What has to happen for the Rapture to start?

Question

I've read that certain warning signs must first take place.

Here is what many agree on.


1.The nations of the world must unify their currency onto a universal standard.
2.There will be peace in Israel according to Ezekiel 38.
3.There may be a one world government, something like the 7th beast of Revelation, prior to the antichrist's 8th beast government.
4.The Jewish temple in Jerusalem must be rebuilt in its original place.
5.The Jewish people must be in control of the land of Israel.
6.Many Old Testament commandments must be performed in the temple. This includes the sacrifice of an unblemished red heifer.
7.The Antichrist must be walking the earth in human form.

So if you believe in the Rapture then you are in to Animal Sacrifice? Doesn't that sound a little crazy? Why don't we just drink blood while we're at it? Oh wait, we do that in church every Sunday! Awesome...

Answer 1

I can think of one sign...I catually agree with Patrone for a change (answer above mine)

Answer 2

Actually the one thing that must take place before the Rapture and subsequent return of the Lord Jesus Christ is something that Christians can do something about:
"And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations (ethnos=people groups), AND THEN THE END SHALL COME." (Mt 24:14)
We can also pray, according to the commandment of the Lord; "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Peter even speaks of "hastening the day..." (the KJV mistranslates the verb tense here, which is in the active, not the passive voice) (II Peter 3:12)
So please join with me and do what you can to hasten the day!

Answer 3

Actually, all those things listed occur after the rapture or removal of the church. Your eschatoligical views seemed to be a bit off. Perhaps more time in the Word, not just Revelation would help. Of course, if you are an unbeliever, it doesn't really matter when the rapture occurs, does it?

Answer 4

I don't know about all of those things. This is what I'm sure of.

Matthew 24:21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. (22) And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. (23) Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. (24) For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. (25) See, I have told you beforehand. (26) So, if they say to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out. If they say, 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. (27) For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (28) Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. (29) "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. (30) Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (31) And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, (2) not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. (3) Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, (4) who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. (5) Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? (6) And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. (7) For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. (8) And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. (9) The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, (10) and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. (11) Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, (12) in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Answer 5

There will be no rapture but i do believe those signs will come true sometime not too far into the future.
What's a red heifer by the way and i didnt know they served pot roast at ihop.

Answer 6

Where did you get all theese strange ideas none of which are Scriptural BTW and as for the Rapture it has been ongoing for 93 years and Revelation 18;4 is a warning sign more available on request like Matt24:14 gorbalizer

Answer 7

Why are you mocking something you don't believe in? Seriously? Does someone else's way of thinking bother you that much? Insulting others doesn't make you look more intelligent. Actually, it has the opposite effect. If it doesn't affect your little life, let it go. Simple, eh?

By the way, IHOP is pretty good. Even if you're not a pancake fan. Their pot roast is awesome!

Answer 8

NO RAPTURE

Rev.10:6 And sware by Him that liveth for ever and ever, Who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
TIME NO LONGER
Rev.10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.
SEVENTH ANGEL WHEN HE BEGINS TO SOUND

I Cor.15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM
I Cor.15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
ALL BE CHANGED, NOT JUST THE CHURCH
I Cor.15:52 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.
AT THE LAST TRUMP, SEVENTH

I Thes.4:16 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:
THE TRUMP OF GOD, SEVENTH
I Thes.4:17 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.
THE CLOUDS
The word “the” is not in the Greek manuscripts. Clouds is used by Paul for a throng.
Heb.12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
THE AIR
The word “air” Greek (aer) means “to breathe, respire”, NOT SKY. In other words the breath of life or spirit. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.

II Thes.2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him,
OUR GATHERING TOGETHER UNTO HIM
II Thes.2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
NOR BY LETTER AS FROM US, FIRST THESSALONIANS
II Thes.2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU BY ANY MEANS
The sequence of events is Satan first, then the Lord’s day.

Rev 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
TWO CANDLESTICKS

Rev 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
CANDLESTICKS ARE CHURCHES

Yet there are men that teach the church is raptured. Men that teach that flesh and blood is taken and others left behind. It’s nonsense when you study His Word.

Answer 9

People just have to get their butts out and start rupturing. There is nothing to it just like you learn to walk. You have to learn to rapture. Git out on your roof top and let yourself go. Try just to float down the first time Later you can use sort of a swimming motion to rise up pretty soon you will have it and you can rapture all the way.

Answer 10

Usually other movie trailers and warnings about talking and using your cell phones during the movie. Usually about twenty five minutes. I wonder if Spielberg will get together with Mel Gibson to produce it? " THE RAPTURE "

Answer 11

Gods waiting on you to fall to your knees, then the rapture will come.