you can ask for forgiveness at any point, the sooner the better! Jesus has set me free and he could do the same for you.
I wish you all the best
God Bless
2007-02-09 04:35:10 · answer #4 · answered by ianptitchener 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read the book again, "not a generation shall come or pass before my return" --it's already happened, and we're stuck with the lot of you
2007-02-09 04:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, it's pretty much over for you as soon as you start believing in that nonsense.
2007-02-09 04:10:44 · answer #6 · answered by weary0918 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
at the rapture.
2007-02-09 04:04:15 · answer #7 · answered by ekduin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is always hope.
2007-02-09 04:10:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is ok to me. i can go on with my life with out him.
2007-02-09 04:08:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