As much as our government has been infiltrated by the enemy, so has the church. Maybe even moreso.
This is a dangerous doctrine. IT IS NOT FROM SCRIPTURE.
I do realize some big lofty names in the bible scholar community are big time rapturists. Moody - for example. But I've been on a quest for a week or so to find anyone of them making solid arguments with actual scriptural foundation to support the dubious claims of the rapture doctrine - and they just simply cannot support it in the scripture.
If you want me to explain further I'll be happy to. But what you should do is go to the bible and find where it makes any claim that Christians will be removed from earth BEFORE or in the middle of the tribulations described in prophecy.
The oft cited verses in Mathew are literally right after Jesus warns you not to be deceived and explains how not to be deceived by knowing the signs of the season of His return. In Luke he even says that "two men will be lying in one bed, one will be taken the other left behind." I don't know why there are two dudes in one bed but I want the rapturist to question why someone sleeping in bed would be raptured (I notice many claiming that you must be alert and watching at the special time).
In Thesolonians 4: Paul clearly teaches that the dead in Christ will be resurrected before the beloved verse about we who are alive at the time going to meet Jesus in the air. I don't have a problem with that - just don't misunderstand that the dead in Christ go "FIRST".
In Rev 20 - Jesus gives us more clarity and explains that in the "First resurrection" people who refused the mark of the beast unto death would rise in that "First resurrection" too.
The rapture doctrine is dangerous for our generation. We appear to be appointed for this time, please do not be deceived.
I believe that the false Rapture doctrine was encouraged by government & secularists because it made Christians PASSIVE. Why do anything, why get involved, why change anything when you're ready to CHECK OUT?!! Always everyone talking about us being in the "last days" and therefore, Christians are literally PACKING their mental bags and not planning for the LONG TERM. This makes Christians impotent.
Another point: Matthew 24:37 "For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man." and 24:40-41: "Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left." THINK ABOUT THIS. WHAT happened in the days of Noah? Were the GOOD people taken away?!! NO! The bad people were destroyed in the flood (taken away!), while the good people were kept safe in the boat. So how is this describing a rapture??!!! It sounds more like the one TAKEN away is the bad person. Just read your Bible!
Exactly right. And He says "Remember Lot's wife." In Luke. She went with the others. Both flood and Sodom are clearly acts of judgement and those who were favored are told to get out, get away, and be protected.
Anyway, He also is the greatest communicator ever. Why couldn't He just describe the rapture and place it in the timeline he was talking about? Well because there was not pre-trib rapture ever to describe.