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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, believers, we ask and admonish you in the Lord Jesus, that you follow the instruction that you received from us about how you ought to walk and please God (just as you are actually doing) and that you excel even more and more [pursuing a life of purpose and living in a way that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation]. |
Bible Question: Hi, First let me say that what I am about to ask may be "old news". I try hard not to watch the news as I find it sad and most times I become angry with what I hear and my inability to help change any of it. I was recently told at a bar-b-que that Israel signed a peace treaty in 2003 and that it is up this year. I was told that the rapture had to have already happened because the bible says that the treaty will be signed after the rapture. I went to church as a child but do not remember much of what I learned, I stopped going at about 11 and have only been a handful of times since. I have looked in my bible for what I was told but cant find it as I am unfamiliar with verse and such. My real question is this, is it possible that the rapture has happened? Hundreds of people have "disappeared" over the years and a lot are innocent children who are never found. Is it said in the bible that the rapture will be a mass disappearance all at once? Forgive my ignorance please but I am really curious as to what exactly is said about it. Where to read about it at would help me out a lot, thanks for the help. |
Bible Answer: Curious2010, Your question is being asked assuming a dispensational view of end times. So let me first answer your questionn assuming dispensation theology is true. No, the rapture could not have taken place because the treaty you are referring to would needed to have been broken half way through it, resulting in the anti-christ waging war on Israel. None of that happened therefore this was not the treaty prophecied and therefore there is no reason to think the rapture has taken place. Now let me answer the question from the view point which I believe is correct. The end times has nothing to do with a treaty with Israel, this is a major misreading fo Daniel chapter 9. Since the treaty has nothing to do with it, then once again there is no reason to believe the rapture has happened. Read 1 Thess 4, 1 Cor 15 (second half) and see what you think about the timing of these three events: the rapture, the ressurection, and the second coming of Christ. I think you will find that they are all the same occassion. At the second coming of Christ the resurrection will first take place, then the rapture. By all accounts the second coming of Christ will be a very visible dramatic event. We'd know if it happened. In Christ, Beja |
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