Bible Question:
1 COR.15:52 It will happen in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, the Christians who have died will be raised with transformed bodies. And then we who are living will be transformed so that we will never die. Rev. 11:15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven: "The whole world has now become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever." Recently I have started a study on the rapture with an open mind. I have aproched this subject as if I have never heard a study on it before. The scripture listed above is the foundation that I started with. The question I want to answer is: at what point will the rapture take place?, with the tribulation pariod being the referance point. So far the only thing I can prove from scripture is, that the Christians will go through the tribulation. I'm not through researching so this is not my final conclusion. I started the research by searching the scripture on when the last trumpet would be blown. Can anyone tell me where the pre-rapture theory came from? I need this info. to complete my study. THANK YOU REX |
Bible Answer: Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. Look at the context of this verse. It may help you out. The voice that John heard told him that he would "shew thee things which must be hereafter." The question that needs to be ask her is, "hereafter what?" In chapter 2 and 3 of Revelation, we are told about the church ages, so the voice has to be talking about the things after the church age. 2 Thessalonians 2:7 speaks of the Holy Spirit being taken out of this world. When the Holy Spirit is taken away, the believer will go to heaven with the Holy Spirit, becuase we have the promise that God will never leave us, nor forsake us in Hebrews 13:5 The church is not mentioned again in Revelation until we see the church coming back with Jesus in Revelation 19:7-14. This tells me that when we leave this world, the tribulation will start and then we will come back with Christ when he comes to fight against the army of the Beast. I hope this has been helpful to you. Keep growing in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. |