In the end will there still be a rapture? Will Jesus still come back to confront Satan even when there is no longer anyone on Earth who believes in God?
2007-02-27 15:14:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Rapture isn't biblical... It's a fantasy!! The Second coming is mentioned , but not the rapture... And either way, I don't prescribe to that idea.. It's all just too much to believe...
2007-02-27 15:23:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible doesn't say that there will no longer be anyone left on Earth who believes in God. On the contrary, it says that only the righteous will be remain on Earth.
Psalm 37:9-11,29 says: "For evildoers themselves will be cut off, But those hoping Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth. And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace." "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it."
Yes the Bible does say that Jesus will "confront Satan". In a future time, as shown by the vision the apostle John was given at Revelation 20:1-3, Jesus will throw Satan the Devil into an "abyss" and he will be bound for a thousand years. Verse three says: "And he hurled him into the abyss and shut it and sealed it over him, that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while." The Devil will no longer have influence over the earth and will no longer mislead the earth for a thousand years, this thousand years is the period of "Judgement Day".
Verse 4 of chapter 20 goes on to show that there will be rulers with Jesus who will rule over the earth during Judgement Day (the thousand years). (Revelation 14:1-3) During the thousand years, new scrolls would be opened and those on earth would be judges according to their deeds if they obeyed the things in the scrolls. They would be taught and educated during the thousand years. Those on earth and those who would be resurrected (John 5:28,29) would be judged by what was in those scrolls.(Revelation 20:12,13)
Revelation 20:7-10 shows that after the thousand years end, Satan will be let out of the abyss and he will again try to mislead those on earth and there would be ones who would be misled, but they would be destryed along with Satan. Verse 10 shows that Satan will be thrown into a symbolic "lake of fire and sulphur" which symbolizes complete and total destruction. He will never again exist, neither will his demons, and neither will any wicked ones. Then the words at Revelation 21:4 will apply fully, that finally on earth: "death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."
2007-02-27 15:22:32 · answer #2 · answered by Kally 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Correction only False religion will be gone, true religion will remain, and belief in God will still be alive asnd well. Sorry to disapoint you, but there will never ever be an earth without people who believe in the true God.But People who don't believe in him, will not be. Yes Jesus will bind Satan up and throw him and his wicked angels into the Abbyss before he completely destroys them forever. And so there will no more be any influence of them to mislead people any longer, or, ever, again, after they are removed.
2007-02-27 15:23:31 · answer #3 · answered by I speak Truth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there ever is an end time. I think the human race advances so far...and then we figure out something and it's like and undo button and we're sent back thousands of years intelligence wise...It's happened before...many times...in history...humans were really smart and they were figuring stuff out and then something happened and BAM! No one remembers anything and we're all back to being hunters and gathers.
2007-02-27 15:21:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't seem to have any idea about what the Bible says about the end times do you?
2007-02-27 15:18:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
We will always believe.
2007-02-27 15:18:29 · answer #6 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. Hell's probably gonna be mighty full, though.
2007-02-27 15:18:26 · answer #7 · answered by Catherine 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh you silly banana! :) :) There would be no one for them to fight over. LOL
2007-02-27 15:22:09 · answer #8 · answered by buttercup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what if we threw a war and nobody came?
2007-02-27 15:19:25 · answer #9 · answered by Born of a Broken Man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read your Bible!
2007-02-27 15:21:03 · answer #10 · answered by San Francisco Girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