“YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: THE RAPTURE AS YOU MAY UNDERSTAND IT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!”
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"Surely the Lord God will do nothing without first revealing His secret to His servants the prophets."
--Amos 3:7
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"YOU'RE ATTENTION PLEASE"
"The Rapture as you may understand it....Has been Cancelled."
Ohhhh I'll bet THAT title ruffled some feathers! I have noted in the past that I often make provocative statements, not for the sake of controversy, but rather to provoke people
into thinking, to truly taking ownership in their belief sets rather than parrot the
doctrines of others passed down in blind tradition from one generation to the next.
Did you know there are many beliefs about
Heaven and earth which are simply not true. I don't have to remind you of the agnostic,
and atheistic beliefs of earth which are falsehoods. Most of us here are aware of those.
But what of "religious folk?"
What of the quote/unquote spiritual falsities surrounding the concept of Heaven...hmmm?
Well, before we detail that let's finish looking at the earth, but let's highlight some points about Heaven as we continue looking to where we are in God's Prophetic timeline.
Many people have an idealized view of Heaven, a "false" notion of some fantasyland as if Heaven
were merely a "Divine Amusement Park." They picture riding rainbows, and sitting on clouds, walking on golden streets and drinking from golden cups. But heaven, is not like that at all.
In truth, there is war there, social classes, Judicial systems, educational systems and penal codes.
Everybody isn't the same, and there are different races, and genders
just as there is here on the earth.
To be sure some will challenge me on some or all of these points.
But let's start with the opening point, the very title, and the concept of Heaven, as a physical place that on a physical level will at some point have an interaction with this earth in tangible measure....the rapture.
There is a rapture event in the Bible, but there some key points which are plain in scripture, but many overlook via adherence to dogma and doctrine over any real investigation of just what scripture offers on the subject.
Did you know when the rapture happens "EVERYBODY IS NOT GOING TO DISAPPEAR?"
They are not. It is recorded in Scripture, and I will in this study, show it to you.
(Rev 11)
Did you know that while the Bible does teach a "great Tribulation" it does NOT teach that the
raptural event connected to the same will occur PRIOR, but rather AT THE END OF THE EVENT.
Again, I will show you in scripture.
(I Cor 15, Thess 4, and Rev 16?)
Did you know that when those who are 'Raptured' are called out, they WILL NOT GO TO
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
Again, it is in scripture, and I will show you.
(Rev 11 and Dan 2)
So do I lie in these matters? Well, you can close your minds and this page with the same,
or you can read further and see for yourselves.
The burning question we should be asking is...WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Where are we in light of God's Prophetic timeline?
We are going to address the subject of the Rapture by asking 5 questions:
WHO WILL BE IN THE LAND PRIOR TO, DURING AND AFTER THE RAPTURE?
WHO WILL WITNESS THE RAPTURE?
WHO WILL BE RAPTURED?
WHEN WILL THEY BE RAPTURED?
WHERE WILL THEY GO WHEN THEY ARE RAPTURED?
the first two illustrating just what is commonly believed about the event of the Rapture,
and how it stands in light of the scriptures. In answering the last 3 questions, we
shall begin to see just what Scripture really says of the event of the "endtime rapture."
And having placed the event into proper perspective, we shall then come back again,
and ask....WHERE ARE WE NOW IN LIGHT OF GOD's PROPHETIC TIMELINE?
(CONT'D NEXT POST)