The Rapture is NOT in the Bible

Everyone knows the rapture is in the Bible. Or, is it? Despite it being popularized and commercialized by Christian books, movies and even Hollywood, Skye Jethani makes the case that the Rapture is not actually in the Bible - no, not even in Revelation!
He looks at the passages often used to support the Rapture, Matthew 24 and 1 Thessalonians 4, and unpacks what they actually reveal about Christ’s return and why it's time for the Rapture to be left behind.
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[@7nflgirl]

"CAUGHT UP"...... Means ???..... "In The Air" Means ???...... > The Greek word from this term “rapture” is derived appears in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, translated “caught up.” The Latin translation of this verse used the word rapturo. The Greek word it translates is harpazo, which means to snatch or take away.

[@Bruce_Peters]

Nothing in the passage indicates we go to heaven, though.

[@naomievans9888]

Harpazo is not in the bible harpagesometha is. Harpa gesometha at the time of the sickle to the earth. When does the sickle get put to the earth... Go search

[@MistaSCARY]

​@@Bruce_PetersEnoch & Elijah were "Raptured" or caught up

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

Not so fast, sir. Paul himself said, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together, to meet the LORD in the air, and so shall we ever be with the LORD. Comfort ye one another with these words.

[@Bruce_Peters]

@@MistaSCARY Not to heaven where God's throne is. Elijah was caught up to the sky that's all we know. Enoch died later. Heb 11.

[@georgefelder9807]

Rev 3:10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

[@ziono2t]

but it did not say explicitly that they will be hidden in heaven.. it says that God will keep them from the hour of trial.. there are countless stories in the Bible that during great tribulations that believers were kept by God.. the story of Israel and Egypt, where the Israelites was kept protected in Goshen till the 10 plagues was done. or Elijah the prophet was kept hidden and protected by God during the 3 years drought.

[@santa_claus-north_pole]

Revelation 3:10 - is actually: ὅτι ἐτήρησας λόγον ὑπομονῆς τηρήσω ὥρας πειρασμοῦ μελλούσης ἔρχεσθαι ὅλης οἰκουμένης πειράσαι τὸν κατοικοῦντας γῆς It literally means -- "that to watch over/guard a word a remaining behind to watch over/guard a time an experiment to be about to to come/to go complete the inhabited earth to make proof of the to inhabit earth/land" All the other [fluff] was added by translators. Yes, The Bible is very "cave man" with it's writing, but we are not to change it (we already did - we added chapters and verses - none of _either_ was ever in the original writing - it was meant as a "run-on novel", so readers would read the whole thing - and get the context) - yet we massively have. that's exactly why I use the "Lexicon" Bible - since "lexicon" is a Greek word for "of the original word", it's the original Hebrew and Greek. Start here: biblehub.com/lexicon/genesis/1-1.htm New Testament (the "New Covenant") starts here: biblehub.com/lexicon/matthew/1-1.htm

[@Spartan69117]

Very western teachings, outside of the western world Christians continue to suffer and be prosecuted.

[@katherineconley2089]

Have you ever considered that the trial that is being referred to here is the trial on the earth dwellers (unbelievers), which is the wrath of God that begins after the 6th seal at the Day of the Lord. I believe the resurrection occurs at the 6th seal when the cosmic signs appear in the heavens at Christ's revelation. This trial that comes on the whole world, are for those that dwell on the earth (the earth dwellers) not on the believing saints. The Bible does say that we are not appointed to God's wrath that is poured out on the earth dwellers. The great tribulation that Jesus speaks about is not God's wrath but is Satan's persecution of the saints (believers and ethnic Israel) through the Beast and the false prophet.

[@bcalvert321]

@@katherineconley2089 It says those on earth, everyone, saints, and those that are unbelievers. The movies and books written about this are wrong. If believers are caught up and the unbelievers are left then there will not be anyone to witness to them. There are no verses saying this. Jesus is coming once and all shall see Him. That is what the scriptures say.

[@Jack-il3qv]

'I will never leave you nor forsake you.' - Truth.

[@knightyknight4837]

"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."

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

Yep, then he’s coming down to judge one time one time only

[@Here12years]

Yes and that's the rapture. He doesn't come to earth until after the tribulation, that will be his 2nd coming..

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

@@Here12years yeah there’s a couple books out there. There is no rapture and they explain why what it says when Jesus comes down he’s gonna raise the dead and he’s gonna bring his living followers and he’s gonna come down here and judge the end

[@Here12years]

@@stewarttomkinson3356 there's many many books out there confirming the pre-trib rapture...

[@Here12years]

@@stewarttomkinson3356 you are talking about his 2nd coming

[@mwangisamuel2368]

1Th 4:17 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.

[@laurentroland6847]

Did you even watch the video? He explained that whole passage in it. We will be with Christ as He reigns on earth.

[@metapolitikgedanken612]

@@laurentroland6847 Indeed, it actually refutes the pretrib-rapture fraud.

[@svetlanashurochkina8041]

​​@@laurentroland6847 Yes but with our glorified bodies we'll be caught up in the air and then in heaven to save us from Antichrist's reigm when the Holy Spirit will also be taken from the Earth with us.Then... and all saint's come back with Jesus to destroy Antichrist and to burn the whole earth with fire.Then...holy new Jerusalem comes down from heaven and Jesus reigns in his holy city with all saints and holy angels for 1000 years.

[@frederickpile3599]

@@laurentroland6847" not appointed to wrath, the Lord saith..." "I will destroy the earth with fire..." HARPAZO IN GREEK.

[@KeyofDavid5778]

The word Air... in Greek is word number 109 it means Breath of Life or spiritual body which is what we turn into at the 7th Trump Revelation 1911 described in 1 Corinthians 15 verses 51 and 52 God condemns the Rapture theory in Ezekiel 13:18 through 21 I don't know why people would want to be raptured out of here anyway when the whole goal of being a Christian is to stand against the Antichrist described in Mark 13 Matthew 24 and Luke 21. God bless

[@alexbulza50]

I'm from Romania and no one heard about the "Left behind" books. We simply know that Jesus will return and take us, away from the Tribulation

[@Bonaparte3922]

Where do you think I'm from? By the way tribulation is a mystery. God bless you.

[@jamesenewold8864]

Well I guess that proves it, then.

[@user-hc6el1io2z]

Go Romania!! I agree with you. God is coming and will take his children

[@kingkoi6542]

Christianity is the path through struggle. It makes no sense that we would not struggle with the sinners through Tribulations... This just sounds like wishful thinking... It would be better to be prepared to not be raptured than prepare to be rapture only to find you're still here....

[@Year1BanditTA]

@@kingkoi6542 Amen! The Bible teaches that God has will guide us through tribulation, not save us from it. Just look at Joseph in prison, Moses in the wilderness and Jesus in Gethsemane. God will give us strength to overcome, just have faith and trust in Him!

[@alanswink2469]

The parables in Mathew 24 and 25 he was speaking to the Jews who will be here during the tribulation. If you will read them with that in mind they will become clear.

[@hobbyhumoristen]

I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”(Luke 17.35-37)

[@BlogManRy]

Skye's hair was raptured long ago, but I'm glad he was left behind to share this with us.

[@battlejitney2197]

Dude, you win the comment section! 😂

[@CaptMoo]

Buahaha

[@SupportTheArts-yo8ox]

Yo!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@PurpleIrishSweater]

Best comment of the year!!

[@jene5744]

He something right but some wrong. All of us mistakes but we should Act knowledge we understand, when we do so, and correct them.

[@MASTERMINDZ]

John 14:3 in Other Translations3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

[@franklebatista1091]

That will be at the end of this age. Or maybe at the end of the milenium

[@cliffords2315]

That place is in Israel Jesus is returning to earth for 1,000 years

[@ronchappel4812]

That is during the millennium,or possibly later.Isnt relevent to the discussion

[@blackmanlistening7909]

Right on!!! Keep showing what GODS word Says! You need FAITH to be in this number, not the mockery of demons they always mocked at Gods servants, even mocked at Jesus CONSTANTLY. It's like they have DNA that makes them do this! context The scripture is talking those NOT ASLEEP and are watching. (WHAT ARE WE WATCHING FOR?, and why are you mocking it!) 1 Thessalonians 4;16 "For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;" 17 "then we who 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." 1 Corinthians 15:52 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. John 14:3 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. Revelatioins 3:10-11 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. 11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

[@schlix101]

Yes, but the whole point is that Christ comes only AFTER the tribulation... There is no whisking away of people in order to prevent them from facing persecution. We are told, in scripture, that we are to expect persecution and even death for the sake of Christ! "You will be persecuted and some of you will even be killed for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will win the crown of eternal life"! Thinking that we will be whisked away before the tribulation is a deception, designed to make people fall away from Christ if this false hope is not being realized. Or, they might falsely believe that they could never be confronted with the mark of the beast and therefore just take it anyway, because, they are not supposed to be here when the mark gets rolled out, right?

[@kayandbradvincent6643]

Looking for the blessed Hope, and the appearing of our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ

[@bobrolls3800]

The blessed hope is not a pre-trib rapture. It is the hope of salvation from the judgment of hell and the godlessness of the world. Read the context of Titus 2

[@karishore]

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, Romans 1:22.

