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1 | The Rapture, when will it be? | Bible general Archive 1 | Chris | 2874 | ||
I believe in a Pre-Trib rapture based upon I Thessalonians 5:2. As I read it, Jesus will not come as a, "theif in the night" at the second coming. He will come as the dominating ruling of the universe and everyone will see Him, and those who oppose Him will fear! The rapture doctrine is based upon a 'gap' in the Biblical information. Why do so many of the apostles and the Lord, himself, emphasize the idea of Jesus' immenint return as a theif in the night, if at the second coming all the world will see Him? (Mat. 24:30) What about the parable of the ten virgins? Notice, the bridegroom took in the PRUDENT virgins (believers) and left the foolish outside! (Mat. 25:1-10) And, lastly if we were to look for the anti-christ the apostles would tell us to look for him, not our Lord! | ||||||
2 | The Rapture, when will it be? | Bible general Archive 1 | TwinHammers | 2918 | ||
I understand the reasoning behind my brother's answer, but I see no evidence of a pre-trib rapture. It could be argued from the same passages given that a mid-trib rapture will take place for four reasons:1)We have been warned about false christs and such. 2)We have been warned of the hardships people have to endure. 3)There is no place we can hide from it. 4)The warnings of the false christs suggest the real Christ has not yet returned and we need to be patient. Therefore, we have been given two promises concerning the tribualtion, if we are indeed caught up in it. First,the days have been shortened as stated in Matthew 24:22. Second, we won't have a chance to notice when Christ comes as stated in Matthew 24:27 and 1 Thess 5:2. Personally, I don't think we should be concerned about when we will taken home to be with our Lord. I think we should be concerned that Christ is most definitely coming back to receive us unto himself. It is a promise I hold very close to my heart. As Christians we will enudre the time of tribulation if we remain with the Body of Christ and make our stand together. We must prepare ourselves to live during those times of difficulty now rather than wait and be caught unprepared. I think this is also a valid teaching of the Ten Virgins parable. Not only should we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord but we should be prepared to wait on his return and endure whatever may come our way. No matter when the tribulation might occur. | ||||||
3 | The Rapture, when will it be? | Bible general Archive 1 | Twally | 3696 | ||
We need to concentrate our efforts on the Gospel of Grace and not look at Revelation as a puzzle book, but a picture book which reveals God's plan. He is in charge of history and we are to spend our time working out our salvation with fear and trembling. With our main focus on the great commission. Our foundation is based on the Gospel. James Boice in his last book written before his death made the following statement: "Without these five confessional statements-Scripture alone, Christ alone, Grace alone, Faith alone, and Glory to God alone-we do not have a true church, and certainly not one that will survive for very long. For how can any church be a true and faithful church if it does not stand for Scripture alone, is not committed to a biblical Gospel, and does not exist for God's glory? A church without these convictions has ceased to be a true church, whatever else it may be." Food for thought, where are you concentrating you efforts, on solving the puzzle? Jim Raisler |
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4 | The Rapture, when will it be? | Bible general Archive 1 | reformedreader | 3709 | ||
Jim, An excellent observation. I also would love to see Christians put away their fascination with "Rapture Fever" and become much more concerned with theological and doctrinal study for the sole intent of glorifying God. The five solas of the Reformation are clearly more concerned with Christians worshipping God rather than countless and endless rapture theories which "none" ever prove to be true. Sam Hughey |
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