Would you rather stay behind and help the people left behind?
Wouldn't that be the kinder thing?
2007-11-15 09:49:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Where did the "Rapture" come from? I've read the bible several times, and i've never seen it.
2007-11-15 09:51:30 · answer #1 · answered by czekoskwigel 5 · 9⤊ 2⤋
Bible tells us that the time and hour no guy knows / only the father knows whilst the rapture will ensue. There are signs and indicators pronounced to look for. yet we are additionally instructed that is going to likely be like the hard paintings pains a woman is going with the aid of preliminary to giving delivery. activities exchange into further and extra severe and then in an prompt the Church would be accrued up and be long previous with Christ interior the air. The Church which capacity All born-lower back believers / the two the ineffective and the residing. it is latest in a million Thess. 4? Will it take place in the previous the super Tribulation? There are people who have self assurance that is going to take place in the previous the Tribulation, people who have self assurance that is going to likely be at mid-factor. maximum have self assurance that is going to take place in the previous hand. Take time to 'Google' it to get the varied Scriptures in contact. in my opinion i think of that is going to take place in the previous hand. wager we are going to wait and notice :-) the main component is to Be waiting for on each and every occasion it happens. :-)
2016-10-16 21:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by condom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody in the Body of Christ (the Church) EVER believed in any such nonsense as a "rapture" before the Great Tribulation takes place until a failed Anglican clergyman (I am embarrassed to admit!) named Nelson Darby made it up out of "whole cloth" in the 1850's.
We shall indeed go through the Tribulation.
2007-11-15 09:53:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says that Jesus is going to come back which is referred to as the rapture.
This is not going to happen until the Gospel of Jesus has been preached in every corner of the world.
Once this has taken place and everyone has heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ everyone has kmade a choice either to accept Jesus as their savior or deny Him.
Those who accepted him will be taken into Heaven. the reason that we will not be left on the earth to "help" is because at that time we have already done our job. By witnessing and sharing the Message we have done everything we can to help.
The people left here at the rapture are here because they chose to be. We can't help you. Only God can save you but its up to you to invite him to do so.
2007-11-15 10:00:35 · answer #4 · answered by Allee_Rose17 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I believe that I will be taken in the rapture if I am alive when it happens. How would it be kinder for Christians to stay on the earth? Nonbelievers have been praying or wishing for our disappearance for centuries and now you want us to stay and help? Can't you people make up your minds? Do you want us here or not?
2007-11-15 09:54:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
I would rather be taken away to live with Jesus Christ my Lord in Heaven. There will be people who turn into Christians and preach the word. The people have had their chance and they didnt take it. Should we be punished for that?
2007-11-15 12:29:24 · answer #6 · answered by Ashleigh M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. The rapture isn't a biblical fact. The bible says his people will "flee to petra". Petra means rock. Jesus is the rock of our salvation. His people will flee (or find comfort) in him. We aren't just going to dissapear. When have the innocent ever been swept away from danger or suffering by God? Never. This life is about learning to DEAL WITH IT.
2007-11-15 09:51:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Catholics don't believe in the "rapture". We do believe in helping others, and offer our prayers up for people both on earth and in purgatory.
2007-11-15 10:28:13 · answer #8 · answered by SigGirl 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No... the Rapture is a new idea that popped up one or two hundred years ago. And yeah, I would think that even if such a thing happened, I'd be a lote more useful here.
2007-11-15 09:51:48 · answer #9 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Yes it would (in theory) be kinder to stay behind and help - but if God says now or never...I'm gone! besides....at that point there isn't much help I would be able to offer that hasn't been rejected a thousand times before.
2007-11-15 09:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by kim 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The "rapture" is a false doctrine.
2007-11-16 01:32:16 · answer #11 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