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To: tang-soo; marbren
By the way, I think this is a plan by satan to claim the eventual Rapture is not a miracle of God - rather a provocation by aliens.

Orthodox Christians, like the writer, consider the rapture as an innovation and heresy. There is no rapture. According to Orthodox Christians, it is the calling of the faithful not to be taken before the antichrist comes but to remain and witness aka be martyrs aka to be persecuted publicly and even killed for believing in the true Christ over the false one.

The reward of the martyr will be in heaven with Jesus not being beamed away before the bad stuff happens.

I know it does not sound as cool as the rapture mythology and I think that is why the rapture was invented because those Scots who came up with the notion could not fathom being tortured and killed for Christ as part of the bargain for being good Christians.

17 posted on 09/09/2009 6:23:26 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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To: Nikas777

That’s fine to be amill as long as you are not a full preterist. This is real heresy. Do you believe the church replaced Israel?


18 posted on 09/09/2009 6:29:26 AM PDT by marbren
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