[Roman_War_Criminal]

Yeah “hints” from Freepers who ignore 2 Thessalonians and all of the other Harpazo verses before Revelation.

We’re gone before Rev. 4. Believe what you want...

[jimmyray]

I am not ignoring 1 Thess, or the catching away. I am simply referring you to Jesus' words on the timing of the thief in the night, per Revelations. 1 Thess 2 does not mention the timing of the event, it simply describes it. I challenge you to find an unequivocal reference scripture that indicates the timing of the rapture prior to the last day. I can show you several that indicates it is on the last day! "Immediately after the tribulation..." "At the last trump" "raise him up on the last day" and the thief in the night passage referenced above, for starters!

i once believed as you do, but found that scripture plainly reads otherwise, and I could not keep explaining away the plain reading to fit that theory.

[jimmyray]

I meant 2 Thess 2, which incidentally indicates that our being gathered to Christ happens after the beast is revealed, and after the great falling away. Thus, it is not “imminent”!