[@pgmc9441]

Amen

[@jeremyromero6463]

Harpazo is translated “caught up” or “caught away” the five times (out of. thirteen) it appears in the Bible relating to rapture. The other eight times it is translated, “to. forcibly seize upon, snatch away, take to oneself or use force on someone.” 3.

[@MjandDilly23]

And so what? Doesn’t mean anything as far as the rapture goes.

[@reneenyberg4832]

Did you watch this video? I think you may have misinterpreted the scripture you are using.

[@christophergraves6725]

@@MjandDilly23 That is the Rapture. Harpazo translated into Latin is Raptus and into English as 'Rapture.'

[@danielfortonforton223]

Exactly, this guy is a false teacher.

[@johnfaulk7775]

False teaching!!! Let no one deceive you!!! He is not proving the Bible with the Bible!!! He has completely omitted the Wedding Supper of the Lamb!!!

[@thomasfr4]

It's best to read for yourself, asking the Holy Spirit to teach you and give you understanding. Just because Skye or anyone else just tells you something, doesn't mean they are right. The Greek word in the bible is Harpazo in the bible which mean to be snatched away.

[@justmyopinion7]

Absolutely, and he totally ignores Luke 21:36 and Rev 5:8-10.

[@louiskriel7025]

Holy spirit meaning Gullible hallucinating imagination.

[@NickSandt]

@@justmyopinion7 Those passages are about what already happened in the 1st century. Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian wrote about it. It was _horrible_

[@KyrieEleisonMaranatha]

​@@NickSandtwhen did the great earthquake happen in 70 a.d. mentioned in Revelation 6:12? In fact read Revelation 6:12-18 when did any of that happen in 70 a.d?

[@NickSandt]

@@KyrieEleisonMaranatha “With the breaking of the sixth seal, John watched signs indicating catastrophic events: and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up . . . -Rev. 6:12-14 As we explained earlier,[38] the sun, moon, and stars were frequently used to refer to governing authorities. When governing authorities were removed or diminished, the sun, moon, or stars were said to fall or darken. In this passage, we see these authorities being shaken by the presence of God. The apocalyptic reference to earthquakes meant that God was intervening and acting in judgment to remove established authorities and replace them with His authority. To see this in another passage, we can read Hebrews 12:26-28: And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet, once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let’s show gratitude . . . This is another example of God shaking authorities and establishing His authority. Once the sixth seal was broken, we are told: Then the kings of earth and the eminent people, and the commanders and the wealthy and the strong, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves . . . “Fall on us . . . for the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” -Rev. 6:15-17 John was seeing a vision of what “must soon take place.” God had arrayed His warhorses, which represented His authority and power. In God’s glorious presence and the presence of His power, the authorities of Earth were Struck with terror. They could see that judgment and war were about to begin.”

[@stevearaque4362]

Yes, caught up and twinkling of an eye is close enough for me.

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

Thessalonians 4:16-18 "For The Lord himself will descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet with The Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with The Lord. Therefore comfort each other with these words."

[@mikegraves8628]

When He comes, 'one will be taken and one will be left'. Pray you are one to be left. As it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be during the coming of the Son of man. Only the wicked were taken during the flood. Noah and his family remained.

[@Here12years]

Right. That's the rapture. He only appears in the sky. His second coming is after the tribulation. That's when he comes down to earth..

[@mikegraves8628]

@@Here12years Scripture to back up this claim, please. 'Second Coming' means He is visible for EVERY eye to see. I'd like to see some scripture backing up the claim that Jesus comes and remains in the sky until the tribulation is done. Scripture CONSTANTLY tells us that God will deliver/keep/protect us THROUGH tribulations, not take us from them, or them from us. Rapture theology doesn't work. It's also very new (+- 120 years), introduced through Darby and the Schofield Bible. This is also where you get Zionism. It's ugly. It's not Biblical. It's a heresy.

[@user-bs5sr3gh3q]

@@mikegraves8628 Matt.24, The whole point of the "days of Noah" reference. The context has nothing to do with Noah,or how God saved Noah. The point Jesus was making was HOW they were living in the days of Noah,just before the flood (judgment) came and drowned all of them. They were "eating and drinking,marry,and giving away in marriage," another words business as usual, all the while,NOT KNOWING that judgment was upon them. Then Jesus said "and so also will be the coming ..." This clearly indicates He is talking about coming Before the judgments,before the tribulation. Not after. Jesus quoted Daniel 12 and mentions "the abomination". ALL the Jews knew this prophecy,that's why Jesus quoted it. Now, Jesus commanded,not suggested,that we keep watch over all the signs,right? Why should we? How can Jesus come unexpectedly? because Jesus CANNOT come at any time! Oh no,not "the Day Of The Lord",which comes at the end of the tribulation.. Why? Because the rest of Daniel 12,which Jesus started to quote, reads: 11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.This is confirmed in Rev.13:5. So here, there is no Jesus can return at any time,so we have to keep watch and be ready,in post trib. All we have to do is wait for the Antichrist to enter the temple and perpetrate the abomination,and the countdown begins. 1335 days when the "abomination"takes place,and the daily sacrifices are abolished,and the Messiah,who is Jesus,RETURNS to set up His kingdom reign. There's no arguing this,it's right there plain as day. So now you have a major contradiction. if you were taught biblical exegesis and hermeneutics,you would know that there are rules. Rule that can't be broken if you're being honest with what scripture is saying. Not what you want it to say. And this is one of the big rules.You cannot have a direct contradiction like this. If Jesus is teaching that He will come unexpectedly, which was the whole point of the Matt.24 "like in the days of Noah" analogy, then this His coming that He is referring to is,IS NOT the return at the end of the tribulation. Which is know as "the Day Of The Lord".It can't be,because we know that coming will happen, to the very day. Why should we keep watch over "all these things" He commanded us to? How can people be living "business as usual" and making plans for their future,ALL through the tribulation,until the end,when very few people are even alive?! How can ALL the churches just "fall asleep",(Matt.25,parable of the ten bridesmaids) while the Antichrist is killing all the saints ? Rev.13:7 Did the apostles know what the church was when Jesus taught "Upon this rock I shall build my church,and the gate of hell shall never prevail against it"? No! They didn't know what the church was. That word ecclesia meant "called out ones". Who was that? Did they know the church would be mostly gentiles,under a new covenant,that would abolish the old covenant? No. Not for decades. Only Paul had the "mystery"of the church and the rapture revealed to him.Thirty plus years later. Only the writer of Hebrews knew there was going to be a new covenant,that would abolish the old covenant. Because the new covenant was for gentiles,the church. So,in the Olivet discourse,in three of the gospels, when Jesus taught about His returning,they,and everyone listening to Jesus,who knew the prophets, had no clue about the rapture.Because they didn't have a clue about what the church was! They only knew the Day Of the Lord,which comes at the end of the tribulation. Everyone who followed Jesus was looking for the Messiah to come and set up His kingdom reign. But the things He was teaching and prophesying just didn't make sense. Not to the Jews or the apostles. Think about it,with what you knew of O.T. prophecies and then listening to Jesus teach here,wouldn't you be confused? You can't separate the prophecies concerning the Jews,and the 144000 from the 12 tribes of Israel,and possibly the "bridesmaids who ran out of oil" (they were left out of the wedding (the rapture)but it doesn't mean they can't repent,from the church. Not if you didn't know what the church is. And thats the problem Post Trib believers have. They see the tribulation saints,as the church,going through the judgments of God's wrath. But our faith has already been proven,or we wouldn't have been raptured in the first place,get it. It's the tribulation saints (notice they're not ekklesia) ,which in part must be the 144000 from the 12 tribes of Israel,who's faith is being tested.

[@mikegraves8628]

@@user-bs5sr3gh3q The abomination of desolation occurred in AD 70. The ancient church understood this, which is exactly why Christ said "this generation will surely not pass till ALL is fulfilled". What generation? THAT generation. The generation He was speaking to. Again, I will say that the Rapture doctrine is new. It did not exist 200 years ago. It's not Biblical. The Rapture doctrine also gives way to a 'second chance', that you may be saved after the church has been Raptured. When Jesus returns suddenly, that's it. "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.” When He comes, EVERY eye will see Him, even those that pierced Him. Insinuating that those that crucified our Lord have been resurrected. "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". Context is everything. If the dead are rising, this is the resurrection. Every human being that has ever existed will be resurrected, either to eternal life, or will face the second death. THAT is Biblical. Nowhere in Scripture is there described a SECRET Rapture event where only Christians will disappear, and then all of the sudden the tribulation takes place. Also; 1 Thessalonians 4:16 says He will RETURN with a SHOUT. Not very secretive. It's pretty clear when you read it for what it says. Dispensationalism leads the church astray, and it's specifically a Western church theology. Regarding Israel and the 144,000, you're ASSUMING they're Jews. That's your westernized interpretation of the Word. Israel was made up of 12 tribes. 10 of them were cast out of the land and are now referred to as the "lost tribes". If you know anything about ancient history, you'll find that these 10 tribes make up the modern world/nations. For example, the tribes of Dan, Ashur, and Nephtali settled in Scandinavia, Denmark, etc. and ended up making what is today the German, French, Danish, and other people groups. These tribes didn't just 'disappear'. They migrated over to Europe, and they weren't 'Jewish'. The modern day state of Israel is made up of Ashkenazi Jews, who aren't children of Shem (Semitic), but of Japheth (Gomer/Ashkenaz). At the end of the day, it sounds like you are fully in on this Rapture business, and there's nothing I can say to change your mind. All I can say is that I hope your faith is strong and doesn't fail you in the day of trouble and He hasn't returned yet. My parents believe the same things you do, and there's nothing I can say to change their minds.

