Can someone explain what the rapture is please?

[fat_boy]

Hi guys

Watching TBN a week ago I came across a phrase I've heard a couple of times in passing, something about "The rapture".

I have no idea what it means and a google search turns up just blog posts of people ranting. Can someone explain, in simple english, what it is please?

Cheers

FB

 

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[Zadok7000]

The Gathering to Christ at His Return.

 

[LovedofHim]

Hi guys

Watching TBN a week ago I came across a phrase I've heard a couple of times in passing, something about "The rapture".

I have no idea what it means and a google search turns up just blog posts of people ranting. Can someone explain, in simple english, what it is please?

Cheers

FB

There's this incredible library of letters and books that God wrote through inspired, Spirit-filled men. If you are born of the Spirit, that library of letters and books speaks to you as you read it. It is interactive and difficult to put it down once you begin to interact with it.

Within it's pages is treasure from God. There are many different passages that speak of the resurrection and gathering of God's people to Himself prior to wrath on the day of the Lord.

Psalm 50: 4,5
Psalm 75: 2 (KJV)
Isaiah 26: 19-21
1 Thess 4: 13-18 along with 1 Thess 5:1-10
2 Thess 2 (HNV)
1 Cor 15:51-58
John 11:25, 26
John 14: 1-3
Matt 24:31
Revelation 12

 

[yeshuasavedme]

Hi guys

Watching TBN a week ago I came across a phrase I've heard a couple of times in passing, something about "The rapture".

I have no idea what it means and a google search turns up just blog posts of people ranting. Can someone explain, in simple english, what it is please?

Cheers

FB

It is the ingathering of the first harvest of sons of God from earth, when they will be given their garments of Glory =the regenerated body made in the image of the New Man. They will celebrate their consecration to the priesthood as sons of God =adopted sons of the Firstborn of earth [Christ Jesus], for a week of years, in heaven's temple.
This is the oracle of it in the Torah, and the gathering is called by two heavenly trumpets, typed in Numbers 10:1-7. Demonstrated in Psalm 50.
The place they are called to gather is before the door of heaven's temple -also typed in Numbers 10.
They are told to enter into their chambers and shut their doors behind them -Isaiah 26:19-21
The dead rise first, and the living last, at the first and second blasts of the two trumpets, together, as typed in Numbers 10, and demonstrated in Isaiah 26:19-21.

They gather before the heavenly temple door, in the heavenly realm, and are told to come in, shut the doors behind them, and to hide -Isaiah 26:19-21; Leviticus 8.

They get the New Man garments at the gathering call, which is the regenerated body made for the glory, typed in Leviticus 8.

They celebrate for a week of years, typed in Leviticus 8,
while the indignation/tribulation passes, on earth below, as told in the Hebrew in Psalm 75:2,3, and in Isaiah 26:19-21, and chapter 27.

 

[papaJP]

Glad you ask because this word Rapture is not Biblical it is mans attempt to describe the second coming of Christ and what happens to all believers when He comes back.
This is an example of how man creates use of words and uses them incorrectly. It causes many problems with the new believers.

 

[aMancalledDavid]

There's this incredible library of letters and books that God wrote through inspired, Spirit-filled men. If you are born of the Spirit, that library of letters and books speaks to you as you read it. It is interactive and difficult to put it down once you begin to interact with it.

Within it's pages is treasure from God. There are many different passages that speak of the resurrection and gathering of God's people to Himself prior to wrath on the day of the Lord.

Psalm 50: 4,5
Psalm 75: 2 (KJV)
Isaiah 26: 19-21
1 Thess 4: 13-18 along with 1 Thess 5:1-10
2 Thess 2 (HNV)
1 Cor 15:51-58
John 11:25, 26
John 14: 1-3
Matt 24:31
Revelation 12

I love how you describe The Word

 

[yeshuasavedme]

Glad you ask because this word Rapture is not Biblical it is mans attempt to describe the second coming of Christ and what happens to all believers when He comes back.
This is an example of how man creates use of words and uses them incorrectly. It causes many problems with the new believers.

The Hebrew word for what is called the Rapture [from Latin], is "laqach".
It means -among other things [all related]:
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
It is what God did to Enoch, when Enoch walked with God and was not, for God "laqach" him.

