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ADDITIONALLY:
The Rapture is a gross biblical misinterpretation of the "one single" prophesied return of Jesus Christ with His armies of angels, to gather His saints unto Himself and smash man's Satan-designed and errantly-ruled governments [see Luke 4:5-6]... and to establish God's Kingdom [Government] on the earth [Isa.9:6-7] in order to save it from the culmination of man's and Satan's errant rule upon it for the past 6000 years [Matt.24:21-22].
The Rapture is further based on the false religious teaching that anyone other than Christ "goes to heaven" -- which Jesus clearly refutes as ever having occurred. God will not allow any man to enter the Third Heaven of His throne [John 3:13].
The prophecies of Christ's blessed return [which The Bible calls the "gospel" or "Good News" of the Kingdom of God - Mark 1:14-15] dismisses the question in general... which assumes that "God might be imperfect, make a mistake and somehow miss someone" who might have otherwise earned the reward of co-ruling His Kingdom with Him for a thousand years [the Kingdom of God ruling on the earth, being a teaching that you rarely find among the hundreds of denominations of modern professing Christianity]. [Rom.8:16-17 & Rev.20:4-6]
So, there will be no "Christians" who will miss the Rapture [although, Jesus also reveals that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and a whole raft of other "Old Testament heroes" whom few people would refer to as "Christian" will inherit the Kingdom, too, at His coming]. First, because the Bible doesn't, "honestly," teach the Rapture.
And second, because God knows all of His saints, intimately, because they all possess His "earnest" -- the Holy Spirit; which is a token "part of Himself" Living within each of them [II Cor.1:.21-22 & II Cor.5:5-8].
So, if someone "belongs to Christ"... the LORD will not miss him when He returns to earth with His Kingdom and gathers His own to Himself:
"You are all Sons of God through Faith in Jesus Christ [the Almighty Creator God of the Old Testament - John 1:1-3]; ...In Him the distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free man, male and female, disappear; your are all ONE in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed True Descendants of Abraham, and are Heirs in fulfillment of the Promise." (Gal.3:26-29 WEY Weymouth's New Testament)
ANSWER
When Christ returns this second time there will be no faith on earth.
Luk 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh,
shall he find faith on the earth?
That is because every Christian on earth will soon be dead. It doesn't matter whether they missed the Rapture because they were 'christian' in name only or are the newly-converted christians post-rapture because they will be killed by the Beast power. You either believe God or you don't.
According to John Nelson Darby, a nineteenth-century British evangelical preacher and founder of the Plymouth Brethren, you will only miss the Rapture if you do not believe in Jesus Christ. The 'Rapture' was a theological invention that states that Christ will return twice, first in secret to "Rapture" his church out of the world and up to heaven, then a second time after seven years of global tribulation for non-believers, to establish a Jerusalem-based kingdom on earth. Christians have always taught that Jesus will return to earth and that believers should live in anticipation of his second coming, but Darby's scheme differs in that Christians will be "raptured" up into heaven, before a seven-year tribulation of non-Christians.
If you miss the Rapture, according to Darby and his successors, you face a seven-year period of utmost torture and unbearable pain, but you will also be given the chance to believe and be saved. It is one thing to predict the Rapture, but it is an entirely different thing to demonstrate that it will ever happen. The Rapture has no genuine biblical support, so there is no good reason to believe there will ever be a Rapture or that those who miss the Rapture will suffer tribulation. John Nelson Darby has sunk into obscurity, apart from his followers in the Plymouth Brethren, and so should his predictions.
According to John Nelson Darby, a nineteenth-century British evangelical preacher and founder of the Plymouth Brethren, Christians will be taken up bodily to heaven in the Rapture. According to his plan, you would only be left behind if you do not believe in Jesus Christ. The 'Rapture' was a theological invention that states that Christ will return twice, first in secret to "Rapture" his church out of the world and up to heaven, then a second time after seven years of global tribulation for non-believers, to establish a Jerusalem-based kingdom on earth. Christians have always taught that Jesus will return to earth and that believers should live in anticipation of his second coming, but Darby's scheme differs in that Christians will be "raptured" up into heaven, before a seven-year tribulation of non-Christians.
If you miss the Rapture, according to Darby and his successors, you face a seven-year period of utmost torture and unbearable pain, but you will also be given the chance to believe. Bear in mind that the Rapture has no genuine biblical support, so there is no good reason to believe there will ever be a Rapture or that any Christians or even non-Christians will be left behind. John Nelson Darby has sunk into obscurity, apart from his followers in the Plymouth Brethren, but millions of Christians have come to believe in his Rapture scenario.
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Has the Church already been raptured and hide from you by the Lord?
The current thinking on the rapture is that it is a time when all believers will be taken from the world to live with God. There are a lot of beliefs about when this will happen but it has not happened yet. When all of the Christians suddenly disappear from the earth, it will be a big news story. There is no way that it could happen without everybody noticing.
Do all Christians believe in rapture?
No. Some Christians believe they will go through the final Tribulation, while others believe the propheside tribulation referred simply to the mass slaughter of Jews around AD 70.
Why is it only called rapture if it happens to a Christian but called demonic possession if a non-Christian experiences rapture?
Demonic possession in any case isn't referred to as rapture. What you are talking about are two completely different things. The rapture, according to some Christian denominations, is when Christ comes back seven years before the end of the world and "raptures" up all of his followers. Afterward there are seven years of horrible punishments rained down on the rest of mankind. Note that not all Christians believe in the rapture; the rapture and hellfire doctrines are confined mainly to the more fundamentalist Christian churches.
How does the transfiguration of the Lord relate to the departed?
In my opinion, it symbolizes the RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH -or- those who were faithful and devout Christians...who will go on to live with God for ALL eternity...halleujah!!! Praise God!
What will antarctica be like in a few years time?
it will still be the way it is because God created the earth and nothing on earth will change until he comes back for the rapture. He is the one and only God.the god of neptune and all of these other greek "gods" are fake. So to answer your question. no one knows what will happen. the rapture may come in those few years and everything will change. If the rapture does not happen.........It will stay the same.
What is the order of rapture as written in the Bible?
The word rapture is not used in the bible but in revelations it mentions for all Christians to be "took up" which is is close to its real meaning "to be took up"............................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.........(and only god knows when it will happen)
What do I do I am afraid of the rapture but am a Christian and have been for a long time. Please help.?
If you have maintained you spiritual life and have a personal relationship with God, there is nothing to be afraid of when the Rapture happens. Christians will not be as they are now when they are caught away - they will be changed and no longer subject to fear and apprehension, pain, or suffering as those left behind still will be. All this will happen in the twinkling of an eye. You will be with Jesus and in the absence of all things unpleasant instantly.If your fear is consuming you constantly along with other apprehensions, you may have an imbalance of body chemicals which can cause undue anxiety. This can be medically treated.
How many times is the word rapture in the new testoment?
In the King James version the word - rapture - does not appear at all.
Will the very elect make it in the rapture?
A:According to John Nelson Darby, a nineteenth-century British evangelical preacher and founder of the Plymouth Brethren, you will only miss the Rapture if you do not believe in Jesus Christ. In Darby's scheme all Christians will be taken bodily up into heaven with the 'Rapture', and this should include the very elect - although he does not mention this.The 'Rapture' was a theological invention that states that Christ will return twice, first in secret to "Rapture" his church out of the world and up to heaven, then a second time after seven years of global tribulation for non-believers, to establish a Jerusalem-based kingdom on earth. Christians have always taught that Jesus will return to earth and that believers should live in anticipation of his second coming, but Darby's scheme differs in that Christians will be "raptured" up into heaven, before a seven-year tribulation of non-Christians.Of course, John Nelson Darby has sunk into obscurity, apart from his followers in the Plymouth Brethren, and so should his predictions. However, while few people belong to the the Plymouth Brethren Church, many Christians continue to believe in its founder's most enduring theological creation, the Rapture.
Is Jesus coming back to get all the Christians?
Yes, it is a promise. Soon, Jesus will return to Rapture (take to heaven) his church. Be ready. The Bible says Jesus' return will surprise eveyone. It will be like a thief in the night.
I heard on the Discovery Channel something about raptoring. I know that its like all good christians are going to dissapere in thin air and go to hevean but what will hapen to the other people?
I think you're confusing a raptor with the rapture.
Does anyone really know when the Rapture is going to happen?
A:If anyone ever knew when the Rapture is to happen, it would be John Nelson Darby, a British evangelical preacher and founder of the Plymouth Brethren. After all, the 'Rapture' was his own theological invention in the nineteenth century. However, he avoided predicting a specific date for the Rapture, instead inventing "dispensations" - intervals of time ordering God's grand timetable for world events.Barbara R. Rossing (The Rapture Exposed) says that according to one critic, the Rapture has its origins with a young girl's vision. In 1830, in Port Glasgow, Scotland, fifteen-year-old Margaret MacDonald attended a healing service. There, she was said to have seen a vision of a two-stage return of Jesus Christ. The story of her vision was adopted and amplified by Darby..The belief that Jesus will come again was not new, and Christians have always taught that Jesus will return to earth and that believers should live in anticipation of his second coming. Darby's new teaching was that Christ would return twice, first in secret to "Rapture" his church out of the world and up to heaven, then a second time after seven years of global tribulation for non-believers, to establish a Jerusalem-based kingdom on earth..It is one thing to predict the Rapture, it is an entirely different thing to demonstrate that it will ever happen. There is no good reason to believe there will ever be a Rapture or that the church and its members will be taken bodily up into heaven. John Nelson Darby has sunk into obscurity, apart from his followers in the Plymouth Brethren, and so should his predictions.
