Rapture True or False.

The rapture. God law is, EVERYONE, has free will to do whatever they choose, provided it doesn’t harm anyone else. They and they only choose their path, and they and they only will make their decisions, from cradle to grave, period.

What I’m getting at is this, the rapture will not be automatic in selecting the ones being raptured, before anyone goes anywhere, they will be asked, to you want to go or stay on earth. Each and everyone will make that choice on their own. This is how free will works.

Whats so important about this end time choice, is your very soul depends on it. As Christian, we know that there will be two supernatural entities appear on earth in these latter days, both will claim to be Jesus Christ. The choice is yours and yours alone, which one will you choose to follow, the first or the second one that appears on earth. Your choice had better be right, to take part in the FIRST RESURRECTION. Get it wrong, it will be a 1000 years later, at the end of the millennium, before one get a chance at the SECOND RESURRECTION. Miss out here, it’s the lake of fire.

Ive said all this to educate, to get one to think about the seriousness of the choice coming up, that everyone will be forced to make, be it right or wrong. To make the wrong choice, one looses out on the highest honor flesh being can achieve, and that would be to take part in the first resurrection. I mention this to help, not hurt.

It says anti christ will deceive the whole world, Rev 12:9. Just shows how good he is in being deceitful. Many preachers and layman alike will fall victim. And let me stress, these are very God loving people. Who may have spent a life time in church, doing their best, but risk throwing it all away, here at the very last, just by possibly making the wrong choice. There are only two choices, do you choose to follow the first Christ, or do you choose to wait, and follow the second Christ. Sounds to simple, but it’s written, many will get it wrong.

An invention of man.
According to most researchers, the idea of a Rapture-removal from planet Earth prior to a “great tribulation” period began to surface in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
VAgue mentions of it may have been published in the writings of a famous Calvinist theologian Dr. John Gill (1748), an early American Baptist pastor Morgan Edwards (1788), a Jesuit priest Emmanuel Lacunza (1812), and Edward Irving, who translated Lucunza’s book (1826).

JESUITS AND TEACHERS OF STRANGE DOCTINE ON THE RISE.

Most scholars, however, agree that the secret Rapture theory was launched into prominence around 1830 by a group of people in Scotland who had become known as the Plymouth Brethren. Under the direction of John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) and others, they began to hold Prophetic Conferences.
I must note that many of the predictions failed.

Soon thereafter, Darby coupled this highly questionable vision of a secret, pre-tribulation Rapture with another idea originated by the Jesuit priest, Francisco Ribera. In 1585 A.D., Ribera was the first to introduce the idea of interrupting Daniel’s 70-week, end-time prophecy and inserting a “gap” between the 69th and 70th weeks.

Francisco Ribera was evil...research it yourself.

Ultimately, the truth can only be found in the Scriptures. But what began as a result of one woman’s private vision and charismatic utterance became widely taught, accepted as the truth, and popularized in the thinking of millions. It has become so deeply entrenched that many pastors and Christian leaders assume it is an essential teaching of Church history extending back to apostolic times. It is not. What’s more, it is not believed by the majority in the Church today, and with good reasons.

These threads keep resurrecting the Darby straw man.

It was the whole beginnings that have unscriptual teachings.

For example the history of Francisco Ribera, who made it his mission to confuse the protestant church's with false teachings to take the heat off the Catholic church.
Futurism was invented and is a big part of the doctrine you teach.

False.
ἐν τάχει "IN QUICKNESS" is the proper Greek terminology.
@TheDivineWatermark has been thru this a thousand times with you. What's your problem?

1722 [e]ἐν
en in Prep

5034 [e]τάχει
tachei quickness N-DNS


Revelation 1:1 Greek Text Analysis (biblehub.com)

Rev 1:1
The Revelation G602 of Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 which G3739 God G2316 gave G1325 unto him, G846 to shew G1166 unto his G846 servants G1401 things which G3739 must G1163 shortly G1722 G5034 come to pass; G1096 and G2532 he sent G649 and signified G4591 it by G1223 his G846 angel G32 unto his G846 servant G1401 John: G2491

The FACTS are that the pre-trib rapture is boilerplate Biblical doctrine. Frankly.....beyond doubt.

"Truth is available only to those who have the courage to question whatever they have been taught." - (Author Unknown)

Been there done that......

I think you need to do some more...

I do not have a problem - y'all do - y'all are "not listening"...

Y'all are too highly focused on the wrong word. The 'begin' does not come from G1722 G5034 - it comes from G1096.

From last month in a different thread:

Revelation 1:

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;

Matthew 24:

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Despite what it seems like "on the surface" - if you will look very carefully at the Greek, I believe you will discover that what is being indicated in both of these verses is "begin to come to pass" / "begin to be fulfilled"...

What is indicated is not that each-and-every item in a list of things had fully occurred; rather, it is that the list of things began to occur.

When i read the bible, i don't find God causing His remnant to disappear just before the hard times.

An invention of man.

The Protestant apocalyptic interpretation of history which prophetically pinpointed step by step the events covering the whole Christian era from the beginning to the end (i.e. Historicism)

Contrary to Futurism and Preterism, all the classic Reformation confessions, creeds, covenants and catechisms are Historicist when dealing with eschatology.

It is generally recognized that Preterism was first systematized by the Roman Catholic Jesuit, Luis de Alcasar, in his commentary on Revelation (1614 a.d.). Alcasar applied the principles of Preterism to the Book of Revelation in identifying the Beast, the False Prophet and Mystery Babylon with past historical events in order to shield the papacy from the Protestant interpretive system (called "Historicism")

The futurist scheme, as I have elsewhere stated, was first, or nearly first, propounded about the year 1585 by the Jesuit Ribera; as the fittest one to turn aside the Protestant application of the Apocalyptic prophecy from the Church of Rome. (Like the preterist docteine)
When "Futurists" look at the book of Revelation, they see little or no prophetic fulfilments during the entire course of Christian history. In its modern form, almost everything is predicted to be fulfilled after the Rapture, after we're gone, with two of its primary characteristics being: 1) The belief in a single, future evil Antichrist person, and 2) the belief that prophecy will then centre around the literal Jewish nation with its supposedly rebuilt temple.

Knowing why and who invented these doctrines would make me question how true it is.

How has The Body Of Christ, for nearly 2000 years, disappeared before the 'hard
times' of martyrdom, trials, tribulations, suffering, persecution, and infirmities?

And there is nothing in the Bible to say they will be taken out of the world before Christ comes.

But the times of trouble came and the people of God were not raptured away. They escaped by following Gods council.