According to II Peter 3:9 God is delying the rapture, so more people will have the opportunity to get saved before the rapture takes place.
What will people be doing when the rapture takes place?
1. Receiving Christ
2. Rejecting him
a. Obeying Christ
b. Disobeying Christ
More about the rapture...
"Fly Away" by FHH is a neat Christian song about the rapture.
There are some neat movies out there that talk about the rapture.
-one is called "The rapture movie"
-Though fictional "Left Behind" the movie is great example about what happens when the rapture takes place.
What will happen when the rapture takes place?
1. People will wonder what happened to those that disappeared.
2. People will panic.
3. There will be a lot of chasos afterwards.
4. People will continue to disobey God.
5. People will come up with crazy ideas about what happened to those who disappeared.
The Truth: Those who disappeared were saved and went to Heaven! Those left behind were not saved and will enter into the tribulation which is terrible.
So be prepared for the rapture is coming!
It could happen soon!
So be ready!
Are you ready?
1. make sure you are!
2. now!
3. It will be to late to when the rapture takes place.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Rapture:Truthful Biblical Evidence& Others about It!
Rapture?
What does it mean?
* It comes from the Latin word "rapturo" meaning rapture, to be caught up, to disappear, to vanish from the earth.
* When does the rapture take place?
* I Thessalonians 4:16-17 "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. after the dead in Christ rise from the dead!
2. in God's timing
a. could happen anyday
b. could happen anytime
Who disappears when the rapture takes place?
1. Those who are True Born Again Believers, who have receieved Jesus Christ as their personal LORD and Savior!
2. People of all age groups on the earth...babies,toddlers,children,teenagers,men,women,elderly people, middle aged people,married,single, engaged,(babies are not at the age of accountability of understanding how to be saved yet, so of course they will be raptured), moms, dads,cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews,grandchildren, great grandchildren, granparents, nieces, great nieces, and great nephews, sons, daughters, wives, husbands,sweethearts, nurses, doctors,pastors,neighbors, friends,aquaintances,vegeterians, poor people, middle class people, rich people, brothers, sisters,adopted children, fire fighters, police officers, fbi agents, cashiers, waitors, waitresses, piolets, copilots, coworkers, employers,taxi drivers, bus drivers, teachers, van drivers, truck and car drivers, and others.
3. People all over the earth...in Africa, South America, Europe, Italy, Spain, Japan, South Korea, North America, Ireland,Norway, Jamaica, Canada, France,China, Cuba, North Korea,Iran, India, Jerusalem, Iraq, Afghanstan, Pakistan, Romania, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Mexico, Germany,and anywhere else on the earth.
4. People of different languages, cultures, and nationalities.
Who will be left on the earth when the rapture takes place?
1. Those who rejected Christ and loose thier chance to receive him when the rapture takes place.
2. Grownups, teens, children
3. People who are doomed to suffer the judgment of God in the tribulation.
4. False teachers, decievers, and liars on the earth at the time the rapture takes place.
How does one prepare for the rapture?
1. By refusing to fit in with the crowd.
2. By not rejecting Christ.
3. By receiving Christ as thier personal LORD and Savior!
Where will people be when the rapture takes place?
1. about their daily business
2. at work, in the bed,shower,car,at church, at school,college,at the movies,or the mall, at the grochery store,on the couch, outside, in outer space, on the porch, in the attic, or anywhere else.
What are more passages that talk about the rapture?
Matthew Chapter 24
a. " Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left." vs.40
b. "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left." vs.41
What does it mean?
* It comes from the Latin word "rapturo" meaning rapture, to be caught up, to disappear, to vanish from the earth.
* When does the rapture take place?
* I Thessalonians 4:16-17 "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. after the dead in Christ rise from the dead!
2. in God's timing
a. could happen anyday
b. could happen anytime
Who disappears when the rapture takes place?
1. Those who are True Born Again Believers, who have receieved Jesus Christ as their personal LORD and Savior!
2. People of all age groups on the earth...babies,toddlers,children,teenagers,men,women,elderly people, middle aged people,married,single, engaged,(babies are not at the age of accountability of understanding how to be saved yet, so of course they will be raptured), moms, dads,cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews,grandchildren, great grandchildren, granparents, nieces, great nieces, and great nephews, sons, daughters, wives, husbands,sweethearts, nurses, doctors,pastors,neighbors, friends,aquaintances,vegeterians, poor people, middle class people, rich people, brothers, sisters,adopted children, fire fighters, police officers, fbi agents, cashiers, waitors, waitresses, piolets, copilots, coworkers, employers,taxi drivers, bus drivers, teachers, van drivers, truck and car drivers, and others.
3. People all over the earth...in Africa, South America, Europe, Italy, Spain, Japan, South Korea, North America, Ireland,Norway, Jamaica, Canada, France,China, Cuba, North Korea,Iran, India, Jerusalem, Iraq, Afghanstan, Pakistan, Romania, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Mexico, Germany,and anywhere else on the earth.
4. People of different languages, cultures, and nationalities.
Who will be left on the earth when the rapture takes place?
1. Those who rejected Christ and loose thier chance to receive him when the rapture takes place.
2. Grownups, teens, children
3. People who are doomed to suffer the judgment of God in the tribulation.
4. False teachers, decievers, and liars on the earth at the time the rapture takes place.
How does one prepare for the rapture?
1. By refusing to fit in with the crowd.
2. By not rejecting Christ.
3. By receiving Christ as thier personal LORD and Savior!
Where will people be when the rapture takes place?
1. about their daily business
2. at work, in the bed,shower,car,at church, at school,college,at the movies,or the mall, at the grochery store,on the couch, outside, in outer space, on the porch, in the attic, or anywhere else.
What are more passages that talk about the rapture?
Matthew Chapter 24
a. " Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left." vs.40
b. "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left." vs.41
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