After the rapture takes place, will people then believe in God?
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I think it might take some time, because people are unwilling to tell themselves that they have been living the wrong life. But I think that once that happens, it might take a few years for people to start understanding what really went on. But sooner or later it will hit them...HARD.
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I would and do believe in God.  \n\nIf in the end I was wrong, who cares?  \n\nIf someone does not believe and then finds God is real, whoops!
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Ex-Mormon here. It's been a while so I may have some details wrong, but here's the deal:\n\nNonmormon fundamentalist Christians believe the Rapture is an event that will happen just before the Millenium. All the righteous of the world will be instantly zapped up to Heaven and the rest will be left to burn and die at Jesus' sword. \n\nMormons don't believe in the Rapture. In their version, all the dead righteous peole will be resurrected at the Second Coming, and everyone still on earth will live to 'the age of a tree' (it's not specified how long that is, but many people believe it's 100 years) and then be instantly translated, resurrected without dying. And everyone will enjoy 1000 years of peace.
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Those who never really knew God \nSo far we've seen that salvation is offered to some people even before Jesus' return. We've also seen that after Jesus returns He will offer salvation to mankind in general.\nBut what about all those who died and were never called to salvation? This group represents the majority of all people who have ever lived. What is their eternal fate?\nJohn said those not resurrected at the time of Jesus' return ("the rest of the dead") will live again at the end of the Millennium: "But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished" (Revelation 20:5).\nA few verses later comes a further description of the scene of this resurrection: "Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades [the grave] delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works" (Revelation 20:11-13).\nJesus spoke of a future time of judgment when all will understand His teachings. He described a time during which people from all generations will live and be judged at the same time: "Then He began to upbraid the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent: 'Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you'" (Matthew 11:20-24).\nIn similar examples, Jesus refers to the long-dead people of Nineveh, to the queen of the south of Solomon's time and even to ancient Sodom and Gomorrah, the epitome of wickedness (Matthew 10:14-15; 12:41-42). He doesn't tolerate perversion and sinfulness, but He has not finished working in their lives. The people from those generations lived and died without having the opportunity to learn of God and His plan to offer the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ.\nJesus described a time during which people from all past ages will live at the same time. Together they will come to understand the truth about who Christ was and the purpose of life. Those from different generations will find it remarkable that the people of Jesus' time rejected Him
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Once we are old enough to understand and decide, we are all responsible for our belief or lack of it.  A question like this doesn't seem to serve much of a purpose, but then, I don't know. Part of my faith is that God is always a fair judge of every situation.  I know that a very tired Jesus once told HIs disciples, "Allow the children to come unto me and don't stop them from doing so."  I don't believe that He would leave children behind in the rapture.  If you've read the Bible, you know the horror that will come upon the earth once the church is removed, so I agree with you there.   Likewise, all parents ideally would be concerned that they are bringing their children up to know God.  As Christians, however, I think there are better things to tell people about God than something like this.  That's just me.
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well i am a believer in god and those that do not believe will have a hard time of it then.. cause they will have no excuse.. i am going to make sure i do my best to follow gods plan the best i can.. i believe in the lord jesus christ and i want to go home to meet him someday...i am going to try and check on some of the answers you get to this question...there is so many people out there with no consious at all. and atheist and i do not think they can explain it theirself...but if they would read the bible and seek the lord , they will find him.. they have to ask him to come into their lives and turn from their sinful ways.. it is not always easy on this earth... cause the devils coming in sheeps clothing.. he comes to kill, steal and destroy... so god  be with us all...
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There really is not just one simple answer to that. Most people of a religious nature believe that they will go to heaven when they die but this simply is not so, the Bible clearly shows that only 144,000 persons from all the different peoples, nations, and tongues will go to heaven to serve as priests of God and as associate kings with Jesus Christ and rule over the earth for Christ's Millennial Reign Revelation 14:1-3, all persons who die become non-existent and sleep in death waiting for a resurrection that Jesus taught Ecclesiastes 5:9,10 John 5:28, those who are resurrected that are not of the 144,000 will be resurrected back to life on earth which is to be restored back to paradise and everything will be brought back to perfection and we have everlasting life here if we pass the final test when Satan is released from the abyss  Psalms 37:11,29. There are people living today that will never see death as they will be survivors of Armageddon as we are deep into the time of the end and Armageddon is near. We do not have an immortal soul but are a soul Genesis 2:7 and the soul dies Ezekiel 18:4, there is no such thing as reincarnation. Hell is nothing more than the common grave of mankind and it is to be emptied of all in it  Revelation 20:13.
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At first, they won't believe it, then they'll re-interpret the bible and say they knew it all along.
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A lot, actually.  (but then they weren't atheists anymore after that).\n\nI think for some people, they don't believe in God until something happens in their life that puts it all in perspective.  You might walk away unscathed from a bad car accident that killed everyone else in the car, or something along those lines.  Or, you may just have a moment of extreme weakness and beg for help, from anyone or anything.  There are a lot of ways for that to happen.
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The only Church which God is going to rapture out from this earth before the Tribulation Period is his own true Church; which includes only those who have been washed in the blood of Jesus Christ, and cleanse from their sins by such. It is not going to be those who have worked real hard to try and please God; even though I am sure that it will include some of these. But the only ones who can look forward to the rapture before the Great Tribulation are those who have truly believed upon Jesus Christ, and received Him into their hearts by faith. These are the ones who truly make up the Church of God.
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A lot of people will lose their faith for sure, as majority of religious people do not believe in aliens. But there will be a lot of religious people who will make up stuff like God -created- alien- too -it- is- just- not- mentioned in- Bible kinda stuff.
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There will be! In the Bible it says that at the end of the world, God will take all His believers up to heaven with Him. Then, someone called the Anti-christ, will rise up out of the east, and call Himself a god, then he will make the world into a one-world government!
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Yes, the "end times" are a fact of scripture.  They are upon us. \n\nChrist will return to earth for His people (believers) and restore peace and hope to the world.  Many will be destroyed by the plagues of God first, however.  Christ will establish peace and order on earth based on God's laws.\n\nAfter the 1000 year reign of Christ is completed, the resurrection of the rest of the dead will take place.  Billions of people will come back to life for an opportunity of salvation.  This is called the Great White Throne judgment period.  At the end of this period, God's enemies will be destroyed.  Death and the grave will be destroyed also.  There will be no more death ever, God promises.\n\nThose who believed God and turn to Him through faith believing also in His Son, Jesus Christ will be given eternal life.  These will live forever.\n\n"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  John 3:16\n\nThe offer is for everyone who will believe.
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The Bible verses that talk about the second coming of Christ have been corrupted by some to indicate that there will be a secret 'rapture' where Christians simply disappear.  This is a false doctrine.\n\nThis I believe; http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
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According to prophecy, no it has not happened.  It is a warning from God, to the people who do not follow him, and what they will go through after the rapture.  But in theology, it happens all the time.  Read your newspaper.  Consider all the war, and death.
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The whole notion of the rapture and the belief that the wicked will get a second chance while the Bible clearly states that when Jesus comes for the righteous, all of the wicked will be dead.\n\nThose who teach that the wicked will be tortured forever in the fires of hell are not telling the truth.  The Bible says that they will be burned to ashes.\n\nLet me add another name to the list;  Harold Camping.  He wrote a book saying that Jesus would return in October 1994.  This prophecy did not happen (as we all know.)
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It is impossible to calculate but right now the theory is by year 2020 only 4% of teens will be bible believing christians so if the rapture happens after that it would have to be around that percent unless us christians step it up and do our job of sharing jesus and making deciples.