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Posted on 11/12/2019 5:43:15 AM PST by Cronos
....The vast majority of popular churches teach that believers will be called up to Heaven before the tribulation. Simply stated, the Bible does not support this claim.
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In many scriptures of the Bible, there is a “falling away” or discussion of great deceptions that are coming to the world. It has been hard for believers in Christ to comprehend the possibility of the masses falling away from Christianity because faith has been a powerful part of society for nearly two millenniums, but we are seeing it today. Moreover, we are seeing the spreading of a seed that will cause further apostasy among believers in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior: the myth of a pre-tribulation rapture.
The not-so-simple answer is that Satan is pushing this as part of his agenda. It is Satan that rules the earth. His goal is to pull as many people away from the faith as possible, which is why he and his minions began deceiving Christians at their core starting in the early 19th century with the doctrine of a pre-tribulation rapture. He has brought about and continues to bring about waves of deceptions to pull people away from even considering the Word of the Bible, but this particular deception is to attack those who are wanting to be strong in their faith. It’s designed to shake the spirits of the believers to the point of non-belief.
Think about it. If you make people believe that they are not going to face suffering, that they are “special” and will avoid all of the troubles that will engulf the world, then they are weakened as a result.
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Heretics like this try to pass off the lie that the pre-tribulation rapture is a novel, relatively recent invention of the 19th Century.
Yeah, Scripture is so novel and recent.
Odd. I feel more threatened by Democrats who hate Jesus than I do by Pre, Mid or Post Tribulation speculations.
Uh YES
That is one of the reasons the Jews missed their Messiah. They did not realize Jesus was coming once as the suffering servant and would return later as the conquering King. They were looking for it all at once.
Yup.
bttt
I don’t know about you but I get all of my personal theology from the interwebs. Who needs the Bible?
There are at least two types of “falling away.” The ones who were pretenders and “believers of convenience” were likely never effectively born again to begin with. The falling away of those who professed a convincing commitment to the gospel is a completely different animal, and is the one referred to by scripture.
These are the Evangelical pastors who later “come out as ‘gay’” and are now ardent apostles of Satan. We are seeing that more and more now.
It is our great error to confuse the two.
Rapture wasn’t INVENTED until 1830.
Barnabas(ca. 100-150), Papias (ca. 60-130), Justin Martyr (110-165), Irenaeus(120-202), Tertullian (145-220), Hippolytus (c. 185-236), Cyprian (200-250), and Lactantius (260-330) all beg to differ.
False as can be.
Tell that to Paul. I think he wrote significantly before 1800
Show us the mention of the Rapture in any Christian writing prior to 1830.
Where?
1 Thes 4.17
PERIOD!
Well, I’d like to see people validating Jesus pouring out the vials and all His wrath on His own who have HIS Holy Spirit...seems to be cruel and unusual punishment for those who have come to Jesus. If you think Jesus is that cruel as to kill His own when Lucifer reigns on earth, I’m sure you have a very joyful church and a very sadistic Jesus.
See post 49. Clearly taught in the early church. Dont get hung up on the word rapture it is a transliterated English word from the Latin bible.
See post 49. Clearly taught in the early church. Dont get hung up on the word rapture it is a transliterated English word from the Latin bible.
Ok believe what you want. But watch the authoritative statements on matters open to interpretation. You are not the final authority.
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