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You know, a good way to look at it is thinking you can meet Jesus at anytime as we are mortal and could die at anytime. It’s not about the rapture but being ready. I know it is scary anyway you think about it but you must remember God knows our hearts better than we know them ourselves. Do your best. Do not worry about the ‘rapture’. Just keep your lamp filled.
That’s what happens when the men don’t follow the women and children into the lifeboats.I'm sure we could glean many a quote about the Titanic here.
Along with yours.. there were people.. when boarding.. not when it was going down.... that commented on the fact that there was not enough life jackets of life boats.
In fact, the designers knew that there were too few life boats as they needed more space... but... that was OK as even "God Himself" could not sink her.......
That was what I was referring to.
False. The Parable of the 10 Virgins is that half of them were ready for when the bridegroom came by being vigilant and bringing extra oil for their lamps, the other half were not, and so halfway through their watch they had to get more oil, and missed the bridegroom.
It is one of several parables Jesus tells in regard to His coming in judgment at the end of the age. The point is we do not know when Christ will come, so we must always be ready.
It has nothing to do with the false doctrine of the rapture.
-CryptoLutheran
That’s funny, so you really thought she was gone?Okay, so, a funny story. About 30 years ago, I was active duty Air Force stationed with my wife at Bolling Air Force base, which is in SE Washington DC. Even though Bolling is an Air Force Base, it doesn't have a runway (being a "headquarters" base). But we were across the Potomac from Reagan National Airport and our house was directly under the flight path of planes operating from Reagan.
Reagan closed down every night at 10 pm, however, so there were no flights after my bedtime.
This particular spring evening, we had come from a bible study with a very engaging discussion of the rapture. We'd gotten home, did a few tasks, prepared for bed, Because the night was so nice, my wife opened the window and pulled back the shades. Then we went to bed and went to sleep.
We'd been asleep for a couple of hours when I was suddenly awakened by a tremendous roaring sound and a bright light filling the room. I reached over beside me...and my wife was gone!
I cried out, "Oh, no!"
Then my wife came in from the bathroom and said, "What's wrong with you?"
There had been an unusual late night landing at Reagan (probably some Senator), combined with the open window and open shades.
The meek shall inherit the earth.I heard that the Rapture is coming soon:
I'm scared of being left behind. How can I prepare for the rapture? Can I still be saved if I don't make it? What will happen if I am left behind?
How do I not fear the Rapture? Well, not so much as being scared of the Rapture itself, but being left behind. Some say it will be worse than the days of Gomorrah.
That's only the pretrib view. I just view rapture as the 1 Thessalonians 4 event, the resurrection, second coming, call it what you will. The timing of it is less important but people can all back their viewpoint with scripture somehow or another.If by "rapture" people mean what 1 Thessalonians 4 says, that's not a problem: Yes at Christ's glorious Parousia the dead will be raised, and those alive will be likewise transformed with them, and caught up to meet the returning Lord in the air.
But that's not what "rapture" means by those who most commonly use it. Instead they almost always have in mind the false doctrine that Jesus will secretly snatch Christians from the earth and bring them directly into heaven to wait out a period of tribulation on the earth.
The first is true, we will meet the Lord Jesus in the air when He returns.
The second is not true, we are not getting taken into heaven by Jesus in secret.
Let us put our hope and faith in Christ and what He has done, not in the vanity of innovative and false doctrines which only serve to rob us of our hope in Christ.
-CryptoLutheran
Pre wrath or post trib doesn't. It's only pretrib that is basically trusting that the signs that Jesus said weren't for them.I'm planning on not being raptured. You can join me in that trip through tribulation.
The rapture is a con to put Christians to sleep. And it's working.
I heard that the Rapture is coming soon:
I'm scared of being left behind. How can I prepare for the rapture? Can I still be saved if I don't make it? What will happen if I am left behind?
How do I not fear the Rapture? Well, not so much as being scared of the Rapture itself, but being left behind. Some say it will be worse than the days of Gomorrah.
That's only the pretrib view. I just view rapture as the 1 Thessalonians 4 event, the resurrection, second coming, call it what you will. The timing of it is less important but people can all back their viewpoint with scripture somehow or another.
Sorry, I don't get what your meaning.Misquote I think
That’s what happens when the men don’t follow the women and children into the lifeboats.
I heard that the Rapture is coming soon:
I'm scared of being left behind. How can I prepare for the rapture? Can I still be saved if I don't make it? What will happen if I am left behind?
How do I not fear the Rapture? Well, not so much as being scared of the Rapture itself, but being left behind. Some say it will be worse than the days of Gomorrah.
Robert Lyte. I've talked with him before through email, nice guy.
I heard that the Rapture is coming soon:
I'm scared of being left behind. How can I prepare for the rapture? Can I still be saved if I don't make it? What will happen if I am left behind?
How do I not fear the Rapture? Well, not so much as being scared of the Rapture itself, but being left behind. Some say it will be worse than the days of Gomorrah.
I heard that the Rapture is coming soon:
I'm scared of being left behind. How can I prepare for the rapture? Can I still be saved if I don't make it? What will happen if I am left behind?
How do I not fear the Rapture? Well, not so much as being scared of the Rapture itself, but being left behind. Some say it will be worse than the days of Gomorrah.
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