I have questions about the rapture.  Is Jesus in a sense going to come back twice once to get His people at rapture before the tribulation and then at the end of the world?  Or do you believe that Christ will just come back once?  I would really like scripture to back up your answer.
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Jesus will come only one more time and that will be the judgment and end of this world. \n\nMatt 25:31-33\nWhen the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:\nAnd before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:\nAnd he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.\nThen shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world\n\nIt will happen in the twinkling of an eye: I Cor 15:51-52\nBehold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,\nIn 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.\n\nRecommended reading: A case for Amillinnialism -Understanding The End Times by Kim Riddlebarger
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I didn't go to any of your links.  I chose to believe that we are in the end times simply because of Bible prophecy and the Book of Revelation.   God has come close to the hour of closing this chapter on earth.  No one knows the exact hour or day, but I believe it is sooner rather than later.
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Jesus is the son of God. He is the Savior, altho many do not yet realize this yet. But...soon they will...The Bible predicts that this Son Of God, Jesus, will come back to this earth, and we will see that He is our Savior, God's son, and we will bow down to him ( Jesus died on the cross for both the believers and the non believers)\nHe's not "just some guy," as some believe, but it's up to each of us to prove that fact to ourselves. If we don't, we may have to learn it the hard way...at His 2nd coming...Better to get with it, and prove it A.S.A.P.
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I think you would really rather be going up to heaven at that time. The earth won't be worth living on for the at least next 7 years after the Rapture takes place.  There will be diseases and death and massive destruction and earthquakes and darkness and not much food to eat. Please reconsider John 3:16
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I am not sure where you got those figures but they are not correct. We do not have the exact time fram from Adam out. The earth is approximately 6000 years old. The only thing we know for sure is that Jesus was born in 1ad and was crucified and resurrected in 32ad. So right now we are 1974 from when Jesus died and rose again. There so there is around 4000 years prior to Jesus coming. The prophecy in Daniel 9 refers to the coming of the Messiah. The prophecy begins with the command to rebuild Jerusalem which came in Nehemiah 1 on our Calendar March 14th 445bc. It goes forward 473 years to April 6 32ad when Jesus presented Himself as Messiah to the Jews on what we now call palm Sunday. We do not know when satan will be bound in the pit but it will not come until the end of the tribulation (the 70th week of Daniel). We do not know when the tribulation will begin. So again those numbers you have are way off base and mean absolutely nothing in reality because we do not know the exact amount of time that passed from creation to Jesus. Keep your eyes on what is clearly revelaed in Scripture and don't worry about extrabiblical ideas.
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To be brief to your overall point I am finding it hard to believe the entire God-incarnate thing. I'm all for the Jesus but not the details of fundamentalist Christianity.\n\nI believe I am wrong, and seek more facts.\n\nI don't think about Jesus coming back, on any serious intellectual level.\n\nI try and not think about a second coming of Jesus, yes.\n\nI was born again and had a baptism. A few months later I was told to choose between beliving in Jesus or that man evolved from an ape.  I left and am not sure I went back.  I don't want this to be a debate on evolution.
