only for Christians who know about Rapture?

Question

I am a Muslim to start with and I don’t mean disrespect by this questions

I read some where about the rapture and the tribulation and I found it to be a little bit alarming.


In that article the guy was claiming that the wording for the rapture are so obscured that it can be translated that the bad guys will disappear OR the good guys will disappear is this true?

I don’t want to be rude but this is what the guy was saying and here is the link to the comments on the article on netscape but the article itself is gone

http://religion.netscape.com/story/2007/02/26/will-you-be-left-behind

The article is no longer there so may be you can answer me

sorry again, I don’t mean disrespect but would appreciate your help telling me what will happen?


God bless

to the fake Temsah at the end.

this question was posted before your account was created. so who is the fake one you tell me?

LOL you are such a joke.

the question was posted March 13th 2007 your account was created today.

Answer 1

In the bible, it talks about when Jesus returns and we meet Him in the sky, which is one of the origins of the rapture, though the bible never uses the word rapture at all. The part about meeting Him in the sky is what happens directly before the final wrath, in which the world as we know it is destroyed. For some reason, a couple of hundred years ago, a priest, preacher, minister, or whatever, decided that if he took a bunch of different scriptures and put them together, he could convince people that a "rapture" would happen, and that we would be "taken up" in the sky with Christ before the tribulation ever started. Utter nonsense of course, but people who are afraid of the tribulation want to believe it, because somehow they feel they deserve to be saved from any suffering. Christ had told the disciples that He'd be there with them until the end, and these people take it to mean Christ will protect them from all suffering, even though the people He told it to (the disciples), died pretty horrible deaths, which makes it obvious that what Jesus said did not mean what the pre-trib rapture believers pretend it means. Its kind of a wishful thinking type of thing.

And yes, it is worded to be either way, the good guys or the bad buys disappearing. It could be like Noah's flood, when all the bad guys disappear, but the rapture believers aren't buying that, it doesn't fit into their "no suffering" plan, because it would mean they'd be here during the tribulation.

Answer 2

The timing of the Rapture in relation to the Tribulation is one of the most controversial issues in the church today. The three primary views are Pretribulational (the Rapture occurs before the Tribulation), Midtribulational (the Rapture occurs at the mid-point of the Tribulation), and Posttribulational (the Rapture occurs at the end of the Tribulation). A 4th view, commonly known as Pre-wrath, is a slight modification of the Midtribulational position.

First, it is important to recognize the purpose of the Tribulation. According to Daniel 9:27, there is a seventieth “week” (7 years) that is still yet to come. Daniel’s entire prophecy of the seventy weeks (Daniel 9:20-27) is speaking of the nation of Israel. It is a time period in which God focuses His attention especially on Israel. The seventieth week, the Tribulation, must also be a time when God deals specifically with Israel. While this does not necessarily indicate that the church could not also be present, it does bring into question why the church would need to be on the earth during that time.

The primary Scripture passage on the Rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. It states that all living believers, along with all believers who have died, will meet the Lord Jesus in the air and will be with Him forever. The Rapture is God removing His people from the earth. A few verses later in 5:9 Paul says, “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Book of Revelation, which deals primarily with the time period of the Tribulation, is a prophetic message of how God will pour out His wrath upon the earth during the Tribulation. It would seem inconsistent for God to promise believers that they will not suffer wrath and then leave them on the earth during the Tribulation. The fact that God promises to deliver Christians from wrath shortly after promising to remove His people from the earth seems to link those two events together.

Another crucial passage on the timing of the Rapture is Revelation 3:10. There, Christ promises to deliver believers from the “hour of trial” that is going to come upon the earth. This could mean two things: (1) Christ will protect believers in the midst of the trials, or (2) Christ will deliver believers out of the trials. Both are valid meanings of the Greek word translated “from.” However, it is important to recognize what believers are promised to be kept “from.” It is not just the trial, but the “hour” of trial. Christ is promising to keep believers from the very time period that contains the trials, namely the Tribulation. The purpose of the Tribulation, the purpose of the Rapture, the meaning of 1 Thessalonians 5:9, and the interpretation of Revelation 3:10 all give clear support to the Pretribulational position. If the Bible is interpreted literally and consistently, the Pretribulational position is the most Biblically consistent interpretation.

