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NASB | Matthew 24:27 "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:27 "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming [in glory] of the Son of Man [everyone will see Him clearly]. |
Bible Question:
I don't understand your response. Who said anything about a "secret rapture"? As far as where the rapture theory is substantiated - look at the verses you referenced. In verse 17, "...we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever." How then do you interpret this if not the rapture? Assuming there is a rapture then, I'm not sure where it mentions that our bodies will disappear (or be taken up) as is commonly portrayed versus our souls will be taken up - leaving our empty vessels here on earth. |
Bible Answer: The coming of the Son of Man can be an individual experience in each of our spiritual journeys as well as a collective experience near the end of the age. My "ratpure" took place 18 years after I was "born again." My raputre marked the understanding that I can love God, myself, my neighbors and my enemies unconditionally and that I can lay down my life for my Savior, Lord, Master, Friend and King, Jesus the Christ. When I am willing to give up total control to my Lord and do his will and even die for Him, I am "raptured" out of this world. Iam now in the world but not of the world. I am raptured. I love without conditions. I love sacrificially. I belong completely to God. |