Posted on 07/23/2019 5:26:09 AM PDT by Cronos
The key is to be ready no matter if the Rapture does or does not happen.
I’ve always interpreted when Christ said that one will be taken and the other left as a cautionary note that not one of us knows which of us is really saved. The best person we can think of may have sins only known to them that will keep them out of heaven.
Thank-you for this needed instructions.
I have seen it as when God calls us home via dying.
It is clear that major and minor prophets continually refer to the second coming, the hope of Israel, occurring for the remnant of Israel and thereby all Israel shall be saved Romans 11. The Lord is described specifically as returning to the Mount of Olives( as I write this I’m within walking distance of that very location) where he will set up his Millennial Kingdom to rule and Reign for a thousand years. Now if people want to refer to the Rapture as his prophesied second coming for the Remnant remnant of Israel, so be it. Book chapter and verse available upon request
The more I read and study the Bible and pray, I’ve come to a “theory” that I can best describe in an analogy:
In the world of art, there is a practice where a painting is covered over in white, and a new painting is applied. And a current painting may have several paintings under it. One can, with the right process, peal back the painting to see the paintings under it. In fact, I believe that some greats have been discovered that way.
So, when the bible talks of “the whole earth”, it is really referring to the SURFACE of the earth. And it was destroyed in the great flood and will be destroyed before the new Jerusalem comes in for a soft landing. But what about before that?
I propose, that as we peal back the “layers” of the surface of the earth, we find Neandertal, we find Dinosaurs, we find ancient civilizations, etc.
In fact, the bible really doesn’t speak of “forever”. There is no Greek word for it. It speaks of “ages”. I can only imagine after this “surface” is destroyed, that there will be age after age after age. But here’s the kicker - there may be age after age after age BEFORE genesis 1.2 After all, it says “in the beginning”. It begs the question, “The beginning of what?”
I submit that it aligns with the teaching of the bible to answer the question with this: “The beginning of this particular set of ages.”
There is so much more going on than we could possibly imagine, and even what we DO know about our reality is far beyond what the writers of the Bible could comprehend.
Christianity is not for the weak of heart and mind.
The key is to be ready no matter if the Rapture does or does not happen.
Thing is, if you have received His free gift, you ARE ready. The rest is just icing.
You’re there? What’s it like?
There is no such thing as the Rapture
The best person we can think of may have sins only known to them that will keep them out of heaven.
If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames. 1 Cor 3:14,15
Avoiding or succumbing may not impact salvation, but it will affect your reward in the next age.
32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. The Day and Hour Unknown 36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.This is specifically that some will die in the seige and destruction of Jerusalem in 69-70 AD
Not knowing the day or the hour isn't just God being mysterious again. You really aren't supposed to know.
Sloppy.
Your own personal rapture is when you die.
Unless you are alive at the time of (either/or) the Second Coming or the Rapture, those are immaterial to you personally.
Ergo, don’t worry about it, and keep doing the good work.
“we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.“
I’ll meet the Lord in the air - caught up to be with Him forever.
If someone else rejects God’s plan, it’s on them...
Unless you stand too close to me when it happens.
I intend to grab a sinner in each hand when He catches me up.
Oh, I believe there is but it happens at the one time second coming of Christ. The parousia.
>>> Christ will return to resurrect, to purge, to heal, and to establish the eternal kingdom of God on this earth.
lol... you believe Jesus will resurrect, but you do not believe He will rapture?
The rapture IS the resurrection... the resurrection of the Body of Christ.
and btw... “Rapture” comes from “Rapturo” meaning to be “caught up or snatched away unexpectedly... FOUND in the Latin translation of the bible (one of the earliest translations which was not widely used)
WE (the body of Christ) are NOT appointed unto wrath.
The tribulation period is ALL ABOUT God’s wrath upon the earth.... and the restoration of Israel to the true Messiah.
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