[@LordThykingdomcome]

“Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

[@marc.b.weed.extream9480]

3/4 of the stars will fall .. hollywood stars ore . planet .. lol joy

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

I know for a fact, i am not rapture ready. Please tell everyone, get rapture ready while HIS Mercy can still be found.

[@katizz988]

​@@analyticalhabitrails9857Then get ready. Fall on your knees and lay prostrate!! Cry out to Jesus, and repent for all of your Sins!!! ❤❤❤❤This Man is a liar, Jesus will rapture those who are filled with his Holy Ghost, water/fire baptized, He is waiting with open arms.!! Tell Jesus that you want to know Him more and learn.

[@abnormalynn7885]

The stars that fall from the sky are the fallen angels falling from heaven 🎉

[@IslambedeutetUnterwerfung]

@@analyticalhabitrails9857 did Jesus and/or the apostels preach us to be "rapture-ready"?

[@TheOGThumper]

Revelation 3:10 “Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.”

[@fleet9017]

Was wondering why he didn’t mention this verse

[@MASTERMINDZ]

John 14:3 in Other Translations 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

[@davidwilfong5820]

Thank you

[@davidwilfong5820]

So dude doesn't believe in the second coming of christ rev 3 10

[@hamizpah]

Word ‘Keep’ does not mean rapture or taken away. It is more in dealing with a divine protection or placed in a secured location of covering. It is also in knowing the truth of Elohim. It does not mean ‘raptured, or ‘taken out of the way.’ One of the prophecies that comes to mind and thought in my heart is a location in the wilderness were Elohim feeds and covers His people in protection will every one else goes through trail of judgment. I do not read His people being taken or raptured into Heaven. Elohim has the ability to protect His people from the trails of His judgment where ever they are or will be. He has done so in the biblical past and He will do it according to His Word in the future events according to the Word given.

[@thefomman]

Wondering if you'd let your bride wait seven horrifying years or would you come and receive her to yourself beforehand so she can be with you as you promised? 🤔

[@DanielDeckard-cg6sb]

I'm not a proponent of the rapture... it seems like hogwash to me.. but what would you tell Christians in the middle east who are literally skinned alive to this day? Surely they are enduring a great tribulation regardless of whether or not it is depicted in the Bible.

[@halfsheephalfjesus7357]

Bride, You must be tested. Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord will enter., Only Martyrs and those tested to the point of death will Rule and Reign with Christ for 1000 years. He did not spare his son so you aren't worthy unless tested.

[@fuzzycounsellor9147]

There is no 7 year tribulation either, the 70 weeks of Daniel are over, no gap between the 69th & 70th weeks to give you 7 years in the future. The 70th week was Messiah's ministry that was interrupted in the middle by His Crucifixion that ended the validity of the Temple sacrifices. Although the temple sacrifices were continued after Jesus' perfect sacrifice, by the unbelieving Jews, they were an abomination that brought the desolation of the temple & city in 70 ad. The last 7 years were Messiah's ministry ending with the martyrdom of Stephen. The 7 year tribulation is a false doctrine.

[@happyappy19931]

Exactly

[@halfsheephalfjesus7357]

@@happyappy19931 psalm 2

[@happyappy19931]

People have already covered the Scripture for the rapture. To me, knowing God’s character, His love of the church, and how He rescues His people, it seems that the rapture is indicative and in alignment with Who He is. Also, Scripture backs it up as others have written here. However, those of you who want to go through the tribulation, have at it. 😊 The important thing is to know Christ and be ready.

[@daybreakcometh6853]

In my fathers house, there are many rooms I go to prepare a place for you and if I go, I will come again and take you to myself that where I am there you will be also. To take something thing is to remove it from its current place and bring it to you. Where he is there we will be also. When Where is Jesus? In heaven of course. There we will be also.

[@veridicusmaximus6010]

That's John not Paul!

[@fohponomalama5065]

Exactly! Rapture deniers fail to connect John 14:1-3 with 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. The Rapture is Not about the Coming (Parousia) of a conqueror but the coming of the Bridegroom for His Bride (Matthew 25:1-13), the Elect.

[@veridicusmaximus6010]

@@fohponomalama5065 How blind can you be? The parousia is not a technical word for only the Lords coming. The rapture is simply the resurrection of those who are alive when Jesus comes the 2nd time. Talk about failures!

[@sarco64]

Since the beginning of Christianity Christians have confessed their belief that Jesus will come again. It's in both the Apostles Creed and Nicene Creed, but until fairly recently the understanding has been that Jesus will return only once, not twice.

[@KyrieEleisonMaranatha]

​@@veridicusmaximus6010 Paul didn't have his own teachings, he only taught the same gospel Matthew, Mark, Luke and John taught. There's only 1 gospel of Christ and that's from Matthew to Revelation.

[@111SAMMee]

If there’s no rapture why is the church not mentioned after revelation 4?

[@Calvary496]

Exactly. Not mentioned after chapter 4 until chapter 19 when the church comes back with Jesus. How can that happen unless the church was take away!

[@111SAMMee]

Amen!

[@user-hn4hw9gy9q]

The church is here for the thousand year rain

[@Justanotherconsumer]

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

[@run4cmt]

@@user-hn4hw9gy9q There is no Biblical basis for that either. All the times 1000 is used in the Bible it is sympbolic. Jesus said his kingdom is not of this world. Why would he set up an earthly kingdom.

[@OCDrummer74]

So, what is a more faithful reading of scripture on this topic. I love dispelling rumors or oral tradition or misinterpretations but it helps to hear what Jesus’ return will look like according to what we can glean from scripture. Thank you

[@ashtray113]

The *trauma* I experienced as a young child who loved Jesus, yet would still get scared that I had been left behind when I couldn’t find my parents! So much torment for a little girl.

[@pastorofmuppets8834]

Indeed, sadly I think it was a trick to try to make people scared to be left behind so that they would become Christians.

[@tylmt565]

I went through that also when I was a child.

[@Cherryhill335]

The Children will be raptured as well.

[@pastorofmuppets8834]

@@Cherryhill335 no such thing as a rapture I believe the OP is stating that this falsehood created such fear for them that when they couldn't find their parents they thought they had been left behind, that they weren't part of the rapture

[@Pastor_Grant]

A sad story maybe but it has no bearing on whether or not the rapture is true.

[@mrzero27]

Skye, you said something here that is verifiably UNTRUE: "The rapture makes for exciting movies."

[@josanj222]

hahahaha

[@christophersheets5452]

Aw, how mean! You made PureFlix cry!

[@AarmOZ84]

Bad movies can be still exciting. I love how many crashes occur in a matter of minutes in the Left Behind movie with Nicholas Cage.

[@auh2o148]

Lol, I was going to say the same thing!

[@bethrossiter1857]

scary is exciting to some 🤷‍♀️

[@MitchYouCantScratch]

In Matthew 24:40-41.. How do we know what is "taken" and what is "left". Noah's family was taken on the arc, and left after the flood. Everyone else was left behind and taken by flood. Why is one interpretation more sound than the other? And ultimately, does that matter? The verse describes the dichotomy of outcomes. In Luke 17, once again, how are you sure that the "where" is "where are the left" vs "where are they taken"?

[@sallymay4178]

we will explain it on the way up

[@BelieveInJesusChrist.]

You should not type stuff like that, because we will probably not do that.

[@sallymay4178]

@@BelieveInJesusChrist. that was a sense of humor lol

[@DM-he1ug]

2,000 years later and still debating fundamental scriptural doctrine. Didn't Jesus say "you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free''?...

[@mtwseneca]

Actually no. He said IF YOU ARE MY DISCIPLE, you will know the truth...... Amazing how many people leave out that predicative phrase before knowing the truth. Mike

[@DM-he1ug]

@@mtwseneca Good point. So who would you say are Jesus' disciples today who 'know the truth and have been seet free'?...

[@mtwseneca]

@@DM-he1ug "Disciple" carries the idea of discipline. In any field, discipline means dedication. For us, that means being dedicated to hold and do what God's word tells us. If Jesus said to pray to ESCAPE the things he revealed and we neglect that, we already are off the path. There is a concerted effort by satan to nullify what God said. Why now, is this media giant (remember the giants?) recommending anti- "Blessed hope" vids in the right-side list? He and they are going down when Exodus II comes to pass, and his efforts now are to make that number who "Escape" as small as he can. Mike

[@shalomsister]

​@@mtwsenecaYes He is certainly doing his best to deceive and confuse as many as possible since he knows his time is short! Yes we should always pray that we are accounted worthy to escape the wrath that's going to come upon the world and to be worthy to stand before the Lord! God bless you and everyone in Jesus's mighty name!😊🕊🔥💖✝️🫂❤️

[@OnoratoDiamantee]

Jesus Christ (The Eternally Existing Son of God, God The Son, Savior, Christ) promises eternal life ONCE you believe he died for your sins, was buried, rose again the 3rd day! Once Saved Always Saved!

