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1 | Are there any scriptures for the rapture | 2 Pet 3:10 | M.Royal | 188163 | ||
Hi Mark, I know that there are many scriptures relating to the day of the Lord, or his coming, but can anyone provide any that relate to the rapture? Thanks M.Royal |
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2 | Are there any scriptures for the rapture | 2 Pet 3:10 | ebrain | 188167 | ||
Hi M.Royal. Thank you for your post. Have a look at 1 Thess 4:13-18, also 1 Cor 15:51-58, and John 14:1-2. What follows may also be of help. ebrain. Comments on the "Rapture", verses in 2 Thess Ch 2. Every thing that is written in Scripture, must be read in context, and the context of what Paul says in verse 7 of Ch 2, must be read in view of the whole of that Chapter, and also what he had to say in his first letter to them, especially Ch 4:13-18. My attention is first drawn to verse 1 of 2 Thess 2, and "our gathering together to Him", I believe these words relate directly to, 1 Thess Ch 4:13-18, in other words the "Rapture", or it you like, our departure.. In verse 3 the word "apostsay", is used, this word can mean "falling away from", or "departing from", and in other parts of Scripture, it is used to refer to a falling away from, or a departure from the truth, however, I am convinced that here in verse 3, it means the departure of believers from earth, especially as this is what I believe Paul has in mind as seen in verse 1. It could, as some have suggested, very well be the Holy Spirit who restrains.. When the church is taken, the Holy Spirit will still be on earth. No one is able to take Him out of the way, although He might very well remove His restraint.. Note for example what He does in verses 11-12. 2 Thess 2:11 For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, 2 Thess 2:12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness. Regarding, "He might very well remove His restraint", have a look at the verse bellow, and my comments thereon. 1 Cor 15:28 When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all. The Son will not, "be subjected", as no one, but no one is able to do that, however, He certainly is able to subject Himself. |
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3 | Are there any scriptures for the rapture | 2 Pet 3:10 | ebrain | 188169 | ||
Hi M.Royal. Further to my last post on "Rapture", verses.. What follows is taken from another Bible Study web site, where I was answering someone who did not accept the "Pre-Tribulation", Rapture. Eccl 1:9 That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. In other words, the Lord's Judgments in the past are indicative of His future judgment.. For example the, "Great Tribulation". That is to say the, "Rapture", or that which is symbolic of the rapture always proceeds judgment. See the examples given bellow. The Flood. Gen 5:23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Gen 5:24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. The destruction of Sodom. Gen 19:22 "Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Joseph is a wonderful type of our lord Jesus, in Gen 45, we have an account of the second visit to Joseph by his brothers. When they came the first time, they did not recognize him, when they came the second time, they did recognize him, but only after he had revealed himself to them, however, he did not do this until after he had first sent his household servants away. When Jesus came the first time, His brothers, (the Jews) did not recognize Him, when He comes the second time, they will, but not until after He sends away His servants, raptures His bride, Gen 45:1 THEN Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, "Make everyone go out from me!" So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. Rahab, and all her family were saved, when Jericho was destroyed, see Joshua Chapter 2, and especially verse 9. Jos 2:9 and said to the men: "I know that the LORD has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you. The Kenites departed (a type of the rapture) before the destruction of the Amalekites 1Sa 15:6 Then Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. Elijah. 2Ki 2:11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. So he escaped the wrath of Jezebel. 1Ki 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time." Two Events? If there is only one event, please tell me how it is it possible for every eye to see the thief in the night?. The wrath of God. Rom 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 1Th 5:9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, If as some maintain, Christians are not "Raptured", before the Great Tribulation, and the Great Tribulation is the wrath of God, then why are Christians suffering the wrath of God, when the Scripture verses above, says they will not? 144,000 Jewish evangelists. Population: 6,525,170,264 (July 2006 est.) If the number of genuine article real born again Christians is a mere 1persent, of the total population, then there will be at least 65,000000, of them, which is a great many more than 144,000. now if as some maintain, Christians are not "Raptured", before the Tribulation, then please tell me why God raises up the "144,000 Jewish evangelists", when there are so many more Christians around to do the same job? ebrain. |
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