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Given the recent hyped up media coverage to natural upheavals, thought this would be a timely topic.
Good morning.
All believers - those who belong to Him - whether Catholics or Protestants or those called out of other “religions” - doesn’t matter - all who belong to Him will see Him one day as He is! Just as He sees us and knows us just as we are!
He came that whosoever will might be saved!
Hallelujah!
BUMP!
The ONLY “detailed” Catholic discussion was originally published in 1934.
“The Apocalypse Explained”, by H.M. Feret, O.P.
It is complex and DOES NOT attempt to predict the 2nd coming of Christ.
As a Protestant who has done a great deal of research and writing on the subject of eschatology, and who was raised in the pre-trib rapture view, which I long considered to be the Gospel truth, I find this summary to be an excellent and balanced antidote to the vain speculations that I for so long entertained. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks for the summary.
Looks like a decent one.
Will try to look at it more closely after church and likely a nap.
..for evening reading.
Amen, brother! My dad keeps a copy of "The 1980s - Countdown to Armageddon" by Hal Lindsey just as a reminder that, "But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father." Mark 13:32.
‘Tis my considered opinion that, just as the Jewish Pharisees and Saducees and priests and scribes couldn’t recognize Jesus-Messiah way back when, so our prophecy-interpreting religious professionals won’t have a ghost of a clue if he returns during their time.
Thank you so much for this post.
Does Lindsey-ism qualify as a “Community-wide Religious Delusion”? What is the proper term for such things?
It is the Blessed Hope - and you have a complete lacking in humility in the face of it.
It is understood that the majority of Catholics do not believe in the Rapture - that is not the problem here.
I am a Catholic who does - but that is neither here nor there.
Show some respect and humility. Referring to our brothers in Christ as fundamentalist “prophecy scholars” is insulting and extremely juvenile.
The Church of Laodicea will undergo a severe chastisement - and hopefully, that will wake some people up. In the meantime, the current state of the Church is CESSPOOL.
The Church of Philadelphia is made up of Catholics and Christians who are Humble.
Wake up. You anger our Lord with your willful blindness.
You don’t believe in the Rapture - that is fine. Those who do believe do not deserve your condemnation - you are picking specks out of the eyes of well-meaning people.
Check out the log in your own eye - the Church is not in a good place with God right now.
Our Lord spoke harshly - you are neither hot nor cold - you are vomitted from His mouth. I speak of the current state of the Christian Church - not you in particular.
Everyone is still here, correct?
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Many might say that their church teaches no such thing, but they MUST have some teaching on it if their bibles contain the books of 1 Thess and 1 Corith.
For Roman Catholics (and they can correct me wherein I am incorrect), Mary is believed to have been "assumed" into heaven. In other words, she went from "this realm" to "that realm" -- which would, in effect, call for them to at least discuss the "similarity" of that with what happens to living Christians at the time of Christ's return.
Just my humble 2 cents worth.
1 Corinthians 15: 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory." 55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"
1 Thessalonians: 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up (greek: harpazo; latin: "rapturos") together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.
There’s a very simple explanation for why the Rapture did not happen:
All the liberals were getting together a petition to outlaw Krispy Kreme donuts in Heaven. God said, like hell you are, and just decided to cancel the whole thing!
The Lambs Supper by Dr. Scott Hahn.
http://www.catholiccompany.com/lambs-supper-mass-as-heaven-earth-p1001259/