Something Christians in the early 1800's made up? Like i mean... i believe in God, but i dont' believe man has the authority to make up events and assume that they will happen. Where does it say in the bible that the rapture is going to happen??
I'm just saying, don't get your hopes up. Just because we said it, doesn't mean anything. In fact, i can garuntee it's not going to happen.
I can garuntee the end of the world though, easily. Actually, it's already done, everything that was required to end it has already been accomplished, all the base work... like everything that God needs to have accomplished before He can... make His move... well, close to everything. There is still one last obstacle to... clear.
and the beauty of it, is that the world is only going to hear about it afterwards so that they cannot do anything to change it... and trust me, if they did, they would.
Do i know something? Just have faith that i maybe i do.
2007-09-18 17:52:55 · 13 answers · asked by NoneOfYourBusiness 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They figured it out in the 1800's. Whether it was made up or an actual revelation is yet to be determined. The Bible DOES tell us that in the last days, knowledge will increase greatly. It's possible that they are right.
But I've been holding my breath since 1988. I'm starting to turn blue!
2007-09-18 18:03:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, that is true. Our pastor has done a great deal of research on this. The rapture, and pre-millenial teaching, as modern Christians see it, was started by a woman in a mental hospital. Her pastor would go to minister to her there, and being a very good Christian woman, she read her Bible a lot. She would often start raving, quoting scriptures, which her pastor began to think was some kind of prophetic thing from God. He wrote down what she was saying and began teaching it to his congregation! Why would God use a mad woman to introduce a whole new view of the end times? The a-millenial viewpoint, which is the view held by the early church, believes that the rapture is at the end of time, when Christ returns. When He comes, He comes in the clouds, with the blast of the trumpet. It signals the end of age. The dead are raised, we are all raptured out of here, and God then begins the judgment of dividing the sheep and the goats, the righteous to eternal life, the wicked to eternal damnation. No big war, no big Anti Christ- it's just the end of the road. Not very exciting, but a lot more logical to me.
2007-09-19 01:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by Dawn C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What came about in the 1800s was the unbiblical idea that the rapture could occur at any time. But it can't. The Bible is clear that certain things must happen first, including the revealing of the Antichrist and the Great Tribulation to follow, and obviously those things have not occurred yet. The doctrine of the rapture is Biblical, but not the idea that the rapture is imminent. Check out the first link below.
2007-09-20 07:24:28 · answer #3 · answered by Pastor Chad from JesusFreak.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that people should not focus so much on predicting the rapture and other events. Shouldn't we just live a Christ-like life, and not worry about setting dates for the rapture, deciphering bible code, ect. ?
Websites dedicated to the future sometimes just make me laugh. We are wasting our time, when it could be used in a better sense.
Sometimes I wonder if the "rapture" is how modern culture describes it to be or not. I don't know. Nobody knows. How about we keep our faith, and let the future unfold itself.
2007-09-19 17:33:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word rapture is not in the bible. People think that the sentence , 'we will meet him in the 'air,'which is translated, in the 'spirit.' Those that are depending on the rapture to take them out of here will be deceived. Satan is coming as the Anti Christ. Anti in the Greek means 'instead of', not 'against' as in our modern culture. What better way for Satan to pose as Jesus coming in the clouds first to rapture foolish people away. Two will be in the field, one will be taken, the other will remain. We do not want to be the first to go. This is Satan supposedly 'rapturing' the people, fooling them into believing he is the true Messiah, and many will believe this. Those that remain in the field working, are those that are God's people, remaining continuing to do God's work, until the true Messiah returns. The Rapture theory wasn't even taught in churches until after 1830 when a woman named Margaret McDonald from Glasgow Scotland had a vision. She even stated that her vision felt unnaturally evil.
2007-09-19 01:33:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I do not believe the rapture is made up. While the word rapture is not in the Bible the idea is.
1Thessalonians 4:15 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.
1Th 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:
1Th 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.
To the poster above me. If this is Christ's second coming why are we being caught up in the air to meet him? At His second coming he will set foot on Earth. There would be no need to meet Him in the air.
2007-09-19 00:59:44 · answer #6 · answered by Bible warrior 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well,the popular view is based on the visions of a Scottish teenager named Magaret Macdonald.It is unbiblical.But the Parousia is near and when it takes place all Believers will meet the Lord in the air.P.S.There are no obstacles.The Antichrist will assume control of the Fascist New World Order whenever the illuminati elitists desire it to take place.
2007-09-19 01:03:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the doctrine of the rapture became popular in the 1830s. But the early church all ready had the idea, and can be found in the new testament, most notably revelations.
2007-09-19 01:21:10 · answer #8 · answered by colway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is true that the rapture was made up in the early 1800's. All of the verses cited to prove the rapture are actually describing the second coming of Christ.
2007-09-19 00:59:40 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it does not say when its gonna take place. i do believe in the rapture. it says that "those who are still alive will be changed in the twinkling of an eye and be caught up in the air." ppl read the bible and dont want to believe everything they read. maybe im one of the few that believe His whole word and not just what i think make sense.
2007-09-19 01:02:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