Question over here !Who invented the rapture and why?

Question

I understand it was the Evangelicals in the 40's ,is that true and for what if may ask?

Answer 1

No, it is Biblical. It is widely believed that the pre-tribulation view was not in existence or accepted by the church before the 1800’s. But there is a sermon by a writer known as “Pseudo-Ephraim”, which is believed to have been written between 373 and 627 AD. It is entitled “Sermon on the End of the World”. It is a relatively short sermon and it is preserved in four Latin manuscripts and it is also preserved in Greek and Syriac versions as well. Evidence lead scholars to conclude that it was first written in Syriac, translated into Greek, and from there into Latin.
What is interesting about the multiple early manuscripts, all dating around the same period, is that the original sermon was so popular that it was quickly translated into the major languages of the day in order to circulate it widely amongst the early churches. This was not a hidden or “shadowy” bit of teaching, this was a popular and well-read document. I will not include the full sermon, but the passage that relates to this subject is as follows:

"Woe to those who desire to see the day of the Lord!" For all the saints and elect of God are gathered, prior to the tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins.

Answer 2

To seek out and find this answer would take the knowledge of an Evangolist. During the fortys and the fiftys they had a high statute within the religious society. Later on in the sixtys they changed once again and becam the modern day holy roller. There are strange religions then there are the holy rollers. These fanatics will actually get down on the floor and roll down between the pews. I witnessed this during the sixtys. I embarassed my Brother by breaking out in sheer laughter after witnissing these Evangolist? I cannot give you the correct answer that you will show you the madness of their religion. I do remember the carnival events that took place during that one evening

Answer 3

1840's maybe... It dates to the 19th century... and NO, it is NOT Biblical. The entire concept contradicts Peter's statements about end times, so it CANNOT represent a VALID interpretation.

2Peter 3:7 BY GOD’S WORD THE HEAVENS AND EARTH OF TODAY ARE BEING RESERVED FOR FIRE. They are being kept for the day when God will judge. Then ungodly people will be destroyed.
8 Dear friends, here is one thing you must not forget. With the Lord a day is like a thousand years. And a thousand years are like a day.
9 The Lord is not slow to keep his promise. He is not slow in the way some people understand it. He is patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed. Instead, he wants all people to turn away from their sins.
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. THE HEAVENS WILL DISAPPEAR WITH A ROAR. FIRE WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING IN THEM. God will judge the earth and everything in it.
11 So EVERYTHING WILL BE DESTROYED. And what kind of people should you be? You should lead holy and godly lives.
12 Live like that as you look forward to the day of God. It will make the day come more quickly. ON THAT DAY FIRE WILL DESTROY THE HEAVENS. ITS HEAT WILL MELT EVERYTHING IN THEM.

The clear language here indicates that NOTHING will be "left behind." No VALID interpretation of figurative language end times descriptions in Revelation can contradict the clear language of Peter, so the pop-theology "rapture" is NOT the answer.

Answer 4

Well, it certainly depends on WHICH rapture you are referring to.

For some, rapture may be a can of tuna (in oil and NOT spring water).

(cut and paste): "The origins of the doctrine of the rapture are hotly debated. The Orthodox, Reformed, and Roman Catholic churches have no tradition of such a teaching and reject the doctrine, in part because they cannot find any reference to it among any of the early Church fathers and because they interpret prophetic scriptures in either an amillennial or postmillenial fashion, as being more symbolic than literal."

and "This doctrine gained popularity in the 1830s, and more recently in the 1970s, with proponents of the premillenialist, and in particular the dispensationalist, interpretations of scripture."

I personally have problems with the scriptural interpretations supporting "rapture".

Yaks(pbuh)

ps: good to see you this afternoon!

pps: WHAT IN THE WORLD IN THIS ANSWER WOULD CAUSE SOMEONE TO "THUMBS DOWN"??

Answer 5

She may have invented the term rapture but the idea first came around from the later "prophets" of the OT. Jesus also taught of the coming Apocalypse

Answer 6

No, it was a teenage girl named Marg. McDonald in the 1820's. The idea was popularized among Dispensationalists from the Dallas Theological Seminary throughout the 19th century, and then adopted by Pentecostals during the Great Depression.

Answer 7

Firstly, the bible does NOT call it the rapture, but the "Calling up", and God invented it, he created it so that one day when Jesus comes back on that white horse, the "dead in christ" can rise, and the ones who are still on earth and whose names are in the book of life will be called up as well, but some will go later than others if they do not take their second chance to turn TO GOD during the allotted time. no human invented it, but the great IAM did.

Answer 8

Rapture is a Greek or Latin word which means " Caught up " Thessalonians 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 ".

Answer 9

The belief that faithful Christians will be bodily caught up from the earth, suddenly taken out of the world, to be united with the Lord “in the air.” The word “rapture” is understood by some persons, but not by all, to be the meaning of 1 Thessalonians 4:17. The word “rapture” does not occur in the inspired Scriptures.

When the apostle Paul said that Christians would be “caught up” to be with the Lord, what subject was being discussed?

1 Thess. 4:13-18, RS: “We would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep [“those who sleep in death,” NE; “those who have died,” TEV, JB], that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first; then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” (Evidently some members of the Christian congregation in Thessalonica had died. Paul encouraged the survivors to comfort one another with the resurrection hope. He reminded them that Jesus was resurrected after his death; so, too, at the coming of the Lord, those faithful Christians among them who had died would be raised to be with Christ.)

Who are the ones that will be ‘caught up in the clouds,’ as stated at 1 Thessalonians 4:17?

Verse 15 explains that they are faithful ones “who are left until the coming of the Lord,” that is, they are still living at the time of Christ’s coming. Will they ever die? According to Romans 6:3-5 and 1 Corinthians 15:35, 36, 44 (quoted on pages 314, 315), they must die before they can gain heavenly life. But there is no need for them to remain in the death state awaiting Christ’s return. They will instantly be “caught up,” “in the twinkling of an eye,” to be with the Lord.—1 Cor. 15:51, 52, RS; also Revelation 14:13.

Answer 10

Catholics invented the Rapture. If you read the book of Revelations in the New Testament of the Bible you won't find the word "Rapture" anywhere throughout that book.