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The Post Tribulation Rapture (catching away) is very much what the Bible teaches us. Jesus said AFTER those days of tribulation he would come (See Matthew ch.24).\n\nThe Apostle Paul makes it 100% clear in his letter to the Thessalonians in that the man of Perdition must first be revealed before Jesus comes.., [2 Thessalonians 2:1-12]\n\nAnd in the Book of Revelation is more coverage.\nREVELATION 13:7, tells us that the Antichrist is given power to make war against the saints.\n\nREVELATION chapter 20 verses 4-6 also makes a surprising statement. Read about the resurrection of the dead in verse 5.\n\nThe Book of Daniel also mentions this man of perdition having power to kill the saints.  The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is a work of "wishful thinking" with an assumption that God would pay more favor to the Gentiles over the Jews.\n\nThe Apostle Paul said of good things and bad things have an order - FIRST to the Jews - THEN - to the Gentiles, and not the other way around.\n\nTo say Jesus will come before the Antichrist is calling not just the Apostle Paul a liar (read 2nd Thessalonians.), but calling Christ a liar too (read Matthew ch.24).\n\nSome preacher dude started the pretrib thought and it was the Devil.  Please note that the Bible Says the Antichrist comes first.  MUSLIMS believe their Mahdi will arrive with Jesus in tow to convince Christians that this Mahdi (who is actually the Antichrist) is the true anointed one.\n\nIn light of the Mahdi's coming ahead of Christ - Many PreTrib believers will fall for  this ruse.., as this Mahdi and his false Jesus (false prophet) will explain (twist) the scriptures and quote the Quran to make sense and magically fill in the blanks.\n\nI am firm in my belief that the Pretribulation idea works to the advantage of Islam.  Can you imagine the horrible mistake of falling for the Antichrist's ruse - accepting him as messiah - Then when Jesus comes, to fight against Jesus ignorantly thinking Jesus is the Antichrist!?\n\nThe sad thing is - once anyone accepts the Mahdi, bowing to him and accepting his mark of homage.., its too late. The Bible says there is no forgiveness for blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Calling Jesus the Antichrist IS Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit -seeing Jesus maintained that His spirit will be sent to us from the father -  The Spirit of Christ is the Holy Ghost.\n\nBut we all have decisions to make. Only the sincere who remain faithful will make it.
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God will rapture only those who are saved (they are the ones Sealed with the Holy Spirit). Once the Tribulation begins all who have heard the gospel will be decieved and when the beast comes and requires a mark (a seal) they will belong to him and never be able to be saved from God's Wrath and Punishment of eternity in the Lake of Fire. \n\nThose who are born again will be raptured before the tribulation begins. Think about the shadows of historical stories in scripture: Noah was saved from the Judgment of the Flood. \n\nCheck out Premillinial books and see that they are accurate with what scripture teaches. \n\nThe Judgments on the earth during the tribulation (see Revelation) will happen during all 7 years of tribulation. If we are saved and forgiven from our sins (born again in Christ) he would not leave us here to be among those judged. The first 3 years are false peace and there are things going on that are coming down from a Just God bringing Wrath. \n\nAmazing how our church has been studying Revelation for 18 weeks now and we covered that stuff a few weeks ago. We are on the 7th and final trumpet before Christ's return with the Redeemed of the Ages and the Angels to reign in the Millenial Kingdom.\n\nHope my info helps you.
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I believe as you do, rapture prior to 7 year tribulation\n\nWhy - here is one of several places in the bible that says so....\nI won't list all, to much space taken \n\n1 Thessalonians 4\n16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18Therefore encourage each other with these words.
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2 Thes. 2:1-3 (NKJV)  \n    Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, [2] not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. [3] Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, \n______________\n\nI do not believe in the "Left Behind" rapture theory that is being preached in a lot of churches today.\n\nThere will be a great falling away when the tribulation comes upon us all.  It will not be easy being a Christian.  Many will depart from us because they are not Christians.\n\nThe end will not have a great revival.  Even the current revivals are not great.  I do not see many strong Christians.  I see a lot of people professing Christ with their mouths but not with their lives and producing fruit.\n\nWhere's the fruit?  No fruit? No Christian.\n\nLuke 3:9 (NKJV)  \n    And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." \nJohn 15:8 (NIV)  \n    This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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There is no pre-tribulation rapture, as many in Christendom teach.  Notice in Revelation 20:4 WHO are in the first resurrection which occurs simultaneously with the "catching away" of live saints...THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BEHEADED FOR REFUSING THE MARK OF THE BEAST. \n\nBelievers in Christ WILL go through the tribulation and many will be killed for bearing the testimony of Jesus Christ.  There are concentration camps all over America that will be used as internment camps.  Some are equipped with gas chambers, and many already are furnished with guillotines, for execution of all resisters and dissenters of the New World Order, which will be under UN "law".  \n\nThere is ZERO scriptural support for a "two-part" return of Christ...NONE, ZIP, NADA.\n\nThe first resurrection occurs at the same time as the "catching away" which is at Christ's return to earth which is AFTER the tribulation.  We will be changed in an instant! to glorified bodies like Christ's and receive immortality and incorruptibility.  We will meet Jesus Christ in the air, and accompany Him to earth where He will rule for 1000 years.  The saints will rule and reign with Him.\n\nMany will have been killed when God pours out His wrath upon all those that oppose Him and there will be much work to do.  Those who did not take the mark of the beast and who were also not "saved" will remain on earth to repopulate and be taught God's law.  There will be peace under this new order of things...a far cry from Satan's counterfeit New World Order that will be very short-lived.\n\nSatan will be bound during the millennium so that he cannot deceived people.\n\nAfter the millenium, the rest of the dead (unbelievers) will be raised to fleshly bodies to once again dwell on the earth.  Many who never heard the gospel or who were not able to understand it will have an opportunity to hear and believe and be saved.  This is the Great White Throne judgment period.\n\nSatan will be loosed for a season to deceive the world.  Many will follow him once again.  The final battle will ensue and Satan and his followers will be destroyed.  All enemies of God will cease to exist forevermore.\n\nThis is just a very brief sketch of all of the prophetic events yet to take place.
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If you'r a Christian and a true believer, then what is it thats confusing you. Don't you read the Bible? Where does it say anywhere in the Bible that anyone except Jesus ever came back from the dead to live a new life? No, I do not believe in past lives.
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allah knows the best..\nbut in my opinion the time is very close that jesus will return but please christian when he comes back dont shout\n\nJESUS JESUS JESUS\n\ncaz he never heard this name before in his life\n\ntry this \n\nESSA ESSA ESSA\n\nlol jesus is not the real name??? do u know that??\n\n............
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I use to believe in the pre-trib rapture. several questions that kept grabbing my heart. \n1-Matt24:22- and except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved, but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.\n Matt24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders,insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.\nIf we are to be raptured before tribulation, then who are the elect and very elect that Jesus is talking about. If it is the Jews and God calls them the elect and the very elect, then why should , who fall beneath, the catagory of elect be taken out?\n2-1 Co. 15:52-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.\nIf  the rapture occurs before tribulation, then how can it be at\n the last trump, if there are seven trumpets that sound during tribulation?\n2 Thes2:1-4 which is too long to write- but it tells us that we won't be gathered unto  HIm until we see, first, a falling away ( falling away, not gathering up ) , the antichrist is revealed, and we see him sitting in the temple.\n3 -Rev7:9 After this I beheld, and ,lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,stood before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands. Rev 7:14 And i ssaaid unto him, Sir thou knowest. And he said to me, these are they which came our of great tribulation and have wshed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.\n  How can this verse be used for the pre trib rapture, if they  aare to come out oof   great tribulation. Don't you have to be in something, in order to come out of it.\n There is much more. Keep on hunting.
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i'm a muslim.\nhowever, what my christian friend has told me is that the evagelical christians believe that Jesus will return when the borders of Israel will extend from Nile to Euphrates (Nile in africa and Euphrates in Iraq), and Jesus will take all the true christians to some un-earthy place/eternal place and the rest of humanity will fight and die (this is probably their concept of armageddon), and when there will be no evil power remain in the world Jesus will return those real christians back to the earth where they will form the state based on the pronciples of bible.\n\nMy christian friend told me that this is one of the concepts where evangelical christians have different view point than other sects of christianity. I think there must be some other differences.
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There are different views on the timing of the rapture--some Christians say it will occur before the Antichrist arrives to usher in the Great Tribulation, others say that Christians will go through the Tribulation and be raptured--taken to heaven--after the Tribulation but before God pours out His wrath on those who have rejected Him. I've just posted an article on my website (see the link below) on what I believe is the view on the timing of the rapture that best coincides with Scripture, along with some other links.
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honesty i think that is a tough question. but in my opinion i think there will be a falling away. then is when jesus will say that its definitely time to come back and put a halt on us again. in fact i think that the fall away has begun. hopefully it does not hapen like this but based on what i c presently thats my opinion.