out of all my studies in the bible i havent seen the word rapture,if it is there could you please advise me where to look?
2007-11-11 07:09:08 · 19 answers · asked by loveChrist 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
john_d,you sir are a very rude person!!
2007-11-11 07:44:21 · update #1
Dear Friend,
The word Rapture is not physically written in the Bible. However, it does mean...the catching up of believers by Christ at the time of His return. The word came int use by way of the Latin "rapio" used to translate the Greek term of 1 Thess. 4:17, "harpagesometha." Living believers are said to be "caught up" to meet the Lord at His coming. Those of varying mellennial views about end time events all hold firmly to the biblical truth of such a rapture. However, it is within the premillennial view that the teaching of a rapture finds major emphasis.
This view sees a tribulation period immediately before the second coming of Christ. Pretribulationists see the rapture occuring prior to the tribulation. This approach places the church in heaven during the time of tribulation on earth.
Mid-tribulationists place the rapture at the midpoint of a seven-year tribulaton period. The church remains on earth for the first half of the tribulation, but escapes the last half which is seen to be the time of intense or great tribulation. This view, along with the previous one, sees the second coming of Christ in two phases. The first phase will be a secret coing in clouds to rapture the church. The second will be His return with the church to reign on earth.
Post-tribulationists believe the church will remain on earth during the tribulation period. While that time will be one of wrath upon the world system, the church will be protected from divine wrath although expereincing tribulation. This view avoids dividing the return of Chirst into two phases.
Regardless of "when" the Rapture occurs. One thing is certain... Jesus Christ "IS" coming back as a "warrior" with His angelic army...and I'm looking forward to RIDING WITH HIM!! Hallijuah to the Lamb of God.
In His service,
lostnsavd...
2007-11-11 08:00:03 · answer #1 · answered by lostnsavd 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
As others have referred to, the notice "rapture" would not look in the Bible. it rather is a term coined after the Bible develop into written. Revelation 7:9 with the aid of 7:17 implies rapture yet would not use the notice. Matthew speaks of there being 2 in a field and one is taken and one isn't, (Matthew 24:40 and 24:40-one). the thought-approximately rapture is there, however the notice isn't used. Revelations 14:a million - 14:5 talk of a multitude status on Mount Zion with the Lamb and says that they have got been offered from the earth (those are the "first end result") - this additionally implies those have been raptured. Incidently, a hundred and forty four thousand should not be referred to as a precise quantity yet as a "photograph" representing a multitude (each thing in Revelation is an "photograph" not a literal element, so why might we take this quantity actually. The quantity a hundred and forty four is made out of 12 * 12. in the bible, the quantity 12 represents consumation or entire of completion.
2016-09-29 00:48:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word and idea of "rapture" was not in any bible before 1820. it came from a mistranslation of "ayre". this became "up into the air" when the actual translation meant something more like "dispersed throughout the air"
it is largely attributed to Margaret MacDonald of England, but was also popularized by Edward Irving also from England.
I've included a couple of websites for you to look at the origins. If you really want to know what will happen, read the Gospel of Enoch and Revelations.
2007-11-11 07:25:32 · answer #3 · answered by texas troll 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No the word rapture isnt there, nor is the word trinity. THey had different words to say the same things or similiar. But, there are places in scripture that desdribe the trinity and the rapture. Really get in and study and you will find its all there.
and if we understand all the old greek and hebrew words used that were translated from, we find an even more powerful story of all thats in the word, and it all lines up.
God bless you for asking, it means you are seeking, and if you seek, you will find.
2007-11-11 08:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by full gospel shirley 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No,the word rapture is not found in the scriptures.This is a term given to the calling
out of the saints before the tribulation begins.
2007-11-11 07:17:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It isn't in the Bible. When St. Jerome translated the original texts into Latin, he used the Latin term for "snatching away" which is rapture. The term is used one other place in the Bible. No one can "snatch" us out of His hand.
The word "rapture" isn't in the Bible, but the premise is. So we can safely use rapture for the premise.
2007-11-11 07:19:17 · answer #6 · answered by michael m 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The word Rapture is not, It comes from the Latin translation of the Greek word: Harpazo ...in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 which is translated in English as "Caught up".....it literally means to "sieze" or to "snatch away".
2007-11-11 07:22:18 · answer #7 · answered by sisterzeal 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The word rapture is not in the Bible.
The King James uses catching away.
2007-11-11 07:14:58 · answer #8 · answered by drg5609 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The problem with people is that they expect modern words to be used in ancient texts, as if God should have addressed the Bible to them instead of addressing it to all people.
Rapture:
SYLLABICATION:rap·ture
PRONUNCIATION: rpchr
NOUN:1. The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy. 2. An expression of ecstatic feeling. Often used in the plural. 3. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven.
The word rapture is from the French, rapt, meaning carried away. The word rapture did not exist at the time the Bible was written, and the Bible was written in Hebrew and Greek. Then the Bible was translated into English, not French.
The exact phrase "carried away" occurs 55 times in the KJV.
Searching for words that were not in existence at the time the Bible was translated is as dumb as expecting the formula for penicillin to spelled out in the Bible when they did not have things like microscopes to be able to separate out the correct kinds of mold to grow.
PS: The word Hell appears 54 times in the KJV Bible. 31 times in the Old testament and 23 times in the New testament, 4 times in Revelations.
Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
2007-11-11 07:19:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
NO.......
It doesnt say rapture........
Rapture is from the Words catching away......or taken out of the way !!
The scripture II Thessalonians 2:7
2007-11-11 07:15:20 · answer #10 · answered by hghostinme 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