IS THE SECRET RAPTURE BIBLICAL?
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A large number of Christians have been taught the doctrine of the secret rapture. According to this concept, Christ's return will be in two separate events. First, He will come secretly to take the saved to heaven, and then, seven years later, He will come in an open demonstation of power and glory. In between the two events, the Antichrist is to take control of the world and the great tribulation is to take place.
But the truth is that the Bible nowhere speaks of two comings of Jesus separated by these events.
As we study the Bible this is what is associated with His second coming: the visible coming of Christ with power and glory, the resurrection of the righteous, the catching up of the saints to meet Jesus in the air, and the end of the world as we know it now. (See 2 Thessalonians 4:16, 17; 2 Peter 3:10.)
The way the Bible describes the return of Jesus for the saved removes any possibility that it will be secret. According to the Bible, this event will be visible and audible:
"...he shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds." (Matthew 24:31); "...every eye shall see Him" (Revelation 1:7). "For as the lightening cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" (Matthew 24:27).
Rapturists base their beliefs on texts which liken the Lord's coming to a "thief in the night." Here is one of those texts in 2 Peter 3:10: "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." It is clear from this text that the thief" part has nothing to do with secrecy because the heavens will pass away with a great noise! If "coming as a thief" is the secret rapture which takes place seven years before the end of the world, how can the heavens and earth pass away as Peter describes it? The heavens and earth could not pass away seven years before the world ends. That is the end!
The rapturist take a seven-year period from Daniel 9:24-27 completely out of its Messianic context and place it at the end of time. From Xerxes command to rebuild Jerusalem, seventy prophetic weeks (490 years) were assigned as probation for the Jewish nation. Christ appeared as Messiah after sixty-nine prophetic weeks (483 years) in A.D. 27. Halfway through this seventieth week, Christ was crucified. The 490 years ended in A.D. 34 when the highest Jewish court publicly stoned Stephen, a prominent Christian evangelist. This act signified their unwavering rejection of Jesus as Messiah.
It is vitally important to stand firm on the Word of God alone and reject any ideas that are not in harmony with it. As we have seen earlier, the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus will return in power and majesty to take His redeemed home to heaven.
By the way, the Bible does talk about the third coming of Christ to this earth. Read Revelation 21 and 22. After one thousand years in heaven with the saved, Christ brings the New Jerusalem to earth, resurrects the wicked to give them their reward, and then allows Satan to attempt the destruction of the city. When he fails, he and all his followers, millions of human beings who have lived throughout history, are then completely destyroyed by fire. Then the righteous inherit a new heaven and a new earth.
But we according to His promise look for, a new Heaven and a new Earth, wherein dwells the righteous. 2 Peter 3:13
Please share this lesson with your family, friends, Facebook pages, and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
A large number of Christians have been taught the doctrine of the secret rapture. According to this concept, Christ's return will be in two separate events. First, He will come secretly to take the saved to heaven, and then, seven years later, He will come in an open demonstation of power and glory. In between the two events, the Antichrist is to take control of the world and the great tribulation is to take place.
But the truth is that the Bible nowhere speaks of two comings of Jesus separated by these events.
As we study the Bible this is what is associated with His second coming: the visible coming of Christ with power and glory, the resurrection of the righteous, the catching up of the saints to meet Jesus in the air, and the end of the world as we know it now. (See 2 Thessalonians 4:16, 17; 2 Peter 3:10.)
The way the Bible describes the return of Jesus for the saved removes any possibility that it will be secret. According to the Bible, this event will be visible and audible:
"...he shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds." (Matthew 24:31); "...every eye shall see Him" (Revelation 1:7). "For as the lightening cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" (Matthew 24:27).
Rapturists base their beliefs on texts which liken the Lord's coming to a "thief in the night." Here is one of those texts in 2 Peter 3:10: "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." It is clear from this text that the thief" part has nothing to do with secrecy because the heavens will pass away with a great noise! If "coming as a thief" is the secret rapture which takes place seven years before the end of the world, how can the heavens and earth pass away as Peter describes it? The heavens and earth could not pass away seven years before the world ends. That is the end!
