Thursday, February 4, 2010

Is it true that the majority of Christians believe the rapture is a false teaching and won't happen?

funny enough, its mostly the sola scriptura ones





though there is no raptur is scriptureIs it true that the majority of Christians believe the rapture is a false teaching and won't happen?
No.





The word “rapture” does not occur in the Bible. The concept of the rapture, though, is clearly taught in Scripture. The rapture of the church is the event in which God removes all believers from the earth in order to make way for His righteous judgment to be poured out on the earth during the tribulation period. The rapture is described primarily in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. God will resurrect all believers who have died, give them glorified bodies, and take them from the earth, along with those believers who are still alive and who will at that time also be given glorified bodies. “For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).





The rapture will be instantaneous in nature, and we will receive glorified bodies at that time. “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). The rapture is the glorious event we should all be longing for. We will finally be free from sin. We will be in God's presence forever. There is far too much debate over the meaning and scope of the rapture. This is not God’s intent. Rather, in regard to the rapture, God wants us to “encourage each other with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:18).Is it true that the majority of Christians believe the rapture is a false teaching and won't happen?
My friend


Majority is the key word here.


In Revelation only 2 churches are chosen as worthy to escape the wrath of God in the tribulation.


There are many faiths and denominations, and beliefs, and interpretations of the scriptures, and false teachings.


It is sad but true than some do not see the Rapture as truth.


I am sitting on the edge of my seat in anticipation of the Rapture at any moment.


We are in the last hours and minutes before His coming.





Come Lord Jesus !


peace


a friend


in Christ Jesus
Yes, and in fact it's true by definition. The majority of Christians are comprised by the Catholic and Orthodox groups, neither of which profess adherence to the rapture doctrine.





It's something of a recent idea by the more fundamentalist Protestant churches.
Only certain fundamentalist churches profess to believe in the rapture. Mainline churches (Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, etc.) don't teach anything about it and don't believe in it. People who believe in premillenialism teach it.
Not sure about the *majority* but a lot don't believe in it, I however do, for one very important and clear reason : Ask yourself this one little question : Why would God leave those of us who believe in the Gospel of Grace, that Jesus died was buried and arose again, on earth during the time, the Bible states if very clearly that God will be dealing with the Jewish Nation, the Temple will be rebuilt, sacrifices, the Law, all will become alive again, and have us the Church, the Saints, the Body of Christ go *backwards* ??? Can you imagine any reason why He would ???? go in peace... God bless
It is true that the majority of people that call themselves ';Christian';, are not.





The Rapture is TRUE (harpazo in Greek, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).
Yes, it's a doctrine taught only in fundamentalist churches. It wasn't invented until the 19th century.
rapture just means a state ot total state of ecstatic bliss to the point where you have an out of body experience... such as.... my girlfriend and I had ';rapturous'; sex...
I spent about 20 years in various mainstream churches. I never even heard of the rapture until I ran into fundies online.
I like to see you ask this same question to that nutcase Kirk Cameron!!!!!

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