What reason will science give to those left behind as a reason for those who are taken up with Christ ?
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Hi,\nHas science ever been able to explain any phenomena to the fullest extent before..?If science could explain then why the Bible?\nWell, coming to the latter part of ur question.....for u to know why people would disappear, u need to be a christian then only would u fully be able to understand.\nBriefly to summarize the whole 'disppearance', it is a prophecy to be fulfilled and will be and then it is for the 'wedding' between the 'Lamb' and the 'Bride'.
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Short version.  God knows who the hopelessly lost people are.  Those that are so prideful, that they will never follow God's will.  So, he doesn't waste time on them.  Instead, he focuses his efforts on those that have a chance ( no matter how slight ) of salvation. "  All will be judged.\n\nBest wishes.
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Science is man's way to explain the things of God, of His creation and the way He made things to work. What separates us from animals is that we have a conscience and are spiritual beings. As such, because we were made with a longing and desire for God, we will always have "religion" to explain our concepts of God. Despite all our philosophies and religious efforts to reach an understanding of God, like science, we still come up short. God did make a way for us to find Him, and that is exclusively through His son, Jesus Christ. That will be true even 2000 years from now. Jesus is the way, truth and life.
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I personally believe that the saints in heaven have left this earth behind them and are no longer concerned with this world because they are to captivated with being in the full presents of Almighty God.
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Makes sense to me.  I firmly believe that if they understood what they were missing, then they would want it.\n\nThis I believe; http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
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LOL--he's a little late--does that mean all the "christians" here now weren't good enough and got left behind?
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Faith was intended for the primitive folk in Christ's era because they were too primitive in their education, thinking and mindset to understand what was behind his message. This 'unquestioning belief' was designed to sustain the message of Christ over the centuries until the arrival of the Apocalypse (Revelation or 'to reveal') which would demystify the 'mystery of the ages'.
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It is an updated version of the same "Left Behind" theology espoused by Hal Lyndsay and other dispensational premillennialists. \n\nIn his book _the Late Great Planet Earth_, Lyndsay told us that the Lord Jesus would return by 1988 because the generation that saw Israel become a nation again would witness His coming in the clouds!\n\nWell here it is, eighteen years later. It would appear that Jesus is eighteen years late in coming. Lots of other speculative "prophecies" by Lyndsay, Van Impe and others have failed to come to pass as predicted as well. \n\nHagee's book is an attempt (one of many, by the way) to excuse or explain away these failed predictions of Bible prophecy "experts."\n\nI wonder how many people have LEFT THE FAITH because of these stupid predictions that have failed to come true!\n\nActually the "left behind" theology is little more than 100 years old! Invented by "revivalists" who hoped to wake a sleepy church out of her doldrums, this new eschatology has ended up doing far more damage than good. Before Darby and Schofield made Dispensational theology famous (along with the absurd "left behind" fiction which followed quickly upon it), the Church taught no such thing as a secret "rapture" followed by years of tribulation under a worldwide dictator and all that rubbish.
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yes you are missing the point\n\neach story is about 3 differant way one can be lost\n\nthe son willingly left therefore had to willingly return (backslider)\n\nthe sheep strayed and did not know it was in danger yet and the shepherd had to rescue it. this represents not knowing you are straying from the truth until the preacher preaches to you, and you stop straying (saint)\n\nand the coin dose not know it is lost and can not save itself and need to be found. this is what is is to first com to the knowledge you need to be saved and  you respond to the preaching, as in Acts 2:38 (sinner)
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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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Yes, because Jesus Christ conquered physical death when he was resurrected, ALL people everywhere will be resurrected too and receive glorified and perfect bodies.  It is His gift to the world.  What happens next to all of us with our glorified and resurrected bodies is the question.  We will then all be judged according to our works.  It will be a perfect judgement based on the amount of knowledge we had and what we did with it.  Then we will all be separated into a degree of glory that we can handle and that we deserve.  There are many layers of what is traditionally known as heaven and hell, and we will all get exactly what we know we deserve.
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Jesus didnt come to bring division, He taught that by following him, choosing to follow Him, would bring division in family and in the world, because those who chose not to follow will often chastise, gossip and try to persuade a believer to "come back".....the world often sees a follower of Christ in a negative light because it justifies their choice of ungodliness, a believer should have the truth of God in their hearts and endure the trials and persecutions of being a Christian and rest in the truth that they are covered by Gods rich mercy...and to rest there always
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Wow a Christian using scripture in their thoughts on dogma- novel idea that I hope continues. I totally agree- Ephesians 2 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. Kinda hard to argue with that scripture too huh? But we must see-as James points out- that good works are a result of our faith. Not that  we need to do them to get into Heaven-but if we follow Christ- and He was a servant to all- then we will do the same. Great point!
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Jesus would probably say something like, "There's not enough atmosphere on the moon to blow the dust around".  Or, then again, He might not.  He might also say, "You need to pay more attention in Science class".  Who knows what he would say.
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Yes, but it doesn't mean that the rest will go to hell. Majority of mankind who finds favor with God will inherit the earth.\n\nConsider these verses:\nMatthew 5:5. Jesus said that the meek shall inherit the earth, not heaven.\nJohn 3:13. No one--including Moses, and Abraham--at the time of Jesus went to heaven. So, where are they? They are naturally waiting for the resurrectionn on earth--just like when Lazarus, and many others were resurrected on earth, not in heaven.\n\nRevelations 5:10 says that certain ones were bought from every tribe and country, and they shall rule with Christ on EARTH. Naturally, if there are rulers, then there are subjects. These "royal class" who will be in heaven with Christ will rule with him and restore paradise earth.\n\nRevelations 14:1-4 says that those who were bought from the earth numbers 144K.\nRomans 11:11,12 confirms that there is a limited number of Jews (spiritual that is, and not literal).\n\nTry reading carefully Revelations 5:9-10; and 14:1-4 and you will get the connection between the 144K and those who will rule with Christ.\n\nThe above verses further ties in nicely with Matt 6:10 (thy kingdom come, not thy kingdom go up), and Rev 21:2-4 which mentions New Jerusalem, which represents God's kingdom, coming down on earth to restore Paradise on earth.\n\nSadly, many do not know this. They have been blinded by  false teaching w/c claims that the good ones will go to heaven.
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When Christ returns to the earth
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According to Christianity, Jesus was sent to us to set humankind on a different path than they were to begin with.  Perhaps humanity was already ont eh path to destruction, and this was God's way of intervening, saying "hey. listen up..."\n\nJesus' teachings were in the form of parables, or metaphor. He deliberately taught that way to make people think and to come to the answer on their own.  They have the choice to think or not, to accept what they find or not. \n\nPerhaps God was lonely...  that is another theory.