I can’t confirm that’s true or not true, however, it often seems that when everybody has something figured out, that thing can be the one potential that’s surest to not be what happens.
Virtually EVERYBODY “knows” the Rapture is gonna happen. That’s a big warning light to me.
Actually only about 1 out of 10 churches believe in a Rapture. Jesus said, let not your hearts be troubled----He was giving a review the end times ----- I go to prepare a place for you and if I go, I will come and receive you to myself. The Apostle Paul said , in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the dead in Christ will rise and those that are alive will be changed and will be "taken up and meet Him in the clouds and so we will ever be with the Lord. This is not how we read His Second coming which is in "the day of vengeance of our God;"
The church at Philadelphia is specifically told they would NOT go through the Great Tribulation-------Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Many Evangelicals have long suspected that the largest percentage of Christians overall would support a pre-Tribulation view, an idea that was corroborated by the data, as the largest share of pastors—36 percent—reported believing in that Rapture paradigm. The second largest proportion was the 25 percent who agreed that “the concept of the Rapture is not to be taken literally.” Furthermore, 18 percent selected a post-Tribulation paradigm, with smaller proportions for mid-Tribulation (4 percent), pre-wrath (4 percent), preterist ideals (1 percent), and none of the options presented (8 percent).
From the book, The Armageddon Code: One Journalist's Quest for End-Times Answers by Billy Hallowell, page 171 (2016). A poll was commissioned through LifeWay Research, asking one thousand senior pastors, ministers, and priests—all Protestants who self-identified as either Evangelical, mainline, or “neither”—across America to tell us what they believe.
I mainly encounter Protestants, so probably that’s why my perception is “virtually everybody”. Among Protestants, it is a much higher percentage.
Aspect of believers are in every church today. Some cling to doctrine which is a good thing but they value doctrine over Jesus. Some are luke warm meaning they say they are Christian but you wouldn't know it unless they told you. Some say they are Christian but only go to church one hour a week and never study the Bible.Some are faithful and will be taken out before the Great Tribulation. The parable of the ten virgins shows that only half of the virgins (church) were invited to the Wedding Supper. The other half were left behind.
I can’t confirm that’s true or not true, however, it often seems that when everybody has something figured out, that thing can be the one potential that’s surest to not be what happens.
Virtually EVERYBODY “knows” the Rapture is gonna happen. That’s a big warning light to me.
Actually only about 1 out of 10 churches believe in a Rapture. Jesus said, let not your hearts be troubled----He was giving a review the end times ----- I go to prepare a place for you and if I go, I will come and receive you to myself. The Apostle Paul said , in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the dead in Christ will rise and those that are alive will be changed and will be "taken up and meet Him in the clouds and so we will ever be with the Lord. This is not how we read His Second coming which is in "the day of vengeance of our God;"
The church at Philadelphia is specifically told they would NOT go through the Great Tribulation-------Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Don't believe me or anybody else, do your own study. Here is a help! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIh6xYcva4w
Looked it up and found this:
I mainly encounter Protestants, so probably that’s why my perception is “virtually everybody”. Among Protestants, it is a much higher percentage.
As there were also 7 churches, maybe it also depends which “church” someone is counted among.
What defined the church at Philadelphia?
Aspect of believers are in every church today. Some cling to doctrine which is a good thing but they value doctrine over Jesus. Some are luke warm meaning they say they are Christian but you wouldn't know it unless they told you. Some say they are Christian but only go to church one hour a week and never study the Bible.Some are faithful and will be taken out before the Great Tribulation. The parable of the ten virgins shows that only half of the virgins (church) were invited to the Wedding Supper. The other half were left behind.