[fortes fortuna juvat]

This is a heresy and when the rapture does not happen people will be scandalized out of their faith. This is terrible and I will pray for those who fall for this error
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Well and truly said and every word of it. Just another of the countless heresies foisted on the gullible by fundamentalist no-nothings!

[amorphous]

...when the rapture does not happen people will be scandalized out of their faith. This is terrible and I will pray for those who fall for this error

Okay, I let the first comment go by without commenting, but I have to step in here and ask you both to rethink what you're sayin'...

First let me mention that there may be so few who are actually deemed righteous enough to be ruptured, most may never even know the rapture occurred - the rest to await death and judgment day.

But to what I want to point out, if the entire world is in the midst of the worst part of the Bible, do you really believe those afraid for their lives, their hearts failing them from fear, are going to stop and say, hey, I didn't see this rapture thing happen, so I'm going to rethink this whole God thingy.

Maybe instead, those who find themselves in such a predicament are going to be calling on the Lord to save them from the apocalypse, don't ya think?

[boatbums]

This is a heresy and when the rapture does not happen people will be scandalized out of their faith. This is terrible and I will pray for those who fall for this error
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Well and truly said and every word of it. Just another of the countless heresies foisted on the gullible by fundamentalist no-nothings!

How do you figure that??? If anything it SPURS believers on to live holy and God-pleasing lives as they see the day approaching - whether or not it happens in their own lifetime. God's word tells us:

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:24,25)

Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. (II Peter 3:8-13)

So I ask you, how are YOU encouraging other believers to live godly in Christ Jesus? By smugly mocking and disparaging those who DO know what the word says and who joyfully anticipate the coming of the Lord which IS going to happen whether you believe it will or not? I don't know if the Rapture will happen in my lifetime, but I do know that I want to live every day as if it was imminent. Remember that bumper sticker:

JESUS IS COMING BACK - LOOK BUSY!

Perhaps you might want to do some of your own study of the topic rather than writing it off as "just another of the countless heresies foisted on the gullible by fundamentalist no-nothings" because of your own prejudice and gullibility.

[kublia khan]

“foisted on the gullible by fundamentalist no-nothings!”
I’m not a fundamentalist but if I were I would find it hard to take someone serious who called me a “no”? nothing.