OK so I know I could have continued this in my previous post "Satan deceives w/ sings and wonder....." but since I think this should have its own room for debate/thought/ whatever it may arouse I'll start a new post. Like I mentioned in my previous post I've always believed there is a rapture (how I was brought up, never thought I was getting milk sermon so didn't feel the need to question it and maybe also for lack of trying to seek the truth till recently, sadly) but recently I've come to a jaw-dropping eye opener that there may not be a rapture after all based on several scripture.
2 Thessalonians 2:2-8 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
I see no rapture here. 'That Day' always refers to the Day of tribulation/judgement. - as stated by crossnote
Revelation 7: 9- 14. 9 After this I looked, and behold, a GREAT MULTITUDE that NO ONE could number, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen." 13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" 14 I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the GREAT TRIBULATION. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
I am in awe of how something I'm sure I've read before was overlooked, but glad that I may be finding the Truth I am seeking. I don't know if there is something on this but its new to me and just wanted to share. haha
2 Thessalonians 2:2-8 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
I see no rapture here. 'That Day' always refers to the Day of tribulation/judgement. - as stated by crossnote
Revelation 7: 9- 14. 9 After this I looked, and behold, a GREAT MULTITUDE that NO ONE could number, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen." 13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?" 14 I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the GREAT TRIBULATION. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
I am in awe of how something I'm sure I've read before was overlooked, but glad that I may be finding the Truth I am seeking. I don't know if there is something on this but its new to me and just wanted to share. haha
