The Rapture

The Rapture or JESUS coming back for HIS bride, or JESUS coming back for HIS Church, or how ever you want to say it, what do you believe about it? Or do you even believe in it at all? Many do believe in it, and are looking forward to the return of CHRIST, there are many that think we will be here at least till the 3 ½ year point. And there are some that believe we go through all the tribulation, then we join JESUS just before the battle of Armageddon. And of course some don’t believe at all in the Rapture, nor the tribulation. Nor do they even believe in GOD. Sadly that will not stop them from having to go through the tribulation. If they don’t repent before the Rapture.

Now lets see what the Bible says about it, and for those that are thinking the word Rapture is not in the Bible you are right, the word Rapture is not in the Bible, but wording about the Rapture is in the Bible. Let’s see what the Apostle Paul has to say about it.

1Thessalonians 4:13`18

“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

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Matthew 24: 32-39

“32:Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:”

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For 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, 39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

For those that say we are going till at least the 3 ½ year period, or those that think we are going to have to go through all of the tribulation, explain this. After chapter 3 in the book of the Revolution you find no mention of the Church. You find the bride of CHRIST you find witnesses but not the Church. There will be those left that believe after the fact, they probably will try to have Church in some manner but you really don’t see the Church after chapter 3. So that alone should show you we are not going to be here. Question is are you going to be here?

There is one thing that many believe when the Nation of Israel came into being in 1948, there are those that believe that Matthew 24:32 refers to Israel becoming their own nation again. This is backed up by.

Isaiah 66:8

“Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.”

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Israel was born in one day in 1948 and as soon as it was many of the Jewish people started heading to their homeland, so the prophecy in Isaiah was fulfilled at that time.

Between both of these verses is where many believe they are referring to Israel.??

That the generation that sees this will not pass before the return of JESUS. But at the same time there are those that don’t believe this. I will leave that up to you for your own decision. But if it does refer to Israel and that generation will not pass, then we are getting really close to that time frame.I for one do believe. And we are able to find mans age that is listed in the Bible in.