Rapture true or false

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'Rapture'(believers are secretly taken up before the seven-year tribulation to avoid sufferings) was a 19th century invention by a guy John Nelson Darby. Rapture was not taught by St.Paul and certainly no biblical support.

That is the pre-trib rapture. Paul taught a post-trib rapture and used the Greek word that means rapture.
 
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FALSE. The Greek word meaning rapture is Harpazo and Paul used it when speaking of people being caught up to the clouds.

The word "rapture" comes from the Latin word for the Greek Harpazo.

Rather than true of false, one might ask likely or less likely.
 
Why is it that so many churches, doctrines, people, want to follow the teachings of the rapture when in so many places God tell us it is a lie?

Here is a perfect example of a wolf in sheep's clothing -----causing division in the True Church -----

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What is being said here by KeithB goes against what God says in His Word ------cause God says -----that the Saints first the dead and then the living will be caught up ---(Raptured ) to be with Jesus in the air --

The Rapture is TRUE ___FOLKS as PER SCRIPTURE
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

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16 For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the [a]archangel and with the [blast of the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

17 Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (raptured) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord!

I say -------Anyone with the Holy Spirit indwelling in them will not post what contradicts God's word -----division and contradiction to what God says comes from False Prophets -----who's god is Satan -----



WARNING =====know your scripture ----put up the SHEILD of FAITH------

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From my reading of the Bible I have not found any reason to follow the "secret rapture", but I can definitely read verses about a rapture... the saved are called up to be with Jesus. The second coming resurrection. 1 Thes 4:16...

The secret rapture which is often called the pre tribulation rapture has no Bible support.
 
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'Rapture'(believers are secretly taken up before the seven-year tribulation to avoid sufferings) was a 19th century invention by a guy John Nelson Darby. Rapture was not taught by St.Paul and certainly no biblical support.
There are several rapture verses.
The Jewish gathering is mid trib in Rev 14.
Read romans 9 -11.
The church is gathered first, then the Jews.
Your talking points are tired men's rabbit trails.
 
Here is a perfect example of a wolf in sheep's clothing -----causing division in the True Church -----

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What is being said here by KeithB goes against what God says in His Word ------cause God says -----that the Saints first the dead and then the living will be caught up ---(Raptured ) to be with Jesus in the air --

The Rapture is TRUE ___FOLKS as PER SCRIPTURE
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Amplified Bible

16 For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the [a]archangel and with the [blast of the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

17 Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (raptured) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord!

I say -------Anyone with the Holy Spirit indwelling in them will not post what contradicts God's word -----division and contradiction to what God says comes from False Prophets -----who's god is Satan -----



WARNING =====know your scripture ----put up the SHEILD of FAITH------

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Jesus taught a pretrib rapture.
 
From my reading of the Bible I have not found any reason to follow the "secret rapture", but I can definitely read verses about a rapture... the saved are called up to be with Jesus. The second coming resurrection. 1 Thes 4:16...

The secret rapture which is often called the pre tribulation rapture has no Bible support.
Maybe just omit the pretrib rapture verses?
Since they will not go away?
No postrib rapture verses in the bible.
There is one mid trib/prewrath gathering of rev 14.
But you don't know the bible.
 
There are several rapture verses.
The Jewish gathering is mid trib in Rev 14.
Read romans 9 -11.
The church is gathered first, then the Jews.
Your talking points are tired men's rabbit trails.



Romans 9-11 are Paul’s deep reflection on Israel’s place in God’s plan of salvation — not the end-time rapture of believers.
Romans 9: God’s sovereign choice of Israel and His mercy — why some of Israel did not believe in Christ.
Romans 10: Israel’s unbelief explained — salvation is by faith in Christ, for both Jew and Gentile.
Romans 11: Hope for Israel’s eventual salvation — “all Israel will be saved” when the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.



So, the entire section focuses on God’s faithfulness to His covenant with Israel, not on the end-times sequence of events.
 
Yeah, the air/sky is the first heaven.

"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first."

So the dead in Christ are resurrected. But then immediately after that...

"After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air."

"With them" refers to the saints and Christ. We will be changed and will go up to be with them. The whole gathering of saints, both resurrected and changed, is a witness to the world of the righteousness and authority of His people. We will then continue with the Lord as He comes down to the earth.

Is he going to come back to earth or destroy it that day ?

