The Rapture is not Biblical, False Doctrine?
But accepted?
Can't find the word rapture in my bible only accepted by a lot Christian circles, why?
Does Satan wants to deceive us and make us lose hope, be afraid?
Does anybody has a Biblical answer?
You can't find the word "Trinity" in the bible either, yet it is a word used to describe an accepted concept taught in the bible.The Rapture is not Biblical, False Doctrine?
But accepted?
Can't find the word rapture in my bible only accepted by a lot Christian circles, why?
Does Satan wants to deceive us and make us lose hope, be afraid?
Does anybody has a Biblical answer?
Anyone who denies that there will indeed be a "rapture," is denying explicitly stated scripture. As such, this denial is totally unacceptable in anyone and everyone even pretending to be a Christian teacher or leader.
But the timing of this event is NOT clearly stated in scripture. ...
If one gets his eschatology from the Left Behind series, he will certainly end up with errant views.
Rapture theology originated about 1830 with Charles Nelson Darby. It seems to be cobbled together from quite a number of different scriptural sources each of which have alternate interpretations that are legitimately possible. Nowhere in scripture is there a single clear and comprehensive explanation of the theory. There is also considerable debate between rapture proponents as to what are the correct interpretations with the result that there are several different rapture theories in use.
I do not subscribe to any of the rapture theories and regard it as unimportant to Christian belief or practice. I believe it to be intellectually, emotionally and spiritually unhealthy to live your life in constant expectation of the "end times". It is far better to live your life in such a way as to make this a better world, not just today but into the far distant future.
I am simply saying if you believe in a Post Tribulation rapture. There's no Biblical evidence for a post tribulation rapture .. at all. It also disagrees with most of the scholars who have studied this topic time and time again.
Post Tribulation, Pre Tribulation, Mid Tribulation is not something that should divide Christians. It's a minor argument in the grand scheme of things.
However, the Bible has much more support for a pre Tribulation event. This can be looked at it and researched.
It's very easy to see in the Bible that things will likely be pre-tribulation. However, if someone wants to go through the tribulation, that's up to them, but if they're a Christian they'll be raptured and that's that. It wont matter that their belief in the rapture was wrong. ...
Can I ask you to do something? Are you willing to read a book and think critically about what it says? If you are, then I strongly suggest reading the book, The Pre-wrath Rapture of the Church, by Marvin Rosenthal. He was a staunch pre-trib rapture teacher until a close friend convinced him to carefully reconsider his position. The book tells the story, and explains why he changed his view, and also discusses the holes in the pre-trib view that, even when he taught it, he knew were there. I would love to have a discussion with you after you have read this book to see what you think, and to see if you can point out errors in his book.
It does divide Christians. Most of those in positions of power in the modern church (American churches anyway) demand allegiance to the pretrib theory, and ban and prohibit the discussion or teaching of anything different. And if things play out the way I believe the bible teaches, this is a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Both Jesus and Paul spent a great deal of time discussing the end-times - and I don't think they would have done so if it was a minor thing.
Please read Rosenthal's book. He did the research and changed his position. Can you point out the errors in his research?
It is not up to them, it is up to God, and I believe for a great many who are looking for an easy escape, it really is going to matter when that easy escape does not happen. Their faith will be tested and many will fall away because they will have been led astray rather than having been prepared for what is coming.
There's evidence of early church fathers teaching pre-tribulation doctrine. This is one.
For all the saints and Elect of God are gathered, prior to the tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins. (On the Last Times, the Antichrist, and the End of the World, by Ephraem the Syrian, A.D. 373)
Sure, I'll read the book or you can send some questions that you think are holes to me in a private message, maybe? I do better by actively discussing things, but I wouldn't mind reading the book either.
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It seems to me that rapture has itself brought much confusion to the world and has led in quite a number of cases to people ruining their lives by taking it far too seriously. In my lifetime alone I have witnessed several dozen end of the world rapture scares. I reject it all as unimportant as to how a Christian should conduct his or her life.
Though I respect N. T. Wright for his overall New Testament scholarship, at the end of the day, in this video he is just spouting off his end-time opinion. He sees the victory of God in a more general sense, and I believe by doing so he misses some particular truths. (Though, I must admit, I would love to have time to sit down and chat with him over a great many things. I consider him well respected, but wrong on this subject.)
And by your logic, since there are many false christs who have led many astray,
you would reject as important the search for the one true Christ.
Okay, have it your way.
A sincere thanks for the grace-filled way you phrased all that. I side with N. T. in his view. I guess we will all know for certain in the near future.