Can anyone prove that the Rapture™ hasn't already happened?

Question

Good morning, RedQueen!

Answer 1

Well, DUH! We Christians are still here, and still being a nuisance. If the rapture had already happened, we wouldn't be here bugging the rest of you (*GRIN*)

Answer 2

1. The Apostle Paul Taught a Post-tribulation Rapture
2 Thessalonians 2:3 - "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day [(our gathering together unto Him, v. 1)]
shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition..."
Paul's point: the Rapture cannot occur before great apostasy occurs in the church and antichrist is revealed. Furthermore:
1 Corinthians15:51-52 - "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Note: Since the Rapture occurs at the "last trump" (same trumpet mentioned in 1 Thes. 4:16), it CANNOT take
place before the 7th Trumpet of Revelation 11:15-18, or before the trumpet call foretold by the Lord Jesus:
2. The Lord Jesus Taught a Post-tribulation Rapture
Matthew 24:29-31 (Mark 13:24-27) - "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and
the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken... And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." (Compare with 1 Thes 4:16-17; is the same event)
Note: Jesus said very clearly that the gathering of the elect from heaven and earth (i.e., the Rapture of the
Church, Mk. 13:27) occurs immediately AFTER the tribulation of those days (Mt. 24:29, Mk. 13:24).
3. The Apostle John Taught a Post-tribulation Rapture
Revelation 20:4-6 [(Occuring AFTER the Tribulation of ch. 6-19)]:
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that
were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither
his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they
shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Note: This event is not only named the first resurrection, but there is no previous (pre-trib) resurrection
presented or alluded to in the book of Revelation. If the Rapture (our resurrection) preceded the Tribulation,
the event in Rev. 20 would be the second resurrection, not the first. The Pre-trib Rapture Doctrine is a Hoax.

The rapture could not have occured because the anti christ did not stand in the third jewish temple, and the trumpets, seals, vials, and armageddon have not occured.

Answer 3

1Thessalonians 2:
1 ¶ Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers,
2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.
3 ¶ Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

For more on the rapture see http://www.bcbsr.com/survey/rapture.html

Answer 4

I am pretty sure it has not happened. Millions of people will randomly disappear. There will be many car wrecks all over the world because the driver just disappeared. If your flying in a plane when it happens and you don't believe in Jesus just hope your pilot doesn't either :P

Answer 5

i haven't seen any flying christians, nor heard of any. you'd think that naked people soaring unaided in the skies would merit some media attention, even if it's only the handful of true christians. but the sleet yesterday did look a little like manna from heaven dropping down for inrapture snack packs.

Answer 6

You know if only people who followed Jesus teaching about giving to the poor, living in peace, being meek, etc were to go in the Rapture™, we wouldn't even notice that they were gone, there would be so few. Maybe even none.

Answer 7

It better not have. I just bought my Rapture™Ready hip-mounted flask, in case caught out in a hot place without refreshment.

Not only that but I also got a Rapture™Ready foldable micro-towel in case I get caught out in the buff.

These items were expensive...

...I was rather looking forward to using them.

Answer 8

Has Christ come in the clouds for ALL to see?? I think not-
That is the only Rapture mentioned in the Bible...........

Answer 9

Ha, people think that all people who call themselves christians will vanish if that ever happened.

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Hey, some people think that 144,000 people will be the ones who get to heaven when rapture time comes. Ya never know...

*cue twilight zone music*

Answer 10

I believe you are 'raptured' when you die. So the 'rapture' is taking place all the time.

Answer 11

AntiChrist has not been revealed, the Euphrates river has not dried up, there has not been a million man army invasion from the east.