Rapture Top Dogs Admit no Proof Exists

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.

cv5

Well-known member
Nov 20, 2018
18,369
7,246
113
[EDIT to ADD to my last post]

^ IOW, Jesus in His Olivet Discourse (incl'g Matt24), is NOT covering the Subject of "our Rapture" AT ALL;
but instead is covering the Subject of His Second Coming TO THE EARTH, FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom (and the specific, limited [future] time period that leads UP TO *THAT* [except for about 11-12 verses in Lk21:12-24a about the events of 70ad])
Absolutely correct....again. Jesus points to Dan 9 for ref.
 

cv5

Well-known member
Nov 20, 2018
18,369
7,246
113
Jesus is not speaking of end times in John 17 He is speaking of the Work of the church specifically the disciples. And the context starts in Chapter 16 Not in 17. Jesus did not speak of the taking of the church HERE Because they had not even been empowered as Jesus said would happen in its 1:8. Jesus was assuring them the Gospel message would not be hindered even if the whole world hated them because Jesus over came the world. SO GO!!! and DO the work That I did and do more of it. So saying one is wrong does not make you right.
Also Matt 13 is only speaking about the Church.
 

cv5

Well-known member
Nov 20, 2018
18,369
7,246
113
[EDIT to ADD to my last post]

^ IOW, Jesus in His Olivet Discourse (incl'g Matt24), is NOT covering the Subject of "our Rapture" AT ALL;
but instead is covering the Subject of His Second Coming TO THE EARTH, FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom (and the specific, limited [future] time period that leads UP TO *THAT* [except for about 11-12 verses in Lk21:12-24a about the events of 70ad])
Luke 21 vs12-19 must be given to the Church. The rest of the chapter is to Israel as a warning.
 

cv5

Well-known member
Nov 20, 2018
18,369
7,246
113
Matt 24 is linked by Jesus directly to Dan ch 9, which is absolutely given to Israel alone.
The Rapture concept is provided by Paul himself given exclusively to the Church. Any Church fathers who disagree are in error.
Matt 24 vs9-14 is given to the Church. The rest is given to Israel.
 

Noose

Senior Member
Apr 18, 2016
5,096
932
113
Jesus is not speaking of end times in John 17 He is speaking of the Work of the church specifically the disciples. And the context starts in Chapter 16 Not in 17. Jesus did not speak of the taking of the church HERE Because they had not even been empowered as Jesus said would happen in its 1:8. Jesus was assuring them the Gospel message would not be hindered even if the whole world hated them because Jesus over came the world. SO GO!!! and DO the work That I did and do more of it. So saying one is wrong does not make you right.
Nice try but nope.

Jesus is talking about believers and preachers too but mostly believers. He said, "..i also pray for those that will believe me through their message.." not to be taken out of this world but be protected from the evil.

The context does not start at John 16 and Jesus always spoke about the church/believers.
 

Noose

Senior Member
Apr 18, 2016
5,096
932
113
No HE is not IF Jesus was praying against the " Rapture" when you don't even believe the word or term in in the Bible why Would Jesus even pray for it not to happen? Jesus was Praying that the decibels would accomplish in the world at their time the Gospel message.
John 17:20“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

Jesus' prayer was for disciples and all believers of all time including us that non should be taken out from the world but be protected from evil. The rest are just your own ideas.
 

TheDivineWatermark

Well-known member
Aug 3, 2018
10,214
1,980
113
John 16 -

12 I have yet many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now. 13 But when He the, Spirit of truth, shall come, He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He may hear, He will speak. And He will declare to you the things coming. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take from that which is Mine and will disclose it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Because of this, I said that He will take from that which is Mine and will disclose it to you.




[John 7:39 - "Now He said this concerning the Spirit, whom those having believed in Him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."]
 
Mar 28, 2016
15,954
1,528
113
Yes, they (the resurrected) were taken up from Hades into Heaven. Air (Aer) often means the third heaven. Satan was the prince and power of what? The Air (AER).

Peter states that Paul is difficult to understand. He clearly has everybody miffed in this passage but look at it in the YLT, which is the most accurate:

16 because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

17 then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be.