[@katanatac]

Actually, there is a "rapture" that occurs for the believers that are alive, it is the being taken up into the air to meet The Lord as mentioned in the scriptures. We will be wherever Jesus is at from that point on.

[@theeternalsbeliever1779]

The Bible does not teach a rapture of any kind, as Christ plainly prophecies in Matt. 24 that the whole world _will see_ Christ's saints being gathered to Him _when He returns_ . That's the part that makes the rapture doctrine inherently false. Nobody is going to be mysteriously zapped off the planet with no one knowing where they want, nor will it happen at any point before Christ's return.

[@katanatac]

@@theeternalsbeliever1779 As I stated in my original reply, it is the believers that are alive being taken up in the air to meet The Lord, that is the rapture, of course the dead in Christ will rise first.

[@cameronsmith8427]

@@theeternalsbeliever1779 I Have To Agree With You.

[@cameronsmith8427]

And As For You, THAT'S NOT IT And Stay Out Of It!

[@katanatac]

@@cameronsmith8427 Yes, that is it and I can't stay out of it because I'm a born again believer and when The Lord appears I along with other believers that are alive will be caught up in the air to meet the Lord. Or, if I'm already passed on then I'll be resurrected and meet The Lord in the air.

[@monicaurschitz4675]

Interesting. It may not be in your English Bible but it's definitely in my grandfather's old Portuguese (Latin) Bible ... where my Engl. Bible says 'caught up', which is not a very good translation and doesn't really quite capture the meaning of the Portuguese 'rapture' which is more like being 'pulled out upwards almost by force or strength pulling up'. It's in various places throughout our Portuguese Scripture.

[@chendric77]

Your arguments make me even more confident in the rapture. Thanks.

[@mikeigori2983]

You might get disappointed with your rapture fantasy dream.Did you know that christianity is the #1false religion? #2- Islam #3-Judaism/Zionism. The ALMIGHTY YAH speaks to people in a still small voice.HEARKEN UNTO HIS STILL VOICE...NOT TO POPULAR FALSE DOCTRINES.

[@bonkgiartist]

Agreed. Really appreciate how charitable you presented this. No mocking. No insulting. Much respect.

[@justmyopinion7]

Jesus said "Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” in Luke 21:36 Oh and before opening of the FIRST seal...... Rev 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; (Did you see?? "Redeemed us to GOD" from every nation, kindred and tongue?) 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. The 24 elders are in heaven with Jesus, before the opening of the seals. Who is the 24 elders? In verse 9 we read: "for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation" Who is redeemed from every tongue, people and nation?

[@irajones1821]

​@@justmyopinion7 As far as escaping goes... Isaiah 57:1-2

[@justmyopinion7]

@@irajones1821 And how is this in context?

[@irajones1821]

@@justmyopinion7 The first part of your comment was referring to escaping the things that are about to happen. Isaiah 57:1-2 Is talking about the righteous perishing and no one takes it to heart and considers that by their death they are taken away from the evil to come. Therefore... escaping. Entering into peace, Resting in their beds and walking in their uprightness.

[@DoronBond]

@@irajones18211st Thess. 1:10

[@HyukjoonWOO]

I have few more which also include, John 14:1-3 (NIV): "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

[@ipopgraphics]

Wow! It’s always about FEAR. Love and Fear don’t exist in the same place. Wake up people.❤

[@followingjc1859]

Harpazo is translated “caught up” or “caught away” the five times (out of. thirteen) it appears in the Bible relating to rapture.

[@desireehooper9650]

Holy Post is a spin doctor. His error is glaring heresy on so many levels. I lost count of the lies in this video.

[@danimotherofchickens479]

Abt the end of the world, not before the end of it

[@greenstonei5889]

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[@ronr3334]

@@desireehooper9650 Amen! See my latest post to him. He is a Hope and Crown Thief. Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

[@rogerbrady2401]

This guy knows. There are too many that fall for the beliefs of the churches teaching, and along comes the Mandela effect

[@SweetPappyJones]

Not a salvation issue. The LORD doesn't want us to have a spirit of fear. We need to stay strong in Jesus Christ.

[@pikspireimaging9493]

The Mosaic Covenant! Part 1 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ-oi4Okod16fqs The Mosaic Covenant! Part 2 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJKyl4F4abmgiNE The book of Revelation - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqemlZ1uidR9n5Y

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

I notice that no-one has responded to my post: either to affirm or to challenge. So... did I just get ignored because no-one has the courage or knowledge to challenge me... ? Or was it because they simply have just blocked out my comment?

[@user-wz5gc2td9s]

Its ironic that hysteria over the "rapture" is what lead a huge chunk of my family to God. Someone showed my great grandma a movie called "thief in the night" and she basically converted my entire family 😅.

[@trafficjon400]

Converted in to what a robot or any other subject would be thoughtful to know.😅

[@user-bv8qp3fc3f]

That doesn't sound like Hysteria to me. If it brought some one to Christ Hallelueja

[@debofiveklub7804]

What a classic Christian movie! "A thief in the night". "A Distant Thunder", (the sequel) wasn't too bad either.

[@HomeVideoStudioJacksonville]

The producers of that movie have their reward in heaven! It scared the hell out of me & many friends & family! Eventually, I came to know & love the Lord & not because of being scared of hell.

[@ashleyspurling5701]

​@HomeVideoStudioJacksonville please tell me that's a fucking joke?

[@Eman-vp5wk]

Yes the rapture is in the Bible. Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. 1Thessalonians 5:9-10 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 (THEN) we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Luke 21:36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to (ESCAPE) all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” 1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath (TO COME).

[@LetMyPeopleKnowMinistry]

Let's go over this, shall we? "Yes the rapture is in the Bible." Correct, but it ain't pretrib! "Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth." This is your FIRST verse you post?! This verse is not talking about the Rapture AT ALL! If you think it does, it's because some preacher CONNED you into that interpretation. The word "keep" mean to GUARD, not to Rapture you out of here. And "the hour of temptation (KJV)" is NOT what that same preacher told you it was. You can't claim the hour of temptation is linked to an Antichrist or the Mark of the Beast or anything else. You don't know that. It's just a false assumption made by PreTrib Dispensationalists who use eisegesis to make there false theology sound right. "1Thessalonians 5:9-10 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him." And this is your SECOND go to verse?! This doesn't prove a Rapture. It just proves you don't understand the word "wrath". All this verse is saying is that we won't go through the 7 Vials, which are "the wrath of God" according to Revelation 15:1, 15:7, and 16:1. We get raptured "at the last trump" just before those 7 Vials. That ain't "PreTrib". It's Post Trib! "1 Thessalonians 4:17 (THEN) we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord." THIS should have been your FIRST go to verse. "Luke 21:36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to (ESCAPE) all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” How does this verse prove a Rapture?! It doesn't. But you're using it trying to prove "immanency" which is just NOT there in the Bible AT ALL. I'm more awake than you! I'm ready for the Rapture! But I know it'll be Post Trib. "1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath (TO COME)." Again, this verse doesn't prove a Rapture at all. Your biggest mistake here is your belief that the Seals and Trumpets are "the wrath of God". They're not! Go read Revelation 15:1, 15:7, and 16:1. Only the Vials are God's Wrath and they happen AFTER "the last trump" when we get Raptured.

[@Sandyo-wy7nk]

Eman… excellent post. Great Bible proofs. I guess Anti-Rapture people are choosing to stay behind. Hopefully Jesus gives them a second chance to be raptured up in A mid Tribulation Rapture or an End of Tribulation Rapture to receive their imperishable body, right before the church comes back with Jesus to destroy the wicked and save the Jews to set up a Millennium Kingdom for a thousand years. Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:14-16, Daniel 11:36, Zachariah 14:5. Revelation 20.

[@LaShayMcKeel-wc3mf]

That’s not what “the rapture” is, and there’s more that we base it and even other end times ideas. Revelations has to be read in context and a couple of verses elsewhere assume the *modern* ideas of inerrancy and literalism, more are not early or otherwise historic ideas. Allegory and parables are also lost on people out of context. He even gives it in this video.. though it still is doing all of the above- so much more learning and unpacking to do. Even Jews see the OT differently and some are still trying to learn the intent to be consistent. Even beyond that, it’s important to understand that allegories in the Old Testament are not what we think. Even extreme groups about the rapture don’t see most of the verses that are used as talking about it. Only see 1 Thessalonians he cited as supporting it. I’m sure people vary because the ones who were most intense about it before the last 7-8 years or so focused so much on staying in each book of the Torah for a year or two at a time and talking about it literally or whatever they came up with outside of Jewish understanding of underling meanings. Good times. Even Left Behind books- the author prefaces in first pages that it’s a work of fiction and isn’t necessarily supporting anything in the Bible. This is still incredibly literal, out of context. Revelations is about Roman Empires persecution and the Jews and early Christians, and Paul or whomever wrote Thessalonians and others has a range of conflicting ideas, including thinking Jesus was coming back soon, at least when taking consistently literal. It’s important to not just believe what people tell you that you should or must believe.

