Post by Cosmic Soul on Apr 29, 2006 0:15:20 GMT 10
Passages from the Bible referring to the “rapture, catching away” :
1 Thessalonicians 4:15 : “For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and left remaining until the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Messiah/Christ shall rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and left remaining shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.”
1 Thessalonicians 5:1 : “Now as to the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need of my writing to you.
2 For you yourselves know with exactness that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
3 While they are saying, "Peace and security " then perdition will come upon them suddenly like birth pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should catch you like a thief...”
Matthew 24:37 : "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
38 "For just as in those days which were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 "and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away by violence; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
40 "Then there shall be two men in the field; one will be taken alongside, and one will be left alone.
41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill, one will be taken alongside, and one will be left alone.
42 "Therefore keep watch, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
43 "But know this, that if the housemaster had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch and would not have allowed his house to have been broken into.
44 "Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.”
Other ones, less clear though :
Matthew 24:15 : "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Dani'el the prophet, standing in the Holy Place -- let the reader understand --
16 "then let those who are in Yehudah/Judeah escape to the mountains;
17 "let him who is on the housetop not go down to take things that are in his house;
18 "and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his garment.
19 "But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse in those days!
20 "But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, neither on a Shabbat/Sabbath
Rapture
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
This article is about the Christian raising up of the faithful. For other meanings, see below.
In some variants of Christian eschatology, the rapture is the literal raising up of the faithful believers before the last days.
Supporters of this doctrine are most commonly found among fundamentalist and conservative Protestants, especially in the United States. Some other Christian groups disagree with such interpretations of the Bible.
According to this belief, believers will suddenly disappear from Earth in the "twinkling of an eye", while all others will be left behind to endure the tribulation. In some Christian circles this is known as a pre-trib doctrine, because the rapture rescues the faithful from Earth before the tribulation, rather than after, as some other Christians believe. The resurrection of the dead will occur at the same time.
There are three primary sources in the New Testament :
* In 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, the Apostle Paul writes: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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."
* In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Paul writes: "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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
* In Philippians 3:20-21, Paul writes: "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."
1 Thessalonicians 4:15 : “For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and left remaining until the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Messiah/Christ shall rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and left remaining shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.”
1 Thessalonicians 5:1 : “Now as to the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need of my writing to you.
2 For you yourselves know with exactness that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
3 While they are saying, "Peace and security " then perdition will come upon them suddenly like birth pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should catch you like a thief...”
Matthew 24:37 : "For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
38 "For just as in those days which were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 "and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away by violence; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
40 "Then there shall be two men in the field; one will be taken alongside, and one will be left alone.
41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill, one will be taken alongside, and one will be left alone.
42 "Therefore keep watch, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
43 "But know this, that if the housemaster had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch and would not have allowed his house to have been broken into.
44 "Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.”
Other ones, less clear though :
Matthew 24:15 : "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Dani'el the prophet, standing in the Holy Place -- let the reader understand --
16 "then let those who are in Yehudah/Judeah escape to the mountains;
17 "let him who is on the housetop not go down to take things that are in his house;
18 "and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his garment.
19 "But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse in those days!
20 "But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, neither on a Shabbat/Sabbath
Rapture
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
This article is about the Christian raising up of the faithful. For other meanings, see below.
In some variants of Christian eschatology, the rapture is the literal raising up of the faithful believers before the last days.
Supporters of this doctrine are most commonly found among fundamentalist and conservative Protestants, especially in the United States. Some other Christian groups disagree with such interpretations of the Bible.
According to this belief, believers will suddenly disappear from Earth in the "twinkling of an eye", while all others will be left behind to endure the tribulation. In some Christian circles this is known as a pre-trib doctrine, because the rapture rescues the faithful from Earth before the tribulation, rather than after, as some other Christians believe. The resurrection of the dead will occur at the same time.
There are three primary sources in the New Testament :
* In 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, the Apostle Paul writes: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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."
* In 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Paul writes: "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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
* In Philippians 3:20-21, Paul writes: "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."