The dead rise first (which they did around 67/68 AD), the last day of the age. Then we are are still living, not resurrected (remaining over past it), we get caught away in clouds to heaven (when we die). Paul should have added "when we die" as it would have made it much clearer. Paul doesn't discuss any mortal becoming transformed into immortal beings here, does he? There are historical records of the resurrection but not of any massive group of living Christians flying away to heaven, sorry. There is also no other place where this idea is taught. Jesus certainly never taught it.

Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

Both can't be right if your interpretation is correct. Under my interpretation, both are correct!!
The air is the holy unseen place of faith. It like a blank canvas is the opportunity the father of lies seizes after as that in which the Christian are forbidden to seek after. .

We have the complete revelation the book of the law the bible sealed with 7 seals and are warned of that air. . The place of opportunity for signs as lying wonders they come pre- mixed with the strong delusion that God sends.

The graves made up of a massive number of Old testament saints ( ten thousands) signaled by a earth quake were opened. Witnessed by the angels in heaven. Opening the ressurection gate when Jesus said it is finished. The veil is rent . That gate will remain open until the last day .

Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
 

PlainWord

Senior Member
Jun 11, 2013
7,080
151
63
Pre-tribbers are not suggesting the Church which is His body "stays in heaven," but I have continually pointed out how we (the Church which is His body, of whom "the Rapture" SOLELY pertains) RETURNS *WITH [G4862]* Him, when HE "RETURNS" to the earth (as an ALREADY-WED "Bridegroom") FOR the promised and promised earthly Millennial Kingdom [not as its "Subjects"], aka "the wedding FEAST/SUPPER [on the earth]"...

IOW, "the Bride/Wife [SINGULAR]" (to whom "the MARRIAGE" itself pertains) is not "the Guests [PLURAL]," nor the "10 [nor even 5] Virgins/Bridesmaids [PLURAL]," nor "the Servants [plural; of that specific, limited (future) time period]" (to whom "the wedding FEAST/SUPPER" [aka the MK inauguration] pertains)... He is not returning/coming to MARRY the "10 [or 5] Virgins [PLURAL]"! (they enter the MK age [as "saints" having come to faith FOLLOWING our Rapture, IN/DURING the trib yrs] upon His "RETURN" there; see also Lk12:36-37,38,40-44 "when he will RETURN FROM the wedding..." THEN the meal!)

I don't believe ANY "saints" will be missing from the MK age... ALL will be present and accounted for... and only "saints" will ENTER it (at its commencement/starting point in time).

The question becomes... how long does "the Church which is His body" go up for, before His "RETURN" to the earth at Rev19 (I already provided the vid showing the manuscript evidence for Rev5:9 saying "US")
Sorry friend but I have to disagree with your pinball doctrine. You have us and Jesus bouncing around between heaven and earth. You have a groom without a bride for a crazy amount of time. You acknowledge the Church as His body but yet He's unmarried to His own body? How long is Christ dating His church? You even seem unsure who makes up the bride, is it 5, is it 10? In your view we are not in the MK yet meaning we are not in His Kingdom yet? Meaning, we are outside of the kingdom to this day, apart from Him, although somehow we are His body? Does your view also have us all going to Hades when we die waiting for the resurrection? How can we be the body sitting apart in Hades while He is in Heaven?

Let me state what the real situation is without explaining it out.

  1. Christ died 30-33 AD
  2. Christ returned 67 AD, The Mosaic Age came to an end. The LAST DAY
  3. Christ went down to Hades and resurrected the Saints 67 AD
  4. The Wrath of the Lamb was poured out on disbelieving Israel 67-70 AD
  5. Jewish Christians were safe in Pella
  6. The Great Tribulation of Jerusalem 70 AD
  7. All Christians were gathered into the Kingdom, dead or alive, 67-70 AD, spiritual event
  8. The Wedding feast of the Lamb 70 AD, Bride and Groom married, as one
  9. It is done.

70 AD to Today and beyond:

Those of us alive and remaining after these events, when we die, we go straight to heaven, to the place prepared for us. PERIOD end of story. No bouncing around. Our bodies decay and return to dust, our spiritual body which was trapped inside the tent of our physical body rises from our dead flesh body and away we go, "raptured" to heaven. The Earth isn't coming to an end. Christ isn't coming back bodily to sit on some stupid man-made throne in some future temple in Jerusalem. We are in the MK now and have been since 70 AD.
 