Answer 3

The Scripture teaches that "The dead in Christ shall rise first. The those who are alive and remain (believers and children too young to comprehend their sin) will be caught up to meet Him in the midway air." After this moment, only unbelievers will be populating the Earth, along with 144,000 Jewish converts to the truth, who mission is to have one last sweeping revival of the globe in an effort to save as many as will accept Christ. The problem is that these men along with their converts will have no means of economic survival, since they cannot accept the Mark of the Beast during the Tribulation period and work jobs and etc. This would mean swearing allegiance to the Antichrist's system forever alienating one from God. This is only a taste of how it will go, so I'm sure I've left a lot of things unanswered. But it's a start!

Answer 4

All of the first 4 answers pretty much explain it correctly. A series of books you may want to read on the subject dealing with the rapture is the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. These books are entertaining yet informative. The first book is called Left Behind and is good reading no matter what you believe..You can find out more at www.leftbehind.com
God bless

Answer 5

From what I understand If somebody has no longer been rapture people who're fortunate sufficient to stay on the tribulation and have generally taking place Jesus will enter the millennium Kingdome as mortals regardless of the undeniable fact that they might have very long stay spans. Any mortal born interior the MK will a minimum of stay a hundred years in the event that they have not generally taking place Christ by making use of the time they're a hundred they'll die. a hundred might seem previous yet no longer while human beings would be residing for a hundred’s of years as they did interior the biblical days before the flood while lifespans began to immediately shrink. Its no longer ordinary to belive human beings will reject the Lord while he resides among them yet they might detect a thank you to settle for or rejected him purely like every physique else. If somebody has generally taking place Christ before the tribulation ends they are going to be doing all they might to get extra human beings to settle for Christ and in the event that they pass on or are killed which would be a very intense danger as that's going to be no longer ordinary to get something foodstuff/cloths without the mark of the beast and taking that mark will condemn whoever takes it to hell no questions asked Revelation 13.17 “And that no guy might purchase or sell, keep he that had the mark, or the call of the beast, or the kind of his call.” people who've generally taking place Christ and die or pass on before the tribulation ends will substitute into Tribulation Saints. Upon their passing they'll pass to Heaven and that they'll finally additionally stay in MK yet they are going to be immortals, people who have been raptured and people who handed on before the rapture will additionally be immortals. human beings view the rapture in a distinctive way some don’t even think of that's going to take place and others debate on while that's going to happen pre-trib (taking place before the 7 12 months tribulation starts) , mid-trib (taking place throughout the tribulation maximum think of if that's the case it would be around around 3.5 years which may be 0.5 way throughout the tribulation) or submit-Trib (taking place after the 7 12 months tribulation and tying in with the 2d coming of Christ). there is likewise a perception that there'll be a partial rapture and that no longer anybody would be raptured on an identical time.

Answer 6

According to Christian thought and biblical scripture, during the second coming of Christ (the rapture) those who are right with God will be taken in the blinking of an eye. They will meet Jesus on the clouds, and ascend into heaven. Those left behing will face the tribulation (a series of plagues and torments during the antichrist's rule). If they get right with God during this time, and resist the acceptance of the antichrist's and his number 666, they will be given another opportunity to get into heaven.

Answer 7

Being good or bad has nothing to do with it. When the rapture takes place, all the Christians, that is those who have excepted Jesus as Savior, will be called up to meet Him in the air, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Like I said our goodness has nothing to do with it, because our righteous is as filthy rags.

Answer 8

BTW jerk you had copied my name wrong. LOL you are such a joke


way to go you corrected it you are quick I can admit to that.


so this is a new account here is a link to the old account

http://answers.yahoo.com/my/qa/index;_yl...

here is the same answer

you can run but you can't hide

you are really funny man.

1-you are not a Muslim to start with
2- you created this profile march 11th 2007
3- you started this profile with the name Muslims4Jesus
4- the reason you started this account is that I proved to everyone that you are a Christian so you had to start a new account.
5- in the previous account you admitted that you started with Jews4Jesus and it was deleted

To prove it people just have to look no further than “about me” in your profile. Peace from the goat

Stop, you are making me laugh so hard.

you are a joke man do you think by bribing me as with this question

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

OOPS the question has been deleted I wonder why? LOL

I will just let you deceive people here and let them think you are a Muslim

LOL

Peace from the goat

LOL

Boy you changed your screen name to mine way to go

anything that takes you away from Muslims4Jesus. I don't mind

please convy my regards to the GOAT. LOL

Answer 9

1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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: 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. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Answer 10

The Rapture is when Jesus is going to return and all those who are His will be caught up and the dead in Christ will rise to be with our Father. Others will either bow down to Jesus or placed down by His Power.