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The rapture???

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Can someone help me with this? I sortof know what the rapture is and the 2nd coming of Christ but, are the signs such as, wars or rumors of wars, natural disasters, reforming of Israel, etc..; are these signs of the rapture beginning? Doesnt the rapture last for 1,000 years? None of us will be here to see the end of the rapture but we may see the return of Christ?
 

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Jesus will return, separate the sheep from the goats, the dead in Christ shall rise and we'll all be caught up with Him in the air. Jesus said that when it would happen is none of our business, so don't spend too much time worrying about it. Just be the best Christian you can be and be ready at all times.
 
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This is what i told somebody else who had a question about the rapture. Yes, there are end time signs that are given in the Bible. First the rapture is going to happen for all of God's children. And when we are taken up the tribulation is going to begin on earth. The tribulation lasts for seven years, and that will be the rule of the anti-christ. It is going to be chaos for the people on earth but many people will actually turn to Christ during this time they just need much faith to stand up for what they believe in, and they will face persecution. After the seven years are over God is going to return which is his second coming and then the battle of armegedon is going to happen. I don't quite understand the battle of armegedon but we are going to win and satan will be defeated and God will make his paradise on this earth. As far as when the rapture is going to happen nobody knows. It is very normal for you to be thinking about the rapture and God's 2nd coming, it could happen any second or maybe many years from now but always be ready and grow in your relationship with God, and spread the good news. many people just decide to ignore the fact that the rapture could happen any second or they just don't pay too much attention to it but we should always be ready and alert. here are some verses for you. also i am reading this book called, "Are you Rapture Ready" its about the rapture and God's 2nd coming from a biblical perspective written by 2 christian authors, Todd Strandberg and Terry James it will answer a lot of your questions.



Matthew 24:36 - "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only."

Matthew 25:13- "...for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming"

Matthew 24:42- "Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming"

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 - "For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and reamain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meed the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord."

1 Corinthians 15:51-52 - "Behold, I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed"
 
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