Lucy-Pevensie

Senior Member
Dec 20, 2017
9,263
5,620
113
John 17:20“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

Jesus' prayer was for disciples and all believers of all time including us that non should be taken out from the world but be protected from evil. The rest are just your own ideas.
You have a point Noose. I've never considered that verse to be referring to the last day but it could encompass it. I don't see why it couldn't apply to the entire history of the Church including the time of the end.

I wish people would be more open to honest and rational discussion about this particular subject.
 

PlainWord

Senior Member
Jun 11, 2013
7,080
151
63
Not true.

Your statement does not take into consideration the actual phrase (and specific wording) used, where it says,

"caught up TOGETHER WITH them"

Consider [quoting from BibleHub], regarding the word translated "together" (in kjv), "G260 hama" -

"In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 and 1 Thessalonians 5:10, where ἅμα is followed by σύν, ἅμα is an adverb (at the same time) and must be joined to the verb."

[end quoting]

so, "caught up [<--that's the verb] together [<--that's connected to that verb; the verb-action is CONNECTED with this word] with [G4862 - a word denoting 'union' and/or 'identification'] them..."

This means they ("the dead in Christ" [who shall rise (be resurrected) first] AND the "we which are alive and remain unto") are "caught up" (like PAUL, a SINGULAR person) TOGETHER... AS ONE BODY!

(this is the EVENT known as our Rapture; it will occur at a particular future point in time--one point in time)


In fact, Paul distinguishes what happens at our death, and what happens at our Rapture, in 2Cor5:1-8!
"caught up TOGETHER WITH them"
Yes, when we die. Paul should have stated it clearer.

"In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 and 1 Thessalonians 5:10, where ἅμα is followed by σύν, ἅμα is an adverb (at the same time) and must be joined to the verb."
Yes, at the same time!! "that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him."

You cited this passage. This means we are His bride right now!! It isn't a future event. It's an on-going event. When someone accept Christ into their hearts, they are born again and Christ/Father/HS indwell. This person joins the kingdom with all of those who went ahead of us and are in heaven. So whether we are alive or in heaven, we are all in the Kingdom of God.

You also cited 2 Cor 5:1-8 with an exclamation point but you wrongly interpret it. This passage describes our physical body as a temporary tent. When it dies, our spiritual self steps out of it and is whisked off to heaven.
 
Jul 23, 2018
12,199
2,775
113
John 17:20“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

Jesus' prayer was for disciples and all believers of all time including us that non should be taken out from the world but be protected from evil. The rest are just your own ideas.
John 17:20“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

Jesus' prayer was for disciples and all believers of all time including us that non should be taken out from the world but be protected from evil. The rest are just your own ideas.
For as in the days that were
before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage, until
the day that Noe entered into the ark

.....then shall two men be in a field
One taken the other left.

Jesus VIVIDLY placed the rapture before the gt.(before the flood...before judgement...he also used lot to make sure we know we are removed)

Btw what are you going to do with the verse that Jesus said "not a hair of your head will be harmed"

All but John were martyred gruesomly by the devil

I thought we were protected?

Mentally pigeonholing verses is not wise
 
Jul 23, 2018
12,199
2,775
113
I pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the
world, but that thou shouldest
keep them from the evil.

....and yet evil killed them

Hmmmmm

Even today millions have been martyred.

Not kept from evil...but taken out BY EVIL

Mental and bible are a shallow mix
 

TheDivineWatermark

Well-known member
Aug 3, 2018
10,214
1,980
113
[Addressing PlainWord's Post #211] I said it has to be connected with the verb "caught up" (i.e. at the same time as "them"/the dead in Christ who "shall rise first" when they are "caught up"--AT THE SAME TIME)

You also cited 2 Cor 5:1-8 with an exclamation point but you wrongly interpret it. This passage describes our physical body as a temporary tent. When it dies, our spiritual self steps out of it and is whisked off to heaven.
I didn't elaborate.

Because I've made posts on that passage before (and I added that line last, during "edit" and knew I wouldn't have time to spell it all out [what the passage involves and other passages that touch on the same]).

