Hey Christians esp... What would you do if you were "left behind"?
2007-07-01 05:11:44 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"I'm not too familiar with American sports - is this a position in US football or something?"
HAHA no it's a "theory" or a belief of "non-saved" people just being left behind... Haven't you seen the movies?
2007-07-01 05:17:04 · update #1
"These silly Christians had better grab their oxygen. If they are "taken up into heaven" we now know that the pressure drops with altitude, and this silly God of theirs will be pleased to make them suffocate or even burst like little jellyfish taken up from the sea-bottom too fast..."
Wow some people are soo simple-minded. It's hilarious ^_^
2007-07-01 05:24:57 · update #2
" I love the Left Behind books"
ME too it's fill with suspense and climax!
2007-07-01 05:27:14 · update #3
Wow... i think of this question nearly every minute. It's a scary feeling, especially after i saw the movie Left Behind, i became so paranoid. IF i were left behind(which i hope i won't), I'll pray and read the Bible as much as I could... and definitely watch out for ANTICHRIST!!!!!!!!!!
2007-07-01 05:19:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
These silly Christians had better grab their oxygen. If they are "taken up into heaven" we now know that the pressure drops with altitude, and this silly God of theirs will be pleased to make them suffocate or even burst like little jellyfish taken up from the sea-bottom too fast...
2007-07-01 12:16:13 · answer #2 · answered by PIERRE S 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
This theory is partly based on a misuse of Matthew 24, especially verses 40-41, but notice closely this chapter.
In verse 3, more than one question is asked. The first question, "When will these things be?" is answered in verses 4-35.
"These things" refers to the things they had been discussing, the destruction of the temple, the destruction of Jerusalem. This was to take place before that generation passed away! (verse 34) This happened in 70 AD.
From 36 onward talks about the coming of Christ. Notice the change from "those days" in the previous verses to "that day" in verse 36 and following.
This is the answer to the last question in verse 3. "what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
There would be no "signs" before this event!
Notice it will be just like the coming of the flood in Noah's time. Normal life continued until the flood.
Verses 37-39 say, "But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be."
But, back to your question, notice these verses closely! The flood "took them all away"! The coming of the Lord will be just like this event!
But, in the flood, who was taken away and who was left?
The evil were taken, and Noah's family were left to begin life again on Earth.
When the Lord comes, therefore, the evil will be taken away. In fact, the next chapter has the Lord telling the evil, "Depart from me!" (Matthew 25:41) They will be gathered up like weeds and thrown into the fire! (Matthew 13:40)
Those left behind will be left in the place where the Lord has come! They will be left with Jesus!
Read Matthew 24 slowly and carefully!
I want to be left with the Lord! I don't want to be like the evil in the days of Noah who were taken away! "So shall the coming of the son of man be!"
2007-07-01 16:25:02 · answer #3 · answered by JoeBama 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I love the Left Behind books, I just wanted to throw that in there before I answered the question...
I have often though about this, and I suppose I'd bury my nose in a Bible and find out what I've done wrong all of these years. I have also thought about asking God to leave me behind specifically to help those who weren't saved, but I'm not sure I could handle what will occur during those times. But, if I am left behind, I will be reading my Bible furiously to find a way to make things right between me and the Lord.
2007-07-01 12:23:30 · answer #4 · answered by ChaoticKimmy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The "Rapture" theory
A look at Matt 24:37-39,When we compare the text of Matthew to that in the gospel of Luke The answer to this question is no.
The assumption made here by many Protestants. is that the man taken from the field and the woman taken from the mill were true believers "caught up" at the secret rapture. The two people left behind, then, were not believers.
Many Christians believe that this text applies to the destruction of Jerusalem by Roman armies in the first century, [as most of chapter 24 does] not to the close of the age. But even if we grant that it refers to the "end times," we need only read again the words introducing this scenario to see the flaw in a rapture interpretation. "As were the days of Noah . . . the flood came and swept them all away" (Matthew 4:37, 39).
In the days of Noah, who was "taken" ("swept ... away"), and who was "left"? The wicked were taken away in judgment by the flood waters, and the righteous (Noah and his family on the ark) were left behind in safety. If the rapture teachers are correct in thinking that this passage applies to the close of the age, then it would seem to prove the opposite of what they teach about who gets taken and who gets left behind.
Yet even if we should allow that Jesus is saying the righteous will be the ones taken and the wicked will be left, then the passage still fits the Second Advent scenario we have de-scribed: When Christ returns, publicly and in clouds of glory, the righteous will be caught up to meet Him as He descends to earth, while the wicked remain to await His imminent judgment. No secret, invisible, "extra" coming of Christ is depicted here.
MATT. CHAPTER 24
"37. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
LUKE CHAPTER 17
"26. And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all."
Christ here is using the "days of Noah" as a example of the decadence and un-Godliness of society, at the end of times, "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,"
"until the flood came, and took them away [destroyed them all]"- in the time of Noah who was washed away by the flood? It was the evil doers were taken away [destroyed], Christ tells us "so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
2007-07-01 12:21:16 · answer #5 · answered by C R 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'm not too familiar with American sports - is this a position in US football or something?
2007-07-01 12:14:38 · answer #6 · answered by Namlevram 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I've beeen left behind before I usually just call someone for a ride.
2007-07-01 12:14:56 · answer #7 · answered by akschafer1 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
First of all I don't plan on being left behind. But knowing what would be coming, I'd be preparing for the days ahead.
2007-07-01 12:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by grandmotherx41979 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If I had the choice, I'd rather be the right behind, but it's better to have both sides.
2007-07-01 13:08:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would know I was doing what Jesus told me to do, to be in the field working when he returns and not be fooled by the false Christ and be taken
2007-07-01 12:17:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