Don’t fool yourself.
As a Christian missionary surrounded by other missionaries, I can tell you flat out — most Christians I know want to live out their lives - undisturbed -in this world and absolutely DO NOT want a rapture, although they will say otherwise.
They are really looking forward to seeing their kids grow up, their son playing high school football, cheerleader competition, their daughter’s wedding, their next vacation in Europe, etc. etc.
That is part of the reason why there is such a push-back against this. The apathy of Baptists & Independents has joined up with the replacement theology of the Catholics, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Mega-Churches, etc. to produce a gigantic yawn.
(Confirms the statement of the LJC in Mt. 24:38)
[[The apathy of Baptists]]
All the baptists i know and grew up with are eagerly awaiting His return- We look forward to eternity with God- We don’t hold out that this life is more important than eternity with God0- not sure where you are getting your info from- but i can assure you we are not apathetic about the rapture
Would you mind explaining how the replacement theolgy of those denominations links to their (apathetic?) view toward end-times?
Also, which denominations are NOT replacement theology?
My apologies, and thanks
OMGoodness. I’m looking forward to it. Look up!
That’s really depressing to read.
Isn’t the whole point of being a Christian is to be with the God you claim to worship?
The Church of Laodicea is huge beyond belief.
” most Christians I know want to live out their lives - undisturbed -in this world and absolutely DO NOT want a rapture, although they will say otherwise.”
True, BUT..... nothing wrong with that. We are here. We will remain here until natural death or the coming of Christ. No one, not even Jesus, knows when that will be. Until then we will be available to do His will, “whatever it is” (4 Him song).
While some are called to be missionaries others are not. MOST are not. We slog our way through life here on earth doing our best to be like Him and FAILING every day.
Thank God, for your grace! Thank God, for your love! Thank God for blessings here in this fallen world.
We await the glorious time that we will be swept into your presence, but until then we must live our lives here on earth where you put us. Praising Your name and defending the faith.
I am trying to understand the logic here. Why would Christians not want a rapture? I can’t say that the 3.5 or 7 years they would miss would really be ‘living’... It would be considered ‘surviving’, at best.
This present life is like a Boot Camp, preparing us for Eternity with God.
While going through Parris Island Boot Camp, we all longed for graduation.
While there were some fun times in Vietnam, we all longed for home.
Anyone with a lick of sense realizes that this world, no matter what the delights and genuine pleasures & rewards, pales in comparison to being with Jesus in Eternity.
1 John 2:15-17 J.B. Phillips New Testament
See “the world” for what it is
15-17 Never give your hearts to this world or to any of the things in it. A man cannot love the Father and love the world at the same time. For the whole world-system, based as it is on men’s primitive desires, their greedy ambitions and the glamour of all that they think splendid, is not derived from the Father at all, but from the world itself. The world and all its passionate desires will one day disappear. But the man who is following God’s will is part of the permanent and cannot die.