[@LetMyPeopleKnowMinistry]

@LaShayMcKeel-wc3mf The Book is called "Revelation". No wonder you're a Preterist. Your hermeneutic is horrible. When you reject what is literally said in favor of allegory, you make God a liar. You mislead and deceive by pushing Preterism.

[@Sandyo-wy7nk]

@@LaShayMcKeel-wc3mf You have every right to decide that you want to go through the Tribulations and stay behind and go through the torturing wrath, so you can receive a better resurrection…however don’t keep trying to deceive others into going through it with you. Others believe in the Rapture/1Resurrection and we are going to meet Jesus in the clouds to go home with him to Heaven, like he promised. 1Thess 1:10, 1Thess 4:13-18, 1Thess 5:9, John 14:1-3. Good luck making it through without caving into Anti-Christ, the tortures, earthquakes, plagues, pestilence, starvation, bloody water, beheadings, being sawed in half, etc… Paul warned us not to want to go through this. Hebrews 11:35-40 says… There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated- 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground. 39 These were all commended for their faith, yet NONE of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something BETTER for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. Hebrews 11:35-40 You can only be made perfect through Jesus and what he has already done for us. He is enough.

[@Rapture2026-i7u]

I think people arc confused in general on this topic. Christ will only have one return "on" earth on the Day-of-the-Lord. However, true believers/saints will be "caught up to him" in the sky prior to God's wrath in the tribulation. No one who believes in the Rapture, is saying Jesus is coming onto the earth twice. There is one second coming "on" earth.

[@aerogers4117]

Revelation 1-3 speaks of and to the Church. The Tribulation chapters 6-17 don’t mention the Church at all. Wouldn’t that indicate the believers are not present during the Tribulation?

[@Dennis144000]

I believe what Skye means to say is there’s no such thing as a pre-tribulation rapture. The catching away is biblical and the word in 1 Thes 4 for that catching away in Latin is “rapturo”. The Greek is harpazo. In other words Skye does believe in the catching away which is the rapture. It’s just not pre-trib.

[@infinityBBC]

it would have been paramount for the video to have included this.

[@denisemayosky1955]

But it's not called the rapture, it's called the gathering of the saints, and it happens *after* the Tribulation, NOT before. See Matthew 24:29-31 and Revelation 7.

[@SusanRichardsDay]

The tribulation is for those who rejected Jesus it is not for His bride .

[@donnaleveron5711]

As Jesus told us in Matthew 24:29-31, Mark 13, and Luke 21.

[@IslambedeutetUnterwerfung]

where does the Bible say that? @@SusanRichardsDay

[@Nubako463]

Because thou has keep the word of my patience I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth Revelation 3:21

[@TRUTHINCHRIST-cw8ke]

Whats your point,

[@LaShayMcKeel-wc3mf]

That’s not what “the rapture” is, and there’s more that we base it and even other end times ideas. Revelations has to be read in context and a couple of verses elsewhere assume the *modern* ideas of inerrancy and literalism, more are not early or otherwise historic ideas. Allegory and parables are also lost on people out of context. He even gives it in this video.. though it still is doing all of the above- so much more learning and unpacking to do. Even Jews see the OT differently and some are still trying to learn the intent to be consistent. Even beyond that, it’s important to understand that allegories in the Old Testament are not what we think. Even extreme groups about the rapture don’t see most of the verses that are used as talking about it. Only see 1 Thessalonians he cited as supporting it. I’m sure people vary because the ones who were most intense about it before the last 7-8 years or so focused so much on staying in each book of the Torah for a year or two at a time and talking about it literally or whatever they came up with outside of Jewish understanding of underling meanings. Good times. Even Left Behind books- the author prefaces in first pages that it’s a work of fiction and isn’t necessarily supporting anything in the Bible. This is still incredibly literal, out of context. Revelations is about Roman Empires persecution and the Jews and early Christians, and Paul or whomever wrote Thessalonians and others has a range of conflicting ideas, including thinking Jesus was coming back soon, at least when taking consistently literal. It’s important to not just believe what people tell you that you should or must believe.

[@TRUTHINCHRIST-cw8ke]

@McKeel-wc3mf You can give me the verses. I havent seen any yet and never had anyone give me any, Yes your right they do havbe to be read in context and very carefully. Please give me your rapture into the heavens verses.

[@DonaldFry-es7tz]

@@TRUTHINCHRIST-cw8ke This guy missed the mark in many ways. All this video did is confirm for me that the rapture is indeed in the Bible. He ended by mentioning I Corinthians 15, but just he chastised people for earlier, took only a piece of the passage. The context of this chapter is the changing of the perishable (the flesh) with the imperishable (spiritual bodies). "50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed- 52 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. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality." Somehow, this perishable flesh will be changed "in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet." This is not talking about a few people who survive welcoming Jesus in the flesh. It is a "mysterious" event (vs.51). Notice it also says "we will not all sleep" (die) "but we will all be changed..." Changed into what? That which is imperishable (vs. 50). His lack of faith in the clear teaching of the Bible is alarming, and alarmingly close to what the Jehovah's Witnesses teach; that the bad people will be taken leaving the good people behind. May I remind you the "rapture" has already happened twice in the Bible - Enoch and Elijah. Neither saw death. (Hebrews 11:5) Sorry, this man needs to study more.

[@Kman.]

@@TRUTHINCHRIST-cw8ke I think you know, but you disagree, so have at it & explain *WHY* this isn't speaking of the tribulation period, and *WHY* you think it doesn't point to the fact that the church will be kept from it.

[@lesliekendall5668]

So what do YOU call the event in 1Cor 15:50 and 1 Thess 4:14-17? Should we all change to use the word YOU PREFER. 🙄 To say there's no rapture is just pure ignorance.

[@rogerbrady2401]

No rapture is coming. People are so mislead that believe this.

[@Michael_the_Servant]

Ah, but you are missing the biggest point of the “Parousia.” We live in the third age, the church age. Scripture uses “City” language to refer to each age. The “Rapture” event (which is in the Bible, including chapter 16 of the Book of Revelation) is the dignitaries coming out of the City upon the return of the King, so the “Parousia” still applies to the Rapture.

[@KiwiRN444]

He’s coming back for his church.

[@cesarvictorino4301]

@KiwiRN444: How can you be sure?

[@KiwiRN444]

@@cesarvictorino4301 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. Therefore encourage one another with these words.”

[@JohnHendley-fx1gw]

I tried to explain this to my parents, but they did want to listen or believe what I was trying get them to believe truth

[@howdydoodey3872]

Um - so they can recognise a myth, and you can't?

[@DonaldFry-es7tz]

Listen to your parents, they are right. This guy missed the mark in many ways. All this video did is confirm for me that the rapture is indeed in the Bible. He ended by mentioning I Corinthians 15, but just he chastised people for earlier, took only a piece of the passage. The context of this chapter is the changing of the perishable (the flesh) with the imperishable (spiritual bodies). "50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed- 52 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. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality." Somehow, this perishable flesh will be changed "in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet." This is not talking about a few people who survive welcoming Jesus in the flesh. It is a "mysterious" event (vs.51). Notice it also says "we will not all sleep" (die) "but we will all be changed..." Changed into what? That which is imperishable (vs. 50). His lack of faith in the clear teaching of the Bible is alarming, and alarmingly close to what the Jehovah's Witnesses teach; that the bad people will be taken leaving the good people behind. May I remind you the "rapture" has already happened twice in the Bible - Enoch and Elijah. Neither saw death. (Hebrews 11:5) Sorry, this man needs to study more.

[@DonaldFry-es7tz]

@@howdydoodey3872 What exactly are you saying?

[@greenstonei5889]

John, never stop communicating with your parents ... if they support the imminent Rapture or do not believe at all, my book deals specifically with the Bible, chapter and verse. I corrected Skye in an earlier post this a.m., up above, when he easily misunderstood the word 'taken', which from the Greek revals deliverance .. see the post ... Terry, TL Farley Books ...

[@anuradhakadam7907]

You're trying to change what is truth they already know.

[@markshard]

thank you for mentioning the trumpet. everyone else skips that part.

[@BillBiggs1]

Let’s not mention the trumpet please, it spoils the illusion of a secret rapture.

[@blackmanlistening7909]

If JESUS speaks with the TRUMPET of a GREAT ANGEL. EVERYONE WILL HEAR it. It is not limited to a mear mans perception. You need FAITH to be in this number, not the mockery of demons they always mocked at Gods servants, even mocked at Jesus CONSTANTLY. It's like they have DNA that makes them do this! context The scripture is talking those NOT ASLEEP and are watching. (WHAT ARE WE WATCHING FOR?, and why are you mocking it!) 1 Thessalonians 4;16 "For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;" 17 "then we who 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." 1 Corinthians 15:52 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. John 14:3 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. Revelatioins 3:10-11 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. 11 I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

[@seanm2216]

@@BillBiggs1 come on! If its a secret rapture then it is a silent trumpet.

