Please do not tell me we will never know the day or hour because I am already aware of that part. I am looking to see if anyone has any idea as to when we can finally say that the rapture should have happened by now, but since it hasn't, we can finally stop looking forward to it.
2007-05-24 05:56:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible is very clear on the subject. The end times were supposed to happen within the lifetime of Jesus' disciples. Jesus himself said so.
Uhm... I guess that pretty much wraps it up, then doesn't it?
"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 the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. "Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates. Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Matthew 24:29-35 NAB)
2007-05-24 06:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
First, it must be pointed out that the Bible says nothing about the rapture! The word “rapture” is not found in all of God’s Word. Neither is the idea of the rapture in the Bible. False teachers, commonly called “Premillennialists” or “Dispensationalists,” have invented the doctrine of the rapture. It is a doctrine of man, not of God. “And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.” “But He answered and said, ‘Every plant, which My heavenly Father has not planted, will be uprooted’” (Matthew 15:9,13).
Second, concerning the second coming of our Lord, the Bible teaching is very plain and simple. The Bible teaches that Jesus is coming again. Jesus Himself promised He would return (John 14:1-3). When Jesus ascended back to Heaven, the angels promised He would come again (Acts 1:9-11). The apostle Peter promised that our Lord would return (2 Peter 3:10,11). Many other passages could also be added which teach that Jesus is coming again.
Third, the Bible teaches that the coming of the Lord will be sudden and unexpected. The Bible says: “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. . . . Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Matthew 24:42,44). Please read also I Thessalonians 5:1-11.
Fourth, the Bible plainly teaches that no man knows the time when the Lord will return. Jesus said: “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only” (Matthew 24:36). If no man knows the hour, it is not possible that anyone can predict the time or give any signs of the time (Mark 13:32).
Fifth, the Bible teaches that Christ is coming back to receive His kingdom (church). Please note the words of the apostle Paul: “Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power” (1 Corinthians 15:24).
Sixth, the Bible clearly teaches that when Christ comes again, this earth and everything in it will be destroyed: “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10).
Seventh, the Bible teaches that when Christ comes again, the dead will be raised and judgment will take place. Jesus said: “Do not marvel at this, for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth-- those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation” (John 5:28,29). Please read also Matthew 25:31-46.
Eighth, following the second coming of Christ, the judgment of the world, and the destruction of the earth, the saved ones will be with the Lord forever (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). The Bible teaching on the second coming is simple, plain, and easily understood. There is nothing in the Bible, however, about the rapture! Our purpose on earth is not to try to guess the time when the Lord will come, but to be ready so that when He does come, we will be prepared.
2007-05-24 06:00:25 · answer #2 · answered by TG 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The rapture was made up in the 1870's. The Bible says that the generation that sees the formation of Israel as a country again will see the end or apocalypse. Israel lost their country in 70 AD and got it back on May 5, 1948. So what is a generation? To me, it is 100 years.
2007-05-24 06:00:32 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not looking for some pop-prophecy folly.We are nearing the time when the Antichrist will be revealed and reign for 42 months.I'm looking for the Parousia[2nd Coming]of Jesus Christ when all Believers will be snatched up in the twinkling of an eye prior to the Wrath of God being poured out on the nations.That pre-trib rapturism hogwash is going to cause many to "fall away" from the faith.
2007-05-24 07:30:38 · answer #4 · answered by kitz 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
“human beings have believed it replaced into coming quickly because of the fact that Christianity's early days, yet it hasn't!” of direction it won't come (in spite of everything, that's a delusion), yet that may not exchange something or stop the subsequent technology of nitwits from repeating an identical lame exercising. each and every technology for the final 2,000 years no longer in basic terms believed - they believed for precisely the justifications and with precisely an identical actuality and conviction as in the present day’s Christians. each and every technology has thought that the Bible replaced into describing - in specific and precisely - their international, and that the generations before them have been incorrect and had misinterpreted the “indications”. you may think of that going 0-for-2,000 (at something) might desire to be a sprint to a typical individual that some thing is extremely incorrect. yet, the devoutly dedicated have in no way enable the real international get in the way of their thought gadget - and that they in no way will.
2016-11-05 06:13:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pssst ... the rapture is not supported by scripture. Its a man-made idea concocted around one verse in the book of Daniel.
The real question should be: At what point in time will more of us read The Bible for ourselves?
2007-05-24 06:03:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just the thought of millions of delusional Xians dissapearing in a rapture makes me tingle. A world without hatemongers and people telling other people what to believe and what not to believe? NO more getting religion shoved down our throats.
Sounds like my idea of Utopia.
2007-05-24 07:29:15 · answer #7 · answered by Sr. Mary Holywater 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all of us believe in the rapture.
2007-05-24 06:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said he'd return during the lifetime of the 12 Apostles....guess he forgot to set his alarm clock.
2007-05-24 06:02:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was supposed to happen during the generation of the apostles (at least, if you believe the Bible).
2007-05-24 06:00:28 · answer #10 · answered by SvetlanaFunGirl 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