Do you believe in he Rapture?

Question

Why? Where is it mentioned in the bible, because I can't find it in revelations.

Whose Idea was the Rapture? I've researched and found that it comes from a 15 year old girl in the 17th century in Europe. Then it was incorporated into some versions of the bible. The idea of rapture is never mentioned in the bible anywhere though...

help me please...

Answer 1

No. I do not believe it, but the idea is in the bible.

"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)

"... and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come." (1 Thessalonians 1:10)

Answer 2

You are correct that it is not in the Bible.

It is odd that some use 1 Thessalonians 4:16 as a "proof text" for the rapture and they say when the rapture comes people will just vanish and the others will wonder what happened. This is odd, because this verse describes the Lord coming "with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God" and dead will rise out of the graves. This certainly does not sound like a secret rapture. It sounds more like the end of the world!

Also, some who believe in a rapture will point to Matthew 24:36-44, but this says the coming of Christ will be just like the days of Noah. In the days of Noah, normal life continued until the flood came and "took them all away". The evil were tken away. "So shall the coming of the Son of man be."

Also, there were no "signs" before the flood. Normal life continued until Noah went into the ark. These verses say that no one knows when the coming of Christ shall be!

The rapture theory has the ones taken as being the righteous and the ones left behind as the evil. These verses, however, have the evil taken away (from the place where Christ has come) and the righteous left with Christ. "Rapture" has the wrong ones taken!

The righteous will be left with the Lord and the evil will be told "depart from me" (Matthew 25:41) It is also described in the Bible as gathering up of the weeds and throwing them into the fire. The "rapture" theory has the wrong ones "gathered up"!

Answer 3

Depends on what you define as the "rapture." If you mean the time when Jesus will come back and take the saints to the New Heaven/Earth, see Matthew 24-25, John 14:1-4, Acts 1:6-8, 1 Corinthians 15:12-28, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11, 2 Thessalonians 2, 2 Peter 3, and Revelation 19-20.

G.B. Define your terms.

Answer 4

I have always found it difficult to answer questions that people send about the so-called "rapture," for a number of reasons. The first is that "rapture" isn't found anywhere in the Holy Bible. It isn't there as a (correctly) translated word, nor is it there as an original Hebrew or Greek word that the Scriptures were written in. This Daily Bible Study is about what is in the Bible, not what isn't in the Bible.
The second reason is that before I can answer someone's question, I almost always have to write back and ask which "rapture" that they believe in because there are many "rapture" doctrines that people have come up with in the last two or three hundred years (the rapture theory was practically unknown before the 1800s). Some believe that God's people will be "raptured" away before the great tribulation, while others believe that their rapture will happen in the middle of the great tribulation, while others believe it will happen at the end of the great tribulation. On top of that, some believe that they will be raptured to safety in heaven, while others believe that they will be raptured to a place of safety on earth. And to add more to their confusion, some have declared that their rapture will occur as a result of two returns of Jesus Christ - and even they are divided, some believing that Christ's first return will be, in effect, a "bounce" back to heaven with His raptured people, while others believe that Christ will return and hide out somewhere on earth with His "raptured" people until His, and their, second "public" return.

Can you see why I find it so hard to answer questions about the "rapture"? People who believe in it themselves don't agree what it is, who it is, or when it is. Their "rapture" is a doctrine of confusion, but "God is not the author of confusion" (1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV).

Answer 5

The word "rapture" is not in the Bible, but it is a way to mention when believers are taken up to heaven when Jesus comes back againg. This is mentioned in:
1 Thessalonians 4:17
Matthew 24:31
Matthew 24:40 and 41
Revelation 14:14 to 16
1 Corinthians 15:52 and 53

Answer 6

Dear GoblyGook, the word rapture is not in the BIble, but there is some insite on the word. the greek word for rapture means to be caught up. therefore the word rapture has been appointed to the verses which refer to the catching up of Christians to meet Christ. this period is mentioned in the BIble, eve though it is not refered to as the rapture. "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). this verse refers to the day when Christ comes back, he wil come back and cal those who have died who belive in christ and they will arise first, then livivng belivers will be caught up in the air to meet him. this is referring specifically to the end of the age. This can be found in Revelations, however the most prominent verses refering to what is commonyl called "the Rapture" are the verse I quoted above and also 1 Cor. 15:51-52, which says: "Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed."
God Bless

Answer 7

i know it says caught up and it says in a cloud, but that is not what it means. The writer has used the word cloud to mean an uncountable number in another part of the bible. Look up the word cloud in a Strong's concordance and you will find out i am right. the "meet Christ in the air "simply means that when Christ comes or spiritual body will be given the breath of life(air) and our spirit will go into that one.This will happen to all of us at the same time ,that is what is meant by " together" . Let he who has wisdom understand. There is no rapture of the kind associated with 1st. Thessalonians period

Answer 8

Yes.
1 Cor. 15:52, 2 Cor. 12:2-4, 1Thess. 4:17, and some see Rev. 4:1
Whose idea??? Paul taught it to the early church.
Forget the 15 year old-not true. See 1 Cor. 15:52 that was written around 55 A.D.
It is in all Bibles.
Not mentioned in Bible??--1Thess. 4:17 "...after that, we who are still alive and are left will be ""caught up"" together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air". "Caught up" is the English translation of the Latin word meaning Rapture.

Answer 9

The idea of the "rapture" comes from a theology held by some Christians known as "premillennialism" It is quite a complicated viewpoint and they tend to "over-interpret" some scriptures. In other words, they are certain that certain scriptures point to the antichrist coming out of a certain country and certain terms are symbolic of certain end-time events. Sometimes they really stretch things a bit. One of the biggest contemporary proponents of premillennialism is Hal Linsey. I don't buy everything he says, but I haven't made up my mind about the rapture. I was raised by a fundamentalist family that taught me about the rapture. Maybe it's true and maybe it isn't, but either way, I love Jesus, so whatever end time plan he has, I will be a part of it whether I understand it now or not. Someday I surely will.

Answer 10

I am not entirely sure where I fall on my view of the end-times.
But playing Devil's advocate,I must address a few of the previous posts.
The word "rapture" comes from the Latin word "rapturo," which was a translation of the Greek verb "caught up" found in 1 Thessalonians 4:17.So,it is mentioned in the Bible.
No,it was not the teaching of a 15 year old girl,nor is it a recent teaching.Epharaem the Syrian said, in 373 AD, "For all the saints and Elect of God are gathered, prior to the tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins."

Read this website,a proponent of the pre-trib rapture theory,and you'll find the answers to your questions.
http://www.raptureready.com/rr-pre-trib-rapture.html

Answer 11

Primarily 2 passages, although there are numerous supporting passages.
Refer to I Thessalonians 4:13 - 5:9
and I Corinthians 15:50-58

Incidentally, I believe it does appear in the Book of Revelation, in Chapter 14:14-16, in the time of the 7th Trumpet