RAPTURE, PRE OR POST?

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Where in God’s word is the pre-tribulation written ????????????
Or is that you just thinking and dreaming, that you have the tribulation thing down pat.
Mentioned in my last post.

Thanks.
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AnandaHya - "not that I believe in the rapture thing as is being presently taught. if scripture teaches that it happens at all I believe Bible teaches it happened in Jesus generation within the first century after all the books of the Bible had already been written"
In reference to the gathering together happening in Jesus generation - In Luke 4:18-21 Jesus read from the book (scroll) of Esaias (Isaiah). He knew exactly when to start reading and when to stop. He stopped reading with "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and sat down saying, "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." Why did Jesus not read the whole verse from Isaiah 61:2?

BTW, I have posted scripture throughout this thread but what does it matter with no coherent conversations between people?

In Christ. . . . .
 
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I don't know when and how you became such an authority on other's faith.


There is no talking to you because you are full of your own self righteousness and pride - thinking that you are the only one who is has this tribulation thing down pat. I have studied the word of God for a long time now and pre-trib is written in God's word - its there for the body of Christ - written in the epistle to the Thessalonians.

Thanks.
In Christ. . . . . . .
These guys are like a bunch of grumpy old men that live in negativity and have no joy in Christ whatsoever. Who would even want to around them because there is no fellowship. It won't get better either because it is in their heart and they are no humble.
 
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Mentioned in my last post.

Thanks.
In Christ. . . . .
No wonder you were not forthcoming with me, with your theory/ doctrine about Jesus coming pre-trib, and not telling me the verses when I asked. I had to look back 5 pages.

“a falling away first” so that’s it? That’s the rapture? “a falling away first” That’s Jesus coming in the clouds? That’s the sound of the last trumpet? That’s the voice of the ark angel?

No wonder you was not forthcoming with me, no wonder you didn’t wont to say, because I would be embarrass to teach millions of Christians about their future of life or death matter, based on that little bit of verse. ”a falling away first”

That’s the church falling away from their faith, not the church raising in the clouds to meat Jesus in the air.

That’s the weakest theory/ doctrine about Jesus coming pre-trib that I have ever heard, I don’t think I have heard a weaker version ever .

When you come to battle for the Lord you must bring the sword of the spirit, not a Tooth pick.

Build your house on a rock, but sadly some build their house partly on the sand, but you have partly built your house on nothing but thin air.


But one good thing about your theory/doctrine, I won’t have to worry about you influencing young Christian minds with your theory/doctrine, because no one is that supped to believe that.

And you are complaining that you can’t get a decent conversation. Well if you could bring something decent to the table it might make the difference.
 
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These guys are like a bunch of grumpy old men that live in negativity and have no joy in Christ whatsoever. Who would even want to around them because there is no fellowship. It won't get better either because it is in their heart and they are no humble.
You’re just upset because you got hoodwinked by the false prophets, with the pre-tribulation theory, and you thought they were men of God that were teaching you. Then someone came along and tried your doctrine, and found it to be a delusion, now you are upset, and so you should be, but with yourself.

And because the conversation doesn’t go your way and you’re not winning the battle, there all negative and there is no fellowship there.

It’s not too late to build you house upon the rock
 
Jun 24, 2010
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I'm going up, Oh I'm going up,
I'm going up in the first resurrection,
I'm going up, Oh I'm going up to be with the Lord.

It will be such a good thing to meet the Lord in the air and ever be with Him. Then later, after God has dealt with Israel and the children of disobedience during the great tribulation, we will be coming back with the Lord, Babylon iwill be destroyed, we will win a great battle, judge the nations and set up the kingdom for a 1,000 year reign. What a beautiful plan the Lord has laid out for the church and bride of Christ. And just think, we will have our glorified bodies and be able to walk the earth. Then Satan will be 'loosed' and gather a multitude against the Lord and will be consumed and cast into the lake of fire. What a scene that will be. Hopefully, by then all those that lived in error will be reconciled to and rejoice in the truth that they so vehemently were convinced was a lie.
 
