"The Rapture will occur suddenly. And countless thousands will vanish from the earth. Swept up to heaven to live with Jesus and escape the torment of the Tribulation, the others will be left behind." — The Dead Sea Scrolls
I haven't seen this before, does anyone have a source to double check this. Also, isn't the term Rapture a later word that was used top describe the event?
I haven't seen this before, does anyone have a source to double check this. Also, isn't the term Rapture a later word that was used top describe the event?
The article referenced wasn't my article, and even if I were to have originally presented it, I still wouldn't know about the research that was done by the author of the article.
The source is mentioned and so, I would guess that someone would have to go back to that original source and track it down. And I did a little bit of googling with the names given and didn't find too much.
However, I did find where the information was apparently "spread" in prophecy circles. It apparently came from a Jack van Impe video.
The following is what I find in a discussion forum about it, and this says to me that van Impe was the source for widely disseminating the information, although not the "original source" -- but that's apparently given in the video.
Rapture Message Found in the Dead Sea Scrolls - Prophecy Fellowship Forums
A little history on this subject and why I'm posting this is in order. On the Jack Impe show aired last June 2005 Jack said that a newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll reveals the RAPTURE. When uncovered it revealed who would be left behind in the rapture. Dr. William Harold (may be misspelled) Prof. of Canon Law at the theological seminary in Great Britain who went to the holy land. This is a quote they had on the air.
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I am currently watching a new video produced by Jack Van Impe called "Left Behind? What Now? There it was again 28 minutes 30 seconds into the video, the dead sea scroll / rapture quote. It was this video that has prompted my research into this. By the way, this 2 hour video is WORTH HAVING in your library.
Now, if this article (up above that you're referencing here) gave this reference, alone, and says that this is where it came from, it seems to me that this means they saw the original source.
HOWEVER they are referencing this information from Jack van Impe Ministries, and so this means (to me) that they saw the same video that the above "forum reference" (that I gave) saw it from, too.
Therefore, this means that you're probably going to have to go to Jack van Impe Ministries to try and get the source materials, or else do some library research and get the source materials that way.
It would be worth it for us all to have this documented more thoroughly.