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1 | 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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2 | Are there any scriptures for the rapture | 2 Pet 3:10 | M.Royal | 188233 | ||
Hello Ebrain, The scriptures used for the rapture show/state that it takes place at the "last trumpet" 1 Cor. 15:51,52. It is written that the day of the Lord is a "day of the trumpet" Zeph.1:14-18. Jesus said that when he returns "he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet" Matthew 24:29-31. In Isaiah 27:13. it is written: And it shall come to pass in that day that the great trumpet shall be blown. These are just a few scriptures referring the sounding of a trumpet, now if they are not all the same event, then one thing is sure, the rapture takes place after the day of the Lord, as it is the "last trumpet" Please have a look at Rev.11:15, which is the 7th/last trumpet. Yours sincerely M.Royal |
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