I don't even have the time presently :D ... but perhaps you may recall (briefly):

--"unclothed" (in this passage) refers to our [/believers] being apart from our body, for a time, UPON "DEATH"

--"clothed upon" refers to our [/believers] being immediately clothed upon with our glorified bodies APART from having to DIE FIRST (this takes place for the "still-living" believers [the "we which are ALIVE and remain unto"] ONLY at "our Rapture" point-in-time; this connects with the "still-living" ["mortal"] sections of the 1Cor15:51-54 passage [where Paul is disclosing "A MYSTERY," not something the OT saints already WELL-KNEW!], where the other halves of those verses speak of "the DEAD in Christ" [those believers who have DIED: "this corruptible"]); so view vv.3-4 in this light



[1Cor15:51-54 specifically addressing "THIS mortal" and "THIS corruption [/corruptible]" in this "mystery" he is disclosing here, regarding "the Church which is His body" (all those saved "in this present age [singular]")]
 

PlainWord

Senior Member
Jun 11, 2013
7,080
151
63
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.


This passage is also badly mis-understood. Many take it as a rapture passage, Christ coming back and rapturing us to heaven. Christ leaving to prepare heaven, then coming back thousands of years later at some point in our future, after enough rooms are built, to gather all the dead and living saints. This view is DEAD WRONG!!

Christ is speaking directly to his disciples. His words are for them. Christ is about to die, leave them, come back briefly, then ascend to heaven, to prepare a place for them. He then says He is going to come again and receive them and that nobody comes to the Father except through Jesus. For them to get to heaven, they must be resurrected, not raptured alive.
 
Jul 23, 2018
12,199
2,775
113
You have a point Noose. I've never considered that verse to be referring to the last day but it could encompass it. I don't see why it couldn't apply to the entire history of the Church including the time of the end.

I wish people would be more open to honest and rational discussion about this particular subject.
Now hold his verses up to the rapture verses of Jesus pretrib.

He has the bible cancelling Jesus words.

Why would anyone do that?
 

Noose

Senior Member
Apr 18, 2016
5,096
932
113
You have a point Noose. I've never considered that verse to be referring to the last day but it could encompass it. I don't see why it couldn't apply to the entire history of the Church including the time of the end.

I wish people would be more open to honest and rational discussion about this particular subject.
On resurrection, what we are taught is on the East and what the bible says is on the west. This is what i have come to realize.
 

TheDivineWatermark

Well-known member
Aug 3, 2018
10,214
1,980
113
^ EDIT (to add the underlined):

"--"unclothed" (in this passage) refers to our [/believers] being apart from our body, for a time, UPON "DEATH"--i.e. "absent from the body... " "
 

PlainWord

Senior Member
Jun 11, 2013
7,080
151
63
I pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the
world, but that thou shouldest
keep them from the evil.

....and yet evil killed them

Hmmmmm

Even today millions have been martyred.

Not kept from evil...but taken out BY EVIL

Mental and bible are a shallow mix
Wrong way to think. Jesus wasn't praying for them to be safe from persecution because he knows most will be martyred and he tells them that in Mat 24, but rather was praying for them not to be seduced by the evil one and turned away from their faith as so many of their countrymen would be.
 
Jul 23, 2018
12,199
2,775
113
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

This passage is also badly mis-understood. Many take it as a rapture passage, Christ coming back and rapturing us to heaven. Christ leaving to prepare heaven, then coming back thousands of years later at some point in our future, after enough rooms are built, to gather all the dead and living saints. This view is DEAD WRONG!!

Christ is speaking directly to his disciples. His words are for them. Christ is about to die, leave them, come back briefly, then ascend to heaven, to prepare a place for them. He then says He is going to come again and receive them and that nobody comes to the Father except through Jesus. For them to get to heaven, they must be resurrected, not raptured alive.
And yet in 1 thes the dead are resurrected and RAPTURED ALIVE.

So stop with the false rearranging

Your deal is getting rediculous.

Jesus raptured alive
The 2 witnesses raptured alive
THE ENTIRE BODY OF CHRIST BOTH RESURRECTED AND THOSE OF US ALIVE...RAPTURED ALIVE