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To: GeronL

No offence, but maybe it’s weird for anyone who doesn’t believe in The Bible.

But for those who do, there’s I Thessalonians 4:16-17,

“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we EVER be with the Lord.

Again, may sound weird to those who choose not to believe, but it IS what the Book says. There’s no refuting that.


12 posted on 09/30/2014 11:52:29 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: joethedrummer

He tries to refute that in the article.


14 posted on 09/30/2014 11:54:41 AM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: joethedrummer

So with the Rapture occurring, Jesus will come back a third time. I see.


15 posted on 09/30/2014 11:55:51 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: joethedrummer
“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we EVER be with the Lord.

Again, may sound weird to those who choose not to believe, but it IS what the Book says. There’s no refuting that.

Yes, but at no point in the section you quoted does it say that it will occur to remove believers from a future tribulation. Yes, the bible says Christ will come again. At no point does it say "believers will be raptured before 'the tribulation'".

39 posted on 09/30/2014 12:29:23 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: joethedrummer

Yes, that is what the Book says, nobody doubts that. However, that passage you try to use as a proof actually refutes any pre-tribulation rapture as it clearly refers to the 2nd Coming of Christ, which happens at the end of the tribulation.


47 posted on 09/30/2014 12:36:04 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: joethedrummer

Read first and second Thessalonians as whole. Ask yourself what the main subject is (resurrection) while reading and let the Word speak to you instead of thinking about what it is supposed to be saying. 2 Thess 2 specifically states when the first resurrection occurs.

The rapture of the living occurs after the resurrection of the dead, right? Keep that in mind also.


64 posted on 09/30/2014 1:13:32 PM PDT by huldah1776
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