“but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. ( lake of fire )

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭3:7, 10-12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“and to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;”
‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭1:7-9‬ ‭

seems we have a better place waiting and he’s taking us from here because he’s going to utterly destroy it all

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14:2-3‬ ‭KJV‬‬
 
Romans 9-11 are Paul’s deep reflection on Israel’s place in God’s plan of salvation — not the end-time rapture of believers.
Romans 9: God’s sovereign choice of Israel and His mercy — why some of Israel did not believe in Christ.
Romans 10: Israel’s unbelief explained — salvation is by faith in Christ, for both Jew and Gentile.
Romans 11: Hope for Israel’s eventual salvation — “all Israel will be saved” when the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.



So, the entire section focuses on God’s faithfulness to His covenant with Israel, not on the end-times sequence of events.
Rev 14 has 144k JEWISH FIRSTFRUITS gathered to heaven and before God's throne.
THEN A GATHERING by Jesus sitting on a cloud, AFTER the firstfruits

That points 100% to harvest. ( Firstfruits then main harvest)

To try and separate a Jewish gathering from a Jewish gathering is absurd.

Way way off
 
Why is it that so many churches, doctrines, people, want to follow the teachings of the rapture when in so many places God tell us it is a lie?
Matthew 13 (NIV)
The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
37He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, 39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
40“As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.
Matthew 24
The Return of the Son of Man
(Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28)

26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

You can also find this in Mark 13 and Luke 21.
To be continued .
Where does the bible say that it is a lie? I have never seen this in scripture it does say however that no one will know the day or hour but a lie? not that I have seen
 
Where does the bible say that it is a lie? I have never seen this in scripture it does say however that no one will know the day or hour but a lie? not that I have seen
I was thinking earlier that if the AC appears with a covenant ( has a bow/ (covenant) in his hand wearing a crown),
And that kicks off the 7 yr GT....
Then, if I take a 7 yr postrib rapture position, ....I KNOW TO THE DAY when the "rapture" is.
( that also applies to a midtrib prewrath position).

So only a pretrib rapture supports not knowing when the rapture is.
The other positions betray that dynamic.
 
I was thinking earlier that if the AC appears with a covenant ( has a bow/ (covenant) in his hand wearing a crown),
And that kicks off the 7 yr GT....
Then, if I take a 7 yr postrib rapture position, ....I KNOW TO THE DAY when the "rapture" is.
( that also applies to a midtrib prewrath position).

So only a pretrib rapture supports not knowing when the rapture is.
The other positions betray that dynamic.
That does kind of makes sense the only thing is that we would have to know the exact day and hour the tribulation would begin in order to know the day and hour for a post trib rapture or mid or prewrath
 
Is he going to come back to earth or destroy it that day ?

“but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. ( lake of fire )

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭3:7, 10-12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“and to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;”
‭‭2 Thessalonians‬ ‭1:7-9‬ ‭

seems we have a better place waiting and he’s taking us from here because he’s going to utterly destroy it all

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14:2-3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Of course.

I was just posting "Step 1". :)
 
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Why not simply ask "Resurrection, true or false?"

Or, was Enoch taken up? How about Elijah?
 
The secret rapture which is often called the pre tribulation rapture has no Bible support.


Pre Trib Rapture has Scripture to support it ------Jesus Comes back to fight Satan --this is the 2nd Coming ----and He comes with all His Saints and Angels -----

1 Thessalonians 3:13. This passage is a part of the New Testament's teachings on the Second Coming of Jesus, where "saints" refers to both angels and redeemed people who will be with him at his return.

Another verse, Jude 1:14-15, also refers to the Lord coming with "ten thousands of His saints" to execute judgment.

The Saints have to be in Heaven already to come down with Jesus to Defeat Satan ----that is just common sense -----


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The scripture describing Jesus coming with "all his saints" is found in 1 Thessalonians 3:13. This passage is a part of the New Testament's teachings on the Second Coming of Jesus, where "saints" refers to both angels and redeemed people who will be with him at his return. Another verse, Jude 1:14-15, also refers to the Lord coming with "ten thousands of His saints" to execute judgment.
  • 1 Thessalonians 3:13: "May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones".
  • Jude 1:14-15: "Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these people: 'The Lord is coming with his holy thousands to judge everyone'".
  • Who are the saints?: The term "saints" in this context is understood to include both angels and redeemed believers who will return with Christ.
  • Context: These verses are part of the biblical descriptions of the Second Coming of Jesus.