[@BillBiggs1]

@@seanm2216 lol 😂

[@greenstonei5889]

Mike, the 'Trumpet' element is key. I go over that in my book, "Blast Off Rapiemur - Edition VI". VLSS, the 'last trump' was the blast that signaled the children to move out during their sojourn in the desert. @@BillBiggs1

[@bethsporbert6690]

Remember the Jewish marriage ceremony. He goes to prepare a place for his bride and doesn't tell her. He's show's up unannounced, Surprises her. And also would God let his bride suffer through the tribulation...he rescues the one's he loves. We are the bride of Christ!

[@Grace777-love]

So true

[@monicaurschitz4675]

Exactly! Beautiful analogy! And 'rapturo' is in my old Portuguese Latin Bible where it says caught up in the English.

[@brentwoelk3491]

So God wants us to trust in Him and be saved just to face His judgemnet during the tribulation what about revelation 3:10

[@allsup1221]

Prob doesn't believe in the tribulation either

[@mildsalsa6708]

I appreciate the spirit which the video takes. I'm not a big fan of Christians beating each other up. I would like you to consider a few things. The words used in 1 Thes 4:17 are "catching away", to describe the event; "harpazo" in greek, "rapere" in latin. This is where we get the "rapture" nickname. Calling it the "catching away", doesn't stick as well, I guess. Secondly, if the passage is about "Jesus returning to rule the earth", why does Paul introduce the topic earlier in the book by saying, "They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead - Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath," 1 Thes 1:9b-10?

[@Danny-BigD]

I don't know why we do this. Well what you did here and I did and others.. as if he does not know this already? Yeah this sits alone has been making videos for 9+ years so this it not new. To say in 2024 Rapture is not in the bible duh we all it refers to Caught up. Its so misleading and then look at what it has done. Caused more division.

[@johnchavez8677]

It's not beating up on each other when other Christians quote scripture to defend the faith. If Paul was here, he would be all over the comment section and Jude would agree with him. "You should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." Jude 3 RC

[@time_2_get_ready]

Why is the Greek harpazo not enough? Why do you want to go into LATIN? (Catholic and referring to their 'mary') .

[@shineandre]

@@time_2_get_ready it's funny but true - but it is also sad. The reason for using Greek and Latin here is because brothers and sisters in Christ do not receive the English as authoritive enough to convince them that there is a rapture and not everyone in the church will be caught up not because they are not Christian but simply because they do not believe Jesus will come to save them from the wrath of God and the wrath of the lamb.

[@EternalSoldierGaming]

The coming wrath we are rescued from is the return of Christ. He returns to judge and wage war in a flaming fire on the unbelievers, and those who did not obey him, the tribulation is judgment for sin. Yes, Jesus died to forgive us for our sins, but we were never exempt from the consequences of sin.

[@hscollier]

Another consideration is, what will happen to people’s faith who based their beliefs on the expectation that they would not have to endure any serious persecution? Jesus comment that “because of the increase in wickedness the love of most will grow cold” (Matt 24)was in context of being asked about his return. If you are counting on being raptured before things get too tough how will your faith hold up under extreme persecution? Shouldn’t our goal to be one who has a faith strong enough to be one of those who “overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”?? Rev 12:11

[@paulodeoliveira4634]

Look around you ....right now the world is crazy enough to test faith and draw you closer to God

[@johnhutchinson6080]

The book of Matthew was written for Jews and the bulk of Israel will go into the tribulation. Unfortunately, two thirds of Israel will be killed during the tribulation. The remaining third will turn to Christ and be saved and go on to rule with Christ during the millennian reign.

[@deydrm]

@hscollier Who said we're not going to endure serious persecution before the rapture. Have you studied the Olivet discourse in Matt.24? Jesus prophesied we would be persecuted,it's one of the signs. Are you aware of the statistics showing that more Christians are and have been persecuted in the last fifteen years,than in any other time in church history! How many have been killed in Africa ,India,and the middle east? Some were martyred,some were tortured,other's managed to escape as refugees,having to leave behind everything they own. How did their faith hold up? This is the message I'm posting everywhere I'm able to. A message,call it prophetic if you want,but this is what has shown me. Why did the apostles fall asleep in the garden? How could they allow that to happen? Jesus woke them up.And they went back to sleep?!!!! What?j Jesus had been telling them He was at the end of His ministry. He had been preparing them to carry it on for the last three years. Was he ever wrong? Never! And the apostles knew it. Why did they fall asleep? Do you ever see the apostles directly ignore an instruction Jesus gave them? Study the events just hours earlier and notice. At least John and Peter knew that Judas was going to betray Jesus. So,when Jesus woke up John and Peter,why didn't they notice that Judas had never returned? Now,look at what happened when the rude awakening came upon all of them. They were all overcome by fear. Peter takes up his sword,and tries to kill the guard coming at him. And denied knowing Jesus later. Jesus warned him,stay up and pray or you'll be overcome by temptation. And then all the apostles deserted Jesus and hid themselves away. Now Jesus commanded us to keep watch over the signs of His coming. It wasn't a suggestion!! And they're happening like never before! ALL of the are! (Jason A youtube channel is documenting them.) So we should be paying attention to what Jesus prophesied in Matt.24 and realize how close we are to His coming. Take note,Matt.25,which is post text to the Olivet discourse,the parable of the ten bridesmaids. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they ALL became drowsy and FELL ASLEEP.It's not just some ran out of oil. If just one had stayed awake,she could have warned the others,before it was too late.See that? Were any of them truly wise? There's a rude awakening coming to America. And we,you,need to warn those Christians who are asleep! Those who don't want to believe what Jesus taught,so they're ignoring the signs. ALL the signs are happening right now. Volcanoes and earthquakes erupting all over,breaking records. Hurricanes,floods,crop failure,gov't mandated destruction! (millions of chickens ordered destroyed because of one case of avian bird flu!),insect plagues,famines,the greatest persecution of Christians in church history, wars and rumors of wars. The truth is,America is under judgment. God has removed His protection and power from us as a nation. Our enemies have infiltrated our gov't and pull the strings of the presidency,the Whitehouse,and many federal agencies (The deep state"). You and I,and every taxpayer owes nearly $100,000.00 because of the national debt! Think we can pay this off? Well it's not going away! And now,the president is adding more than another trillion dollars to this debt! get it?The millions of illegals that have been let into our country,who is going to pay for them? Everybody,non Christian, economic and financial experts are warning of this collapse in the U.S. and the great reset coming/ You know this. And the newly formed global economic system is already emerging. This IS the "beast"system of Rev.13 and 17.How hard would it to stage a false flag terror attack now,since thousands more terrorist have been allowed into our country? The apostles ignored Jesus prophecies because they just didn't want to believe it was all going to happen now.And they paid a price for not staying awake and praying when Jesus instructed them to. They were overcome by their fears. They blew their testimony.They ran away and deserted Jesus,and hid themselves away! And Christians are repeating this right now! Much of the church is asleep,just like Jesus taught. They're hoping trump will come back and everything will go back to being great again. That's not going to happen. This country is on the verge of collapse right now.And many Christians are falling away,just like Paul taught in 2Thess. The truth is,America is under judgment. God has removed His protection and power from us as a nation. Our enemies have infiltrated our gov't and pull the strings of the presidency,the Whitehouse,and many federal agencies (The deep state"). You and I,and every taxpayer owes nearly $100,000.00 because of the national debt! Think we can pay this off? Well it's not going away! And now,the president is adding more than another trillion dollars to this debt! get it?The millions of illegals that have been let into our country,who is going to pay for them? Most Americans are ignorant of the continuation of government protocols,executive orders,which under a national economic emergency,the president,who's now the Commander in Chief,along with the dept, secretaries,have the authority to seize every citizens personal property and assets,to pay off our national debt!Everybody,non Christian, economic and financial experts are warning of this collapse in the U.S. and the great reset coming. Everyone awake knows this. And this global economic system,in planning for decades, is now emerging. This IS the "beast"system of Rev.13 and 17 in the bible.Which paves the way for the Antichrist to take over and rule. So hard would it to stage a false flag terror attack now,since thousands more terrorist have been allowed into our country? When martial law is declared you can be sure chaos and fear will spread like a wildfire across our nation. Now you say "if it happens"? IF? It's all been planned!!! Wake up. Why do you think millions are stocking up on food and supplies,and buy guns and ammo,in record numbers! Here;s a fact.America is not mentioned in bible prophecy. Many other countries are but we're not. Why do you think that is? Now ALL the signs Jesus warned about are happening like I've never seen before.And I've been studying bible prophecy for forty years now. Christians are having dreams and visions about the coming fall of America. Not just a few,but many are. So be wise and start praying,and preparing,because it's coming soon.

[@user-bs5sr3gh3q]

Who said we're not going to endure serious persecution before the rapture. Have you studied the Olivet discourse in Matt.24? Jesus prophesied we would be persecuted,it's one of the signs. Are you aware of the statistics showing that more Christians are and have been persecuted in the last fifteen years,than in any other time in church history! How many have been killed in Africa ,India,and the middle east? Some were martyred,some were tortured,other's managed to escape as refugees,having to leave behind everything they own. How did their faith hold up? This is the message I'm posting everywhere I'm able to. A message,call it prophetic if you want,but this is what has shown me. Why did the apostles fall asleep in the garden? How could they allow that to happen? Jesus woke them up.And they went back to sleep?!!!! What?j Jesus had been telling them He was at the end of His ministry. He had been preparing them to carry it on for the last three years. Was he ever wrong? Never! And the apostles knew it. Why did they fall asleep? Do you ever see the apostles directly ignore an instruction Jesus gave them? Study the events just hours earlier and notice. At least John and Peter knew that Judas was going to betray Jesus. So,when Jesus woke up John and Peter,why didn't they notice that Judas had never returned? Now,look at what happened when the rude awakening came upon all of them. They were all overcome by fear. Peter takes up his sword,and tries to kill the guard coming at him. And denied knowing Jesus later. Jesus warned him,stay up and pray or you'll be overcome by temptation. And then all the apostles deserted Jesus and hid themselves away. Now Jesus commanded us to keep watch over the signs of His coming. It wasn't a suggestion!! And they're happening like never before! ALL of the are! (Jason A youtube channel is documenting them.) So we should be paying attention to what Jesus prophesied in Matt.24 and realize how close we are to His coming. Take note,Matt.25,which is post text to the Olivet discourse,the parable of the ten bridesmaids. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they ALL became drowsy and FELL ASLEEP.It's not just some ran out of oil. If just one had stayed awake,she could have warned the others,before it was too late.See that? Were any of them truly wise? There's a rude awakening coming to America. And we,you,need to warn those Christians who are asleep! Those who don't want to believe what Jesus taught,so they're ignoring the signs. ALL the signs are happening right now. Volcanoes and earthquakes erupting all over,breaking records. Hurricanes,floods,crop failure,gov't mandated destruction! (millions of chickens ordered destroyed because of one case of avian bird flu!),insect plagues,famines,the greatest persecution of Christians in church history, wars and rumors of wars. The truth is,America is under judgment. God has removed His protection and power from us as a nation. Our enemies have infiltrated our gov't and pull the strings of the presidency,the Whitehouse,and many federal agencies (The deep state"). You and I,and every taxpayer owes nearly $100,000.00 because of the national debt! Think we can pay this off? Well it's not going away! And now,the president is adding more than another trillion dollars to this debt! get it?The millions of illegals that have been let into our country,who is going to pay for them? Everybody,non Christian, economic and financial experts are warning of this collapse in the U.S. and the great reset coming/ You know this. And the newly formed global economic system is already emerging. This IS the "beast"system of Rev.13 and 17.How hard would it to stage a false flag terror attack now,since thousands more terrorist have been allowed into our country? The apostles ignored Jesus prophecies because they just didn't want to believe it was all going to happen now.And they paid a price for not staying awake and praying when Jesus instructed them to. They were overcome by their fears. They blew their testimony.They ran away and deserted Jesus,and hid themselves away! And Christians are repeating this right now! Much of the church is asleep,just like Jesus taught. They're hoping trump will come back and everything will go back to being great again. That's not going to happen. This country is on the verge of collapse right now.And many Christians are falling away,just like Paul taught in 2Thess. The truth is,America is under judgment. God has removed His protection and power from us as a nation. Our enemies have infiltrated our gov't and pull the strings of the presidency,the Whitehouse,and many federal agencies (The deep state"). You and I,and every taxpayer owes nearly $100,000.00 because of the national debt! Think we can pay this off? Well it's not going away! And now,the president is adding more than another trillion dollars to this debt! get it?The millions of illegals that have been let into our country,who is going to pay for them? Most Americans are ignorant of the continuation of government protocols,executive orders,which under a national economic emergency,the president,who's now the Commander in Chief,along with the dept, secretaries,have the authority to seize every citizens personal property and assets,to pay off our national debt!Everybody,non Christian, economic and financial experts are warning of this collapse in the U.S. and the great reset coming. Everyone awake knows this. And this global economic system,in planning for decades, is now emerging. This IS the "beast"system of Rev.13 and 17 in the bible.Which paves the way for the Antichrist to take over and rule. So hard would it to stage a false flag terror attack now,since thousands more terrorist have been allowed into our country? When martial law is declared you can be sure chaos and fear will spread like a wildfire across our nation. Now you say "if it happens"? IF? It's all been planned!!! Wake up. Why do you think millions are stocking up on food and supplies,and buy guns and ammo,in record numbers! Here;s a fact.America is not mentioned in bible prophecy. Many other countries are but we're not. Why do you think that is? Now ALL the signs Jesus warned about are happening like I've never seen before.And I've been studying bible prophecy for forty years now. Christians are having dreams and visions about the coming fall of America. Not just a few,but many are. So be wise and start praying,and preparing,because it's coming soon.

[@deydrm]

@hscollier Who said we're not going to endure serious persecution before the rapture. Have you studied the Olivet discourse in Matt.24? Jesus prophesied we would be persecuted,it's one of the signs. Are you aware of the statistics showing that more Christians are and have been persecuted in the last fifteen years,than in any other time in church history! How many have been killed in Africa ,India,and the middle east? Some were martyred,some were tortured,other's managed to escape as refugees,having to leave behind everything they own. How did their faith hold up? This is the message I'm posting everywhere I'm able to. A message,call it prophetic if you want,but this is what has shown me. Why did the apostles fall asleep in the garden? How could they allow that to happen? Jesus woke them up.And they went back to sleep?!!!! What?j Jesus had been telling them He was at the end of His ministry. He had been preparing them to carry it on for the last three years. Was he ever wrong? Never! And the apostles knew it. Why did they fall asleep? Do you ever see the apostles directly ignore an instruction Jesus gave them? Study the events just hours earlier and notice. At least John and Peter knew that Judas was going to betray Jesus. So,when Jesus woke up John and Peter,why didn't they notice that Judas had never returned? Now,look at what happened when the rude awakening came upon all of them. They were all overcome by fear. Peter takes up his sword,and tries to kill the guard coming at him. And denied knowing Jesus later. Jesus warned him,stay up and pray or you'll be overcome by temptation. And then all the apostles deserted Jesus and hid themselves away. Now Jesus commanded us to keep watch over the signs of His coming. It wasn't a suggestion!! And they're happening like never before! ALL of the are! (Jason A youtube channel is documenting them.) So we should be paying attention to what Jesus prophesied in Matt.24 and realize how close we are to His coming. Take note,Matt.25,which is post text to the Olivet discourse,the parable of the ten bridesmaids. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they ALL became drowsy and FELL ASLEEP.It's not just some ran out of oil. If just one had stayed awake,she could have warned the others,before it was too late.See that? Were any of them truly wise? There's a rude awakening coming to America. And we,you,need to warn those Christians who are asleep! Those who don't want to believe what Jesus taught,so they're ignoring the signs. ALL the signs are happening right now. Volcanoes and earthquakes erupting all over,breaking records. Hurricanes,floods,crop failure,gov't mandated destruction! (millions of chickens ordered destroyed because of one case of avian bird flu!),insect plagues,famines,the greatest persecution of Christians in church history, wars and rumors of wars. The truth is,America is under judgment. God has removed His protection and power from us as a nation. Our enemies have infiltrated our gov't and pull the strings of the presidency,the Whitehouse,and many federal agencies (The deep state"). You and I,and every taxpayer owes nearly $100,000.00 because of the national debt! Think we can pay this off? Well it's not going away! And now,the president is adding more than another trillion dollars to this debt! get it?The millions of illegals that have been let into our country,who is going to pay for them? Everybody,non Christian, economic and financial experts are warning of this collapse in the U.S. and the great reset coming/ You know this. And the newly formed global economic system is already emerging. This IS the "beast"system of Rev.13 and 17.How hard would it to stage a false flag terror attack now,since thousands more terrorist have been allowed into our country? The apostles ignored Jesus prophecies because they just didn't want to believe it was all going to happen now.And they paid a price for not staying awake and praying when Jesus instructed them to. They were overcome by their fears. They blew their testimony.They ran away and deserted Jesus,and hid themselves away! And Christians are repeating this right now! Much of the church is asleep,just like Jesus taught. They're hoping trump will come back and everything will go back to being great again. That's not going to happen. This country is on the verge of collapse right now.And many Christians are falling away,just like Paul taught in 2Thess. The truth is,America is under judgment. God has removed His protection and power from us as a nation. Our enemies have infiltrated our gov't and pull the strings of the presidency,the Whitehouse,and many federal agencies (The deep state"). You and I,and every taxpayer owes nearly $100,000.00 because of the national debt! Think we can pay this off? Well it's not going away! And now,the president is adding more than another trillion dollars to this debt! get it?The millions of illegals that have been let into our country,who is going to pay for them? Most Americans are ignorant of the continuation of government protocols,executive orders,which under a national economic emergency,the president,who's now the Commander in Chief,along with the dept, secretaries,have the authority to seize every citizens personal property and assets,to pay off our national debt!Everybody,non Christian, economic and financial experts are warning of this collapse in the U.S. and the great reset coming. Everyone awake knows this. And this global economic system,in planning for decades, is now emerging. This IS the "beast"system of Rev.13 and 17 in the bible.Which paves the way for the Antichrist to take over and rule. So hard would it to stage a false flag terror attack now,since thousands more terrorist have been allowed into our country? When martial law is declared you can be sure chaos and fear will spread like a wildfire across our nation. Now you say "if it happens"? IF? It's all been planned!!! Wake up. Why do you think millions are stocking up on food and supplies,and buy guns and ammo,in record numbers! Here;s a fact.America is not mentioned in bible prophecy. Many other countries are but we're not. Why do you think that is? Now ALL the signs Jesus warned about are happening like I've never seen before.And I've been studying bible prophecy for forty years now. Christians are having dreams and visions about the coming fall of America. Not just a few,but many are. So be wise and start praying,and preparing,because it's coming soon.

[@seventhousand]

He's correct, pre rapture is not in the Bible..No where does Christ say He comes and removes believers before the tribulation...

[@MatthewSleeper]

Wow! This is an excellent video on this topic!!! Very very well done.

[@johncalvert7243]

(II Thessalonians Chapter 2) "I beseech you, therefore, Bretheren, by the coming of our LORD, and our gathering together unto Him . . . Right there is your rapture.

[@bobrolls3800]

Yes, there is the rapture-but when? At His coming. When does He come? At the end of the Tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31).

[@SuperpopeGaming]

When I was a teenager in the 90s, I had been led to believe that premillennial dispensationalism wasn't some modern invention - it was just what the Bible said! I watched the news for signs that Jesus was going to take me away at any moment. My girlfriend (now wife) and I considered that we might not want to have children, because the tribulation was definitely going to happen soon and we didn't want them to be left behind. Then I actually read the Bible for myself. One of the key points here is understanding that the people being "taken away" - whether by flood waters, by Roman authorities in 70 AD, or by God in judgment - are not the fortunate ones. Also, thank you for pointing out that the promise of our resurrection isn't some spiritual life in a far off, cloudy place where we sit around playing harps. The promise of Christ is a creation made new - a physical existence finally free of death and decay. Thanks for this, Skye. I've been writing a "The Bible Doesn't Say That" series of scripts for KZbin, and this was definitely going to be one of them.

[@axeldaxelMVM]

Cool! Do one on "eternal conscious torment" too, please!

[@robertsandberg2246]

​@@axeldaxelMVMYes!!!

[@timshanks6729]

I'm older than you but I only knew pre tribulation rapture in the nineties until 99 when I read the Bible. Actually I was 18 in 92. So we are close to the same age.

[@vladgor4099]

Its NOT in revelation? LETS SEE.. Revelation 7: 9-16 " After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” 11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” 13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes-who are they, and where did they come from?” 14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have COME OUT of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore, “they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence. 16 ‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’[a] nor any scorching heat. " Revelation 14 "Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been REDEEMED FROM THE EARTH. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless." Theres more but they are easy to assume that its referring to those who already are in heaven and been there for time.

[@SuperpopeGaming]

@@vladgor4099 “come out” = made it through. “Redeemed from the earth” = as in, human beings - Christians - not angels or beasts. I’ve scarcely seen so much scripture scraped so thin and read so wrong.

[@TovahSupply]

The 1st 2 generations of Desciples from the apostles wrote about the rapture.. isn’t the rapture the same as the resurrection? Do you not believe in the resurrection? What happens to the people who have not died when the resurrection takes place?

[@stpaulimdog]

That Luke 17 passage was pretty damning. I'm surprised he didn't use the "First Resurrection" passage that Irvin Baxter used to use.

[@kenlarson7890]

Your confusing Christ's second coming to fulfil the new covenant and rule with the nation Israel (Acts 1:6) with the taking away (rapture) of the church "the body of Christ" 2 Thessalonians 2:1-6

[@dmurphy5689]

Timeline Deception. There is evidence the time of Christ's Reign has already happened.

[@tomskarning]

'“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.” Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.' - John 14:1-6 NKJV

[@superjonboy873]

Thankful we both believe in the Bible! But this doesn't prove anything.

[@raulmontes2888]

@@superjonboy873 it proves that Jesus went to prepare a place in heaven where the mansion is. Where does the father abide?

[@santa_claus-north_pole]

Not to burst any bubbles, but the original text of John 14:2 is: πατρός οἰκίᾳ πολλαί εἰ πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον DIRECT translation: "a father a dwelling much an abode/to abide to go to prepare a place" So, "In my Father's house" was ADDED BY TRANSLATORS, as was "if it were not so, I would have told you" - besides, that makes NO sense!!), and the ending "for you" was added. Let's look at the antiquated KJV (hideously, the most popular): "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. Or, what do YOU think it means?: a father a dwelling much an abode to go to prepare a place" I think it means "there will be an obvious and public arrival - with a loud announcement. We will then meet our Creator in the air (the lower parts of the sky)" Call me crazy, but I don't WANT to live in a "streets of gold" "city". I like Earth, and I hope it is here, in a 22 degrees (72 F) place - with running water, and fields. ANYway... v 3: 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. ἔρχομαι πάλιν παραλήμψομαι ἐμαυτόν ὅπου εἰμὶ καὶ Literally: "to prepare a place to come/go back/again of myself where I exist and also" "there you may be" was added, as well as [a place] "for you" It was just "a place". The last part "even also" was not "there you may be" [also]. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know." ὁδόν ὅπου ὑπάγω Literally: "a way/road where to lead or bring/to depart" So, "And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know" - was grossly misinterpreted by KJ - how do you get that from "a way/road where to lead or bring/depart" Just sayin' 🙂

[@raulmontes2888]

@@santa_claus-north_pole so where is the celebrations of the wedding of the groom according to the parable of the 10 virgins, heaven or earth. Revelations 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

[@tubedude54]

" that where I am, there you may be also". And WHERE will Christ be? My bible says He will be ON EARTH ruling from Jerusalem! (Zach 14)

[@iknownothing495]

I believe everythig is tied to Daniel's 70 weeks. Not going into detail here, there's enough information on the internet. Short version: GOD gave Israel 70 weeks (490 years) to put an end to sin, with His final effort being the first coming of Jesus. Jesus was killed after the 69th week. There was no peace, sin was still here. Then came the church age. The 70th week is the 7 year tribulation during which the Jews have a last chance to accept their Savior. Those who accept Him will get into the Millenium, those who reject Him wil die. The Church Age has nothing to do with the Jews. The Church (Christians) already accepted Christ as their Savior, so there's no need to make them go through the last 7 years of the Tribulation. In fact, the entire time since Jesus' death and ressurection was a tribulation period. Christians were persecuted, still are. But they remained faithful. So why would they have to go through the Great Tribulation? The story of Noah can be compared to the Tribulation. Noah had to built an ark, so he and his family would survive the flood. The Rapture is like the Ark. The Antichrist is like the flood. Faith in Jesus gives you a place on the Ark. That's how I see it.

[@happyappy19931]

💯

[@josephkoko6761]

the Jews are veiled until fullness of gentiles

[@HeShallReign]

When God came for Enoch, he took a body. When he saved Noah and his family, he was preserving a remnant such as the one he will preserve out of Israel. Enoch preached what the church preaches: that the Lord is coming back. Noah preached righteousness as a witness against the antient world before the flood. The catching away of the church is illustrated in type and shadows all over the Bible. Where was Joseph's gentile bride during the dearth in the land of Egypt once his brethren came on the scene? Not a mention of her. It is somewhat of a "mystery," a word Paul used when speaking of things concerning the church. Where was Daniel, a man "greatly beloved" when the three Hebrews were being literally put thru the fire. This is a mystery too. I doubt he was bowing to the image somewhere.

[@brentwoelk3491]

Why after revelation 3 is the church never talked about? Because the church is no longer here

[@user-um7qc8xw3u]

Yes! it's true that the WORD Rapture isn't in the Bible. However in 1 Thessalonians chapter vs 13-18 it speaks of the catching away which in the greek is pronounced harpodzo when translated to english is pronounced Rapture.

[@mikepiccolo32]

So what

[@DonaldFry-es7tz]

@@mikepiccolo32 So, denying the theology of the rapture simply because the word is not present would be like denying the "trinity" simply because that word is not used. The teaching is there and the word used is a helpful handle.

[@mikepiccolo32]

@@DonaldFry-es7tz At Matthew 24:29,30 there it describes Jesus as coming on the clouds with great glory after the tribulation not prior as many believe will be there escape of the coming destruction of the wicked.How can this be? Jesus was sent by God to give us Gods message of salvation he is not God.Who was Jesus God?John 17:3

[@greenstonei5889]

User, 'rapture' haies from Jerome's 4th Century Latin coinage for the Greek 'harpazo', our English 'caught up,' rendered as 'rapiemur' in I