God removed Enoch from earth to heaven, in his translated body made for the Glory to indwell.
He also "laqach" Elijah, without translating him in body, from the midst of the world to heaven, where he is waiting to return back to earth to preach Jesus in Jerusalem for three and a half years, along with Moses, who was resurrected in his body but not regenerated/translated, and taken away, to heaven.
It is what Jesus will do to the Church, by His Power, when He "laqachs" them [removes them from the midst of the world in their translated bodies, which bodies are the New Man garments the adopted sons of God wear forever, as priests and kings who stand before Him], before the tribulation can begin, as Psalm 75:2,3, in Hebrew says.
Psalm 75:2 -[when I] remove from the midst [of the world] [the] Congregation/Church, [then I will] judge [the world] uprightly/with equity

לקח laqach
מועד mow`ed
שפט shaphat
מישר meyshar
Psalm 75:3, a
the world and all its inhabitants will be dissolved/melt/faint,..
ארץ 'erets
ישב yashab
מוג muwg

 

[Bible2]

fat_boy said:

Can someone explain what the rapture is please?

The English word "rapture" is derived from the root of the Latin word "rapiemur", which is how the old Latin (Vulgate) translation of the Bible translated the original Greek word translated as "caught up" in the KJV of 1 Thessalonians 4:17. So the "rapture" is simply the church being "caught up together" at Jesus Christ's second coming (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17), which is the same as the church being "gathered together" at his second coming (2 Thessalonians 2:1, Matthew 24:30-31, Mark 13:26-27), which will occur immediately after the coming tribulation (Matthew 24:29) of Revelation chapters 6-18 (Revelation 19:7-21).

The rapture will occur not to remove the church from the earth (Proverbs 10:30, John 17:15,20), but to take the church only as high as the clouds of the sky to hold a meeting in the air with the returned Jesus (1 Thessalonians 4:17). At that meeting, Jesus will judge the church (Psalms 50:4-5, cf. Mark 13:27, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Luke 12:45-48) and then marry the church (Revelation 19:7) in the clouds, before the church mounts white horses and comes back down from the sky (the first heaven) with Jesus (Revelation 19:14) as he defeats the Antichrist (the beast) and all the unsaved armies of the world (Revelation 19:15-21).

Jesus will then make the wedding supper of Revelation 19:9 for the just-resurrected and married church in the earthly Jerusalem (Isaiah 25:6-9, 1 Corinthians 15:54). Jesus and the church will then reign on the earth for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4-6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 2:26-29).

 

[Biblewriter]

The rapture is a coined (that is, a non-Biblical) term used to describe the event detailed in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17:

"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.


The debate you see all the time is not about whether or not this will happen, but about when it will happen.

Some people think it will happen before a coming time of tribulation. This is called the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine. And people who believe it are called pre-tribbers.

Some people think it will happen at the middle of this period. This is called the mid-tribulation rapture doctrine. And people who believe it are called mid-tribbers.

Some people think it will happed near the end of this period, just before God pours out his wrath on the earth. This is called the pre-wath rapture doctrine. And people who belive it are called pre-wrathers.

Some people think it will happen after this period is over. This is called the post tribulation rapture doctrine. And people who believe it are called post tribbers.

The thing you need to know is that the Bible simply does not say when it will happen. All these positions are based upon interpretations of the meanings of things the Bible says.

In spite of all the debate you see, the only ones that are denying scripture are those who say it will not happen. Everyone else is simply interpreting scripture.

 

[Deleteriousnonsense]

The rapture is that hoped-for event in which millions of people die simultaneously because cars crash, planes drop from the sky, trains derail, and parents commit suicide because their children disappear before their very eyes.

 

[John S]

Fat Boy - The Rapture is when Christians are taken alive into Heaven to be with God.

It's a made up theory by people who think that they are going to escape the hard times ahead. You will be better off NOT worrying about it, expecting it to happen, or listening to the people who will try to teach you about it.

 

[jgleason]

The "concept' of a "rapture" where all the "good people" are removed from the earth before the "bad stuff" happens is not Biblical in any way whatsoever. It is a manipulative concept concieved by wicked minds to appear superior over other denominations, thereby causing people to "open their wallets" and tithe more money to the church they may be attending.
It is played out in this way, "if you come to this church, not the one down the street, or the one around the corner, you will be taken up in the rapture before all the bad stuff happens." This means before the rediculous interpretation of the book of Revelation concerning a "Anti-Christ" who makes people take the mark of the beast to buy a loaf of bread or gasoline for your car, etc.
It is pure manipulation, there is of course a ressurection, but if you pay close attention to the scriptures, there is never mention of "good people" being taken out of the wolrd before the bad people to avoid uncomforatble living conditions for the "good people" who go to the "right church". When the end time comes it will be the Children of Yahweh/the Lord who through the fire of the Holy Spirit within them/us will consume all that is not of the Holy Spirit. That is anything that is not of the Spirit of Yahweh.

Matthew 13:27-30
27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Malachi 4:1-3
1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Havayah/the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3And ye(us) shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your(our) feet in the day that I shall do this, saith Havayah/the LORD of hosts.
2 Peter 3:10-13
10But the day of Yahweh/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. 11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of Elohim/God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

 

[NJBeliever]

I am still waiting for any post-tribber to name ONE divine judgment from God in the entire Bible that His believers had to suffer through. Just one, from the entire Bible.

 

[jgleason]

Well, there are actually quite a few examples throughout the entire Old testament. When the Children of Israel are in the wilderness for the 40 years before entering the promised land, there are many examples where they worshipped one of the idols of the surrounding nations and plagues and pestilence went forth and killed literally thousands of them. Also, remember that whenever the Children of Israel were taken into captivity by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, etc during their many captivities, the entire population was removed and subjected to the captivity. In fact, Yahweh/ the Lord always instructed them to obey and not resist the captors and that he would eventually return them to favor once their sins had been expiated.

 

[jgleason]

Also, don't forget, the Children of Israel had to endure the first 3 plagues that Egypt was subjected to during their bondage to Egypt before their Exodus.

 

[aMancalledDavid]

Ok, the gathering of Christ's own(rapture) and the second coming are two different events. Not all will see Him when the rapture happens. The rapture is ONLY for His Own. The second coming is at the end of tribulation when the Lord will appear in the clouds with great power and glory and His Saints(His own taken at time of the rapture) for ALL the world to see.

Nowhere in thessalonians or the gospel does it say that when one is taken another left, or when we are caught up to meet the Lord in the air, that EVERYONE, nonbelievers included, will see Christ. It is a special event onlyyyy for His Own, of course, when this happens, it will involve catastrophic events that leave everyone asking, 'what just happened?' Then the antichrist will appear, Tribulation will begin.

 

[jgleason]

Listen, I know I am in the minority with my opinions and I am not trying to be controversial or inflammatory. Let me make a couple statements and then I will step aside and let everyone tell me I am wrong again.
The Anti-Christ has been in the world from the very beginning in many various manifestations. I will not take the time currently to list them as they will be dismissed by most in Christendom. There is one that has been in the world for over 2000 years and is currently in power that is playing the role as the one true final "Anti-Christ". I would suggest that you read Alexander Hislop's "The Two Babylons" to get tons of more detail regarding this subject. I am afraid that when you begin to read and understand it though, you will dismiss it also. The book was written by a reverend in 1853, not someone today trying to be controversial and antagonistic.
This fairy tale about a "rapture" that takes God's people out before the bad stuff happens is just not backed up by the scriptures, There are a number of verses taken out of context that people always quote and I could answer eveyone of them: not because I am some kind of authority but simply because the Holy Spirit, Yahshua the Messiah has revealed his purpose and plan of salvation by his vision and revelation. It is not my interpretation or opinion, another thing that I will be dismissed for saying, but maybe can explain in more detail eventually if there would be any interest.
This "Anti-Christ/Revelation" scenario that you describe was actually concocted by the Catholic church at the time of the Protestant reformation. The protestants claimed that the Pope was the Anti-Christ and so the Catholic church/Pope concocted this current story that most like to believe today. It is a nice idea that we will not have to experience any bad times but that is just not scriptural. What is ironic, is that the very people who started the Protestant movement's descendents now believe this theory started by the very church(Catholic church) that they were protesting against in the first place.

 

[jgleason]

Excellent response! I could not agree more whole-heartedly!!!