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These guys are like a bunch of grumpy old men that live in negativity and have no joy in Christ whatsoever. Who would even want to around them because there is no fellowship. It won't get better either because it is in their heart and they are no humble.
Offcourse it’s in our hearts that’s were its supposed to be

Psalms 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
 
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I'm going up, Oh I'm going up,
I'm going up in the first resurrection,
I'm going up, Oh I'm going up to be with the Lord.
It will be such a good thing to meet the Lord in the air and ever be with Him.
See it’s not so hard to say something nice, that’s the best thing you have said the whole time, something good something right and righteous.
Then later, after God has dealt with Israel and the children of disobedience during the great tribulation, we will be coming back with the Lord, Babylon iwill be destroyed, by then all those that lived in error will be reconciled to and rejoice in the truth that they so vehemently were convinced was a lie.
Now you have gone all funny again, that’s rubbish and you are just making that up, and were does it say that in the bible?.

Have you not read in God’s word, O ye of little faith, how God has made of one blood all nations of men.

And have you not read, O ye of little faith, that he is NOT a Jew which is one outwardly, but HE IS a JEW which is one inwardly.
 
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Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater,

Is everything that does not agree with your understanding just a made up story? I won't go into with you because it will simply be argumentative and unwise. Morons will always be morons, I'm not accusing you so don't take it personal. A moron is someone who could have had the understanding they needed by refused it for some strange subjective reason. The Bible refers to them as foolish or one who rejects wisdom. It is not a wise thing to say that the church is some how spiritual Israel. A Jew is a Jew, unless they have believed upon Christ as their Saviour, then they are neither Jew or Greek but one in Christ as His body and members in particular.

Israel is Israel until they come out from their unbelief. Israel is Israel and living in Israel with many that are daily going back to their homeland. Israel is not the church and if you think that they are you have lost your objective marbles in the word. They are still waiting upon Messiah to come and He will come a second time being rejected in the first. Don't respond but just in a loving way be quiet and don't say anything because I do not want to hear what you have to say. I think you can understand that as a (51) year old man. It would do you good to humble yourself in front of others instead of wagging your tongue.
 

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Revelation 20: 9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city

oh but people look for an Earthly city just as they looked for a conquering Messiah...

read it in context, what city do you think it refers to?

I only find mention of THIS Holy city:

Revelation 21
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy[h] Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

Carried away in the Spirit to THE Holy Jerusalem.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Seems like the Spirit is the most important thing since that is where the Holy City is and that is where and what God is.

Maybe we should look at the Rapture from a spiritual perspective?
 
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Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater,

Is everything that does not agree with your understanding just a made up story? I won't go into with you because it will simply be argumentative and unwise. Morons will always be morons, I'm not accusing you so don't take it personal. A moron is someone who could have had the understanding they needed by refused it for some strange subjective reason. The Bible refers to them as foolish or one who rejects wisdom. It is not a wise thing to say that the church is some how spiritual Israel. A Jew is a Jew, unless they have believed upon Christ as their Saviour, then they are neither Jew or Greek but one in Christ as His body and members in particular.

Israel is Israel until they come out from their unbelief. Israel is Israel and living in Israel with many that are daily going back to their homeland. Israel is not the church and if you think that they are you have lost your objective marbles in the word. They are still waiting upon Messiah to come and He will come a second time being rejected in the first. Don't respond but just in a loving way be quiet and don't say anything because I do not want to hear what you have to say. I think you can understand that as a (51) year old man. It would do you good to humble yourself in front of others instead of wagging your tongue.
Blar Blar Blar as you say...you do go no wagging your tongue.

It’s funny, I quoted 2 Bible verses to you about the Jews, and striate away you say stop trying to be spiritual Israel LOL

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

Wow you can’t help yourself can you, you have to do the name calling thing? And you think its Ok.

“The Bible refers to them as foolish or one who rejects wisdom”.

Here is some wisdom for you. you need to stop calling people names but I have a feeling, you will rejects wisdom as you put it.

I know you don’t want to go through the great tribulation, and you find any interpretation you can to make you feel better about it.You are never going to get any faith from the Bible to go through the great tribulation if you think the bible talking too and about or someone else.
 
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No wonder you were not forthcoming with me, with your theory/ doctrine about Jesus coming pre-trib, and not telling me the verses when I asked. I had to look back 5 pages.

“a falling away first” so that’s it? That’s the rapture? “a falling away first” That’s Jesus coming in the clouds? That’s the sound of the last trumpet? That’s the voice of the ark angel?

No wonder you was not forthcoming with me, no wonder you didn’t wont to say, because I would be embarrass to teach millions of Christians about their future of life or death matter, based on that little bit of verse. ”a falling away first”

That’s the church falling away from their faith, not the church raising in the clouds to meat Jesus in the air.