The rapturist take a seven-year period from Daniel 9:24-27 completely out of its Messianic context and place it at the end of time. From Xerxes command to rebuild Jerusalem, seventy prophetic weeks (490 years) were assigned as probation for the Jewish nation. Christ appeared as Messiah after sixty-nine prophetic weeks (483 years) in A.D. 27. Halfway through this seventieth week, Christ was crucified. The 490 years ended in A.D. 34 when the highest Jewish court publicly stoned Stephen, a prominent Christian evangelist. This act signified their unwavering rejection of Jesus as Messiah.
It is vitally important to stand firm on the Word of God alone and reject any ideas that are not in harmony with it. As we have seen earlier, the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus will return in power and majesty to take His redeemed home to heaven.
By the way, the Bible does talk about the third coming of Christ to this earth. Read Revelation 21 and 22. After one thousand years in heaven with the saved, Christ brings the New Jerusalem to earth, resurrects the wicked to give them their reward, and then allows Satan to attempt the destruction of the city. When he fails, he and all his followers, millions of human beings who have lived throughout history, are then completely destyroyed by fire. Then the righteous inherit a new heaven and a new earth.
But we according to His promise look for, a new Heaven and a new Earth, wherein dwells the righteous. 2 Peter 3:13
IS THE SECRET RAPTURE BIBLICAL?
Please share this lesson with your family, friends, Facebook pages, and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
A large number of Christians have been taught the doctrine of the secret rapture. According to this concept, Christ's return will be in two separate events. First, He will come secretly to take the saved to heaven, and then, seven years later, He will come in an open demonstation of power and glory. In between the two events, the Antichrist is to take control of the world and the great tribulation is to take place.
But the truth is that the Bible nowhere speaks of two comings of Jesus separated by these events.
As we study the Bible this is what is associated with His second coming: the visible coming of Christ with power and glory, the resurrection of the righteous, the catching up of the saints to meet Jesus in the air, and the end of the world as we know it now. (See 2 Thessalonians 4:16, 17; 2 Peter 3:10.)
The way the Bible describes the return of Jesus for the saved removes any possibility that it will be secret. According to the Bible, this event will be visible and audible:
"...he shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds." (Matthew 24:31); "...every eye shall see Him" (Revelation 1:7). "For as the lightening cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be" (Matthew 24:27).
Rapturists base their beliefs on texts which liken the Lord's coming to a "thief in the night." Here is one of those texts in 2 Peter 3:10: "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat." It is clear from this text that the thief" part has nothing to do with secrecy because the heavens will pass away with a great noise! If "coming as a thief" is the secret rapture which takes place seven years before the end of the world, how can the heavens and earth pass away as Peter describes it? The heavens and earth could not pass away seven years before the world ends. That is the end!
The rapturist take a seven-year period from Daniel 9:24-27 completely out of its Messianic context and place it at the end of time. From Xerxes command to rebuild Jerusalem, seventy prophetic weeks (490 years) were assigned as probation for the Jewish nation. Christ appeared as Messiah after sixty-nine prophetic weeks (483 years) in A.D. 27. Halfway through this seventieth week, Christ was crucified. The 490 years ended in A.D. 34 when the highest Jewish court publicly stoned Stephen, a prominent Christian evangelist. This act signified their unwavering rejection of Jesus as Messiah.
It is vitally important to stand firm on the Word of God alone and reject any ideas that are not in harmony with it. As we have seen earlier, the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus will return in power and majesty to take His redeemed home to heaven.
By the way, the Bible does talk about the third coming of Christ to this earth. Read Revelation 21 and 22. After one thousand years in heaven with the saved, Christ brings the New Jerusalem to earth, resurrects the wicked to give them their reward, and then allows Satan to attempt the destruction of the city. When he fails, he and all his followers, millions of human beings who have lived throughout history, are then completely destyroyed by fire. Then the righteous inherit a new heaven and a new earth.
But we according to His promise look for, a new Heaven and a new Earth, wherein dwells the righteous. 2 Peter 3:13
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