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?
Q) WHO WILL BE IN THE LAND PRIOR TO,
DURING AND AFTER THE RAPTURE?
A) ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND WILL.
Q) WHO WILL WITNESS THE RAPTURE?
A) THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL WITNESS THE RAPTURE.
...you think me incorrect?
read on.
This is pretty much the General overview embraced by most
Ecclesiastical Evangelical Denominations, charismatic,
non-denominational, and in the past decade even Catholic
churches. The following idea surfaced around 1830, and has
since spread.
The angel Gabriel will blow his trumpet, the first of seven, a
Shout "come up hither" will ring from heaven, The "Christian"
believers will hear and be raptured from this world up to the
clouds to meet Christ . A seven year tribulation will begin on
earth, the Roman empire will resurrect, the son of perdition
(anti-christ) will rise to power. Eventually all culminating to
the battle of Armageddon(Megiddo). There are many other
details, but lets start with these , and examine the scripture
used to back them:
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 King James Version 1611
16 For the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the TRUMP of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive AND remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds to meet the the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one
another with these words.
If you've ever been to a church and heard the above doctrine you
have probably heard the preceding verses in the same text. Now as
I believe there is a "rapture" event in prophesy, lets examine the
scriptures . I ' m sure you've heard
"no man knoweth the hour nor the day",
but I can prove to you from scripture when the rapture will take
place, let's continue-examine vs. 16, there are different events
mentioned that happen just prior to the rapture of vs.17 Notice
the trump of God . Now if the aforementioned prophetic interpretation
is correct, this would have to be the 1st of the 7 trumpets blown
in revelations.
Now the Bible teaches the day of the Lord , is a day of Great Darkness, a day of Gloominess with no light in it, such as at Armageddon, and the days just prior to that will be shortened
by1/3rd " that some flesh might be saved"
there will be great
confusion as to the calendar ,as we are accustomed to 24 hour
solar cycles, hence no man will know the true day nor hour.
Already, as of the Haiti Earthquake of 2010, the world witnessed it’s
first GLOBAL QUAKE, that is, an earthquake that impacted the entire
planet. That earthquake shook the earth off of it’s axis by a minute degree, and ever since, according to NASA, there have been no FULL 24 hour days. That event caused our days to be shortened by a very minute portion of a second each day. At the rate, it would take a thousand years just to note any notable difference, but if one QUAKE could do such, could not another shorten our days by minutes each day? That, would add up quickly.
Now I told I could prove to you by scripture the time of the rapture, hang tight-lets examine another passage used to defend the aforementioned interpretation and see if their correct.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
51 Behold I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed. 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound and the dead
shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed,
Did you catch it? At which trump? The last trump,
the 7th trump
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