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NASB | John 14:3 "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 14:3 "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and I will take you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also. |
Bible Question: Why do some Christians believe int he rapture while others don't??? |
Bible Answer: Greetings trica: I would say that all who have trusted Christ as their Savior have the hope of his coming again "for" and "with" his people. That being said all do not agree as to the timing of this momentous event. The sad things is that believers become distracted with their differences of interpretation and lose sight of the hope that our Saviour and Lord is coming again to receive us unto himself! The Lord Jesus made it abundantly clear "I will come again and receive you unto myself" (John 14:3) When our risen Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven from the mount of Olives in Jerusalem the disciples were given this promise: "...this same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11) Paul reminds the Thessalonians of their experience in Christ and breaks it into 3 areas: 1. "How you turned to God from idols" (their repentance and faith in Christ) 2. "to serve the living and true God" ( their present life and responsibility) 3. "And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus which delivered us from the wrath to come" (1 Thess. 1:8,9) The important point here is that our salvation includes the redemption of our bodies at his coming. How is this going to happen? Paul introduces the truth that "we will not all(sleep) die, but we all shall be changed (translated)" It is new truth or a mystery which was not know clearly before this time. What is it? "Behold I show you a mystery: we shall not all die, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised..." (1 Cor. 15: 51,52) We see from this verse that there is a MOMENT coming when All believers will be changed or translated and given an body like unto his glorious body. This includes the resurrection of those who sleep in Christ. This scripture is reinforced by ( Thess. 4:16 - 18)"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with voice of archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall BE CAUGHT UP to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord" 1. It is Jesus himself who will come! 2. He is coming from heaven. 3. The dead will rise. The living believers will be changed. 4. All will be caught up together 5. To meet the Lord in the air. What a hope is ours! When will this happen? We do not know the date. Acts 1:7 At the "last trump" 1 Cor. 15:52 the trump 1 Thess. 4:16 The word "rapture" means to be "caught up". We will be caught up to our Lord Jesus Christ when he comes. God's word teaches us that Christ is coming again. He came the first time as the meek and lowly Jesus and he is coming again as our risen and glorified Lord, he is coming in power and in glory. He left from the mount of olives, he is coming back to the mount of olives; "And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst..." (Zechariah 14:4) This is a huge topic which cannot be covered in one posting. |
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