our lives are they short will we face death or the rapture ?
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Hi Rodney. Good evening/day.Very good subject! First of all, in case anyone does not know what sin is, let's define it.  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. or MKJV- Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness-1John 3:4. Myself included, we need to ensure that we know what sin is so that we can be sincerely repentant and strive to not commit sins. You are correct everyone sins, that is why Jesus - the perfect Son of God who was sinless died for our sins and rose from the dead. Second, the word rapture is not in the Bible. Jesus will return to raise the dead and claim those of us who are saved. John 3:13 says  -And no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of Man who is in Heaven. May God Bless  you.
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WoW! Interesting and deep questions...\nI would get on my knees and pray, but not just on my last day; praying everyday is a good thing.\nI would accept it being my last day, because what ever is God's will is fine...and I do believe there is a better life after this earthly, physical life. As for fearing death, I'm pretty sure I would, but again, there is something greater to look forward to, and God says that this life is nothing compared to the afterlife. So...I do believe in Heaven, but not the "mythical" sitting around on a cloud thing that some of us learned in some churches. I believe Heaven to be as you said, "to see the face of God" and Jesus Christ"...and much more than that. Those chosen to be in God's government, ( as opposed to these corrupt, worldly governments that exist now, will be wiped away, along with all the misery and suffering!) will help set up a fair and right government, which keeps God's laws, ( not all these man made B.S. laws!) This new system of living will allow people to learn to live God's way, with peace and happiness. (I'm sure there will be opposition on this!) Many more wrongs of this messed up world, will be corrected...Lots of work to do! No time to just sit on a cloud!\nAs for HELL!!! I believe that, as the Bible says, it is a consuming fire, and that it serves the purpose of burning up those who will not accept God's law, after they have been taught in the future. It will be as if they never existed; so basically, we are all given the chance to learn God's ways, either in this lifetime, or in the next...amd hopefully, we'll accept it, and not be destroyed in hell! There is also the mythical "Dantes Inferno" which influences us to think of hell as an ever burning punishment...I don't believe this is true at all...God is loving and merciful, and will give us another chance to learn how to live, how to love, how to obey, how to be happy, how to live harmoniously with one another, no wars, how to worship etc.....and IF we continue to want to live, as we do now, with Satan's influence dominating this messed up world, that's it! Stick us with a fork! We're done!!!
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that is a fantastic question that you did.  have you considered about born and death. coming is a start and going is an end. there is something in between them which are finding the meaning of the life or living.
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There is no rapture.  I challenge anyone to find a single scripture that shows there will be a rapture before Jesus comes, other than in Revelation 14, which is totally overlooked by everyone I have ever heard preach.\n\nTeaching people that they will not go through this is very sad indeed, as nobody will be ready.  I say, "Bring it on God.  And by your Holy Spirit will I reveal your glory, even to death."
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i believe that as god giveth us life he also can taketh away.. and it says in the bible that all of us will die here on earth.. our souls goes back to god who gave it, and one day all will rise and we will  be held accountable for our lives here on earth...i do not think we will know the day, time or hour, but we should be prepared to meet our lord now.. there are signs in the bible and i believe are all coming to pass...but i think we should try and strive to live a moral life.. and john 3 16 says that whosoever believeth in me shall have eternal life...god has a purpose for all of his creation.. and i think he gives us choices here on earth..i know that living a christian life will not always be easy and it is not a bed or roses.. but at the end i think that we will be very happy when we reach the other side...the road to heaven is narrow and the road to hell is very wide...meaning those that think they can steal,kill, destroy, lie, and live immoral lives are living the lives of satan, and will not enter the kingdom of god.. we all make mistakes but we ask the lord to forgive us.. i think that if we seek the lord through prayer and his word he is there to help us in our time of sorrow.. i do not understand the atheist and those that deny our lord...god bless you and i hope this helped you... and thank you for the question for i can tell how i feel about our lord jesus christ....
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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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No.  The Bible says at the end of time, the Earth will be as it was in the days of Noah, when people's minds thought of evil continually.  So yeah, things are only getting worse.  Hopefully, Jesus won't wait too much longer.
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There will be no next life.  When we die in this one, we will be judged and sent to heaven or hell.
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Yep, your right. There will be a rapture, a "taking up" as the Bible calls it, ecen though it never uses the term rapture specifically.\n\nTheres also the verse, about two men in a field, and one is taken up, and one left behind. I'll see if I can find it.\n\n"Then there shall be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming." Matthew 24:40- 42
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I'm a Christian, so hopefully if it happenned for real I'd be one of the ones raptured up.  If not, I'd go directly to my church, figuring I'd lost my salvation, and I would pray to accept Jesus again!
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Only God the Father knows!\n\nIf you think about it we have been in the end times ever since Jesus died for us on the Cross. \n\nThe Bible tells us many times not to spend out time looking up at the sky waiting for Jesus to come. We are to stay busy and live like today is the last.
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Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left." (Matthew 24:40–41) \n\nAlso, Revelations is full of Tribulations that will happen to the people here on Earth, although it is widley disputed whether Rapture will occur before or after Tribulation.
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Maybe because there's not enough room on this earth for us all to live. Maybe it's away to weed us out. Sounds like a fair way to me. Of course til it's my time. Then it wont seem so fair. What is time compared to eternity. It's really such a short time. No matter how long we live. It's not how long but how we live while we are here. Our future after death is guaranteed through Jesus if we only have faith as small as a mustard seed. It's so hard to lose a loved one. I believe I will be with mine ,young and old in heaven. Hope to see ya there and maybe laugh about this.When we have a greater understanding. That our earthly minds just isn't capable of understanding.
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We are in the end of the times, and all we are waiting for now is the last person to be born again by God's Spirit through repentance and faith in Christ (trusting in him to save them as they would in a parachute they have put on to save them from the jump that is to come). \n\nOnce the last person is saved then Jesus will return and all believers will be raptured to heaven and the Tribulation period will come upon all who were left behind on earth. God's wrath will begin and the entire tribulation period will be 7 years before he returns with all the Christians from heaven and the angels to reign on earth for 1000 years. This is called the Millenial Kingdom. A\n\nt the end of the world there will be two judgments on one Judgment Day. At the Bema (reward) seat of Christ (the saved)believers will receive rewards and crowns for being obedient servants, the rest of the people who were placed in Hell until this Day or were alive up to this point will be brought before God on this Judgement Day and they will be judged by God according to the 10 commandments and see if they have broken his Law. Those who are guilty (all of those unsaved people there on Judgement Day)will be found guilty and tossed into the Lake of Fire and will be tormented and alone in darkness for all eternity. Never to escape or be saved from it.
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We are all in the same boat. We all die in the end. All humans are frail. All are sinners and come short of the glory of God.\nIn the end we are either saved by the grace of God because of our faith and dedication to the belief in Christ as our Savior. Or we are forever cast into outer darkness because of our unbelief of Christ as the true Messiah.\n\nI think I understood your question. \nGod bless you. Your spirit runs deep and strong. I admire your curiosity for grace and law. And the differences between the two.
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We all have to die with something. Some people have to suffer, and some die  in peace. because of sin in the world we all have to die sooner or later with something. The most important thing is knowing God. Then when your time comes to die He will give you  the Grace and peace you need.
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venuscolony,\n\nI hesitate to answer this question because it seems that everyone has an opinion, and an argument over eschatology will only help from one perspective. What do we do with what we believe?\n\nIf there is a rapture, then it could be dangerous to have children because they could be left behind. An education might be a waste of money and time and energy because you might not finish. Do you see my point?\n\nOn the other hand, if we are going to be here during the tribulation, then we would be wise to prepare for the tough times that are coming. There will be persecution of Christians, and we should memorize as much of the Bible as possible before they are confiscated and destroyed. Maybe we should live where we could raise our own food since receiving the mark of the beast will damn those who receive it, but without it you can’t buy and sell.\n\nYou see what we believe about these last days should affect the way that we conduct our lives.\n\nIf we look in the Bible for a rapture, we will only find it in a mistranslation in the Latin Vulgate where the word “apostaseia” which means “falling away” is mistranslated “raptura” in the Latin from which we get our word “rapture.”\n\nThe Bible passage below most clearly defines the timing of Jesus return.\n\nConcerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4\n\nIt’s pretty clear, isn’t it? What did Jesus say about His return?\n\nIn Matthew 24, Jesus reveals things that will signal His return and in Matthew 25, Jesus tells us how to live in these last days. Please, read the 2 chapters for yourself.\n\nLet’s think about Jesus use of the days of Noah as an example of the time of His return. Noah was in the world at a time when there was so much evil that it was hopeless and God destroyed the entire population of the earth except for Noah and his family. Earth must have been a very evil place. God did not remove Noah from the evil of his generation, but He spared Noah from His Own wrath.\n\nThis precedent can be seen elsewhere is the Bible, too. In Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were there in the evil right up until God’s wrath destroyed the cities. In ancient Egypt, there were 7 plagues that were very destructive, but in every case the Jews were spared God’s wrath. They were enslaved and their lives grew more difficult and they were persecuted, but they were protected from God’s wrath.\n\nI believe that this same precedent holds for our generation. We will not be spared from the evil that is coming, but God will never pour out His wrath on us; however, Jesus said that those days will be cut short for the sake of the elect – that’s us.\n\nThen you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of Me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Matt 24:9-14\n\nAlso, in Matthew 24, Jesus says that all the nations will see Him approaching – not in stealth – where Christians just turn up missing. Jesus said that everyone who is alive will be aware of His return.\n\nI could go much longer