That’s the weakest theory/ doctrine about Jesus coming pre-trib that I have ever heard, I don’t think I have heard a weaker version ever .
It's not my fault that you had to go back 5 pages to read my post - it just shows that you don't read along and follow the thread that you are involved in. Also there was more there than a "falling away first" and you must get the meaning of words from context. Forthcoming? All you had to do was read.
When you come to battle for the Lord you must bring the sword of the spirit, not a Tooth pick.

Build your house on a rock, but sadly some build their house partly on the sand, but you have partly built your house on nothing but thin air.

But one good thing about your theory/doctrine, I won’t have to worry about you influencing young Christian minds with your theory/doctrine, because no one is that supped to believe that.

And you are complaining that you can’t get a decent conversation. Well if you could bring something decent to the table it might make the difference.
I brought scripture plain and clear. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) Yes, we will meet the Lord in the air. There is a return of Christ to gather those in him into the air and then there will be Christ's final return at the end (telos) when he is coming back to earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

In Christ. . . .
 
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It's not my fault that you had to go back 5 pages to read my post - it just shows that you don't read along and follow the thread that you are involved in. Also there was more there than a "falling away first" and you must get the meaning of words from context. Forthcoming? All you had to do was read.

I brought scripture plain and clear. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) Yes, we will meet the Lord in the air. There is a return of Christ to gather those in him into the air and then there will be Christ's final return at the end (telos) when he is coming back to earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

In Christ. . . .
There’s not rupture before the tribulation in them verses peacefulbeliever.

Come on, stop beating about the bush and show us the pre-tribulation coming in the bible
 
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Promising Christians, a promise that God never ever made a pre-tribulation rapture.

And you guys are the minister of that promise.

It would be all so funny if it wasn’t so evil and such a doctrine of darkness.

Promising them something they can’t have. It’s going to upset a lot of Christians when they realise the tribulation is coming, and think that God lied to them. All because the pre-tribulation false prophets and there pride, that want to be the leaders and the teachers of the Christian faith.
 
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No you didn't say it, I see what happened. On PeterT's post, where I copied that from, it has a quote bar from you at the top of it. Must have crossed wires when I pasted it. My fault for not looking it back over.
 
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I posted the following question to AnandaHya's post but haven't received a repsonse.

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AnandaHya - "not that I believe in the rapture thing as is being presently taught. if scripture teaches that it happens at all I believe Bible teaches it happened in Jesus generation within the first century after all the books of the Bible had already been written"[/font]

In reference to the gathering together happening in Jesus generation - In Luke 4:18-21 Jesus read from the book (scroll) of Esaias (Isaiah). He knew exactly when to start reading and when to stop. He stopped reading with "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and sat down saying, "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." Why did Jesus not read the whole verse from Isaiah 61:2?

Maybe someone would like to answer?
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God
Yes, this is applicable to the church, the body of Christ but it sure meant something to the Jews in the OT and gospels.
that he is NOT a Jew which is one outwardly, but HE IS a JEW which is one inwardly.
This too is applicable to the church, the body of Christ. And trying to apply the OT to the body of Christ keeps minds blinded: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 2 Cor. 3:14,15
For whatsoever things were written aforetime was written for our learning. . . Romans 15:4


In Christ. . .

 
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Carried away in the Spirit to THE Holy Jerusalem.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Seems like the Spirit is the most important thing since that is where the Holy City is and that is where and what God is.

Maybe we should look at the Rapture from a spiritual perspective?
I wouldn't hold my breath on too many people actually listening


Grandpa. How are you? would you like a cup of tea?
 
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Hi Peacefulbeliever, I'm having technical difficulties with my computer...

I posted the following question to AnandaHya's post but haven't received a repsonse.


In reference to the gathering together happening in Jesus generation - In Luke 4:18-21 Jesus read from the book (scroll) of Esaias (Isaiah). He knew exactly when to start reading and when to stop. He stopped reading with "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and sat down saying, "This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." Why did Jesus not read the whole verse from Isaiah 61:2?
Jesus stated certain things would happen in HIS generation and I believe they did.

This is talking about the destruction of the TEMPLE which we know historically happened in 70 AD. Many of Jesus language is in parables and refers to spiritual things. I believe they have been fulfilled because Jesus said that THIS generation would not pass away without it happening. Either you believe what God says or you make excuses to believe your own theology and doctrine.

How would you read verse 34?
Matthew 24
New King James Version (NKJV)

24 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age

3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’[c] spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand.

26 “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it[d] is near—at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.


Maybe someone would like to answer?
lets examine the reference texts...