Will we be Christians be "raptured" or will they go through the "tribulation"?  Give scripture verses.
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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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The rapture is an event that will take place sometime in the near future. Jesus will come in the air, catch up the Church from the earth, and then return to heaven with the Church. The Apostle Paul gave a clear description of the rapture event in his letters to the Thessalonians and Corinthians. \n"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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." (1 Thess, 4:16-18). \n\n“Behold, I shew 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 trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality” (1 Cor. 15:51-53). \n\nThe timing of the rapture is not known. From the Word of God and from sound reasoning--something Jesus used quite frequently--I hope to prove the reality of the pretribulation rapture. \n\nThe word “rapture” comes from Paul's "caught up" remark in verse 17. The words “caught up” are translated from the Greek word harpazo, which means "to carry off," "snatch up," or "grasp hastily." The translation from harpazo to “rapture” involved two steps: first, harpazo became the Latin word raptus; second, raptus became the English word “rapture.”
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First we are not in the tribulation period and Matthew 24 doesnt have anything to do with us [as it is about the trib. period], but other then that here is a good prophecy link on some fullfillments and other future things to come:\n\nprophecy: http://www.livingwaters.com/Merchant2/graphics/tracts/prophecy/index.html \nthe gospel: http://www.needGod.com do you know what it is? think again. it might surprise you.
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Virtually none! The rapture could occur at any time now as the stage is set. The anti-Christ is in the world already. At the point of the rapture the Lord will unleash all sorts of terrible disasters on earth one being that there will be no rain on the earth for the first three and a half years of the tribulation which will be brought about by the 2 witnesses spoken of in Revelations. Just make sure you are ready as anyone left behind will most likely either die or on order to survive, people will be forced to accept the mark of the beast and those who do have no hope of entering the kingdom of God as they will be doomed forever.
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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.
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The bible is open to interpretations.  Jesus stated that we will not be given the knowledge to predict these coming events.  A massive earthquake is imminent especially in the "ring of fire" as we have seen lately with the Indonesian tsunami, the recent earthquake in Indonesia's java province, and the small earthquake in the Pacific Northwest.  As far an Asteriod hitting us, God only knows.  If you have Jesus in your life, you don't have to worry about all this stuff.
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most people want to believe a pre-trib rapture because they can't stand the idea of having to give up anything for who they are in CHRIST JESUS and they dont want any hardships...We are told as followers of JESUS CHRIST that we will no be partakers of the wrath of GOD...that wrath is nothing but hellfire...doesn't say that we won't go through tribulations though...we do that daily and it won't surprise me one bit when we get into the great tribulations and nobody has exited a big stage left.
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The Bible says it will be in the "twinkling of an eye" so we can never know, but I would guess to finally rescue persecuted christians in other countries.  \nHave you read the Left Behind books.  The first one speculates on cars crashing when they are suddenly abandoned, planes crashing, boats sinking, etc... I think this is probable.  \nI think for unbelievers christs coming would be very scary because loved ones would be gone forever and they wouldn't know what had happened.  for believers it will be awesome because we will be with the Lord.
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No one knows when He will come back. But I think it will be sooner than later. And He is coming to rapture His people. How great will that be...Not having to suffer death. Simply taken to Heaven to be with Jesus. I hope I am still around to be part of it.
66219
born again christians believe in rapture.that they will be taken up during the great tribulation. Rapture is not a bible teachings.
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Only God knows the anwer to that one, however my guess would be sooner rather than later.  As a Christian I believe in The Bible, and am into alot of Bible Prophecy.  Alot of people in the church don't believe in prophecy as far as it being literal. My question for them is this:  If Jesus fullfilled 362 MAJOR prophecies from the Bible in HIS First Coming, why not be consistant with the way the Bible is read and accept as literal the many thousands of Prophecies relating to the end times.  In saying all of this, one can read Amos chapter one, and Isaiah 17 to see how this coming war is going to lead to the rise of The Anti-Christ and his 7 year reign before Jesus comes back in HIS Second Coming.  Again, to answer your question, I do believe there will be a war between The USA or Israel and Iran, and it will engulf Syria and change very quickly the whole demographics of The Middle East.
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The word Rapture does not appear in the Bible. This is a word given by others to describe being caught up with the Lord.\n\n1Th 4:17\nThen 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.\n\nAs for Angels having wings, an example scripture:\n\nExo 25:20\nAnd the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
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The whole getting saved during the tribulation thing is set in stone, but it is no stone any human has ever seen. It all depends on what God's plan is. Ask Him. He know everything. Don't be afraid to wait a seemingly unending amount of time to get an answer. You might get none. Still, that is no reason to stop believing.
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The Rapture is a term most commonly used to describe an event in certain systems of Christian eschatology (study of the end times) whereby all Saved Christians are taken from Earth by God into Heaven. Although almost all forms of Christianity believe that those who are "saved" will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, the term "rapture" is usually applied specifically to those theories saying that Christians alive before the end of the world will be taken into heaven, and there will be an intermediate time frame where non-Christians will be still left on earth before Christ arrives to set up his earthly kingdom.\n\nFor a detailed answer see the link below.
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There is no rapture. What is meant by the term in modern times is a lie and it comes out of the works of a 19th century American named John Darby (look him up and you will find that he was into occult practices). The doctrine of a secret rapture was first conceived by John Darby of the Plymouth Brethren in 1827 It has nothing to do with how Paul and his followers understood what he wrote. Even a loose understanding of "rapture" is virtually unheard of in the writings of the Church Fathers. \n\nIf the tribulation comes during our life times, the idea of the rapture is going to have many Christians turn away and apostatize. Christians will suffer greatly before the end, and if you think you are going to get raptured, but end up suffering, you will assume that Christianity is wrong.
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Rapture has an interesting entymology, but the one place you wont find "rapture" is in the Bible. Perhaps some New World translations have begun misinterpretting "tribulation" as rapture, but it is an obvious fallacy.  Tribulation of the church has absolutely nothing to do with what some Christians refer to as "rapture".  \nNo one shall be excluded from judgement, and since no one can cast the first stone, you must pay the wages of your sin. Death.\nHad Jesus or any of the prophets said anything remotely resembling the figment of Darby's imagination called "The Rapture", you might have a leg to stand on.\nYou will NEVER find a reference to "rapture" in the bible.  If you are looking elsewhere for answers to God, be prepared for the consequences.
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 this is where Christians quote from to support the Rapture. And I personally believe it will come before the Tribulation. I attended an extensive Bible Study on the book of Revelation that lasted several months and it confirmed my belief that the Rapture will occur first. Just read the Bible, pray for guidance and understanding and God will give you the answers that you need resolved in your heart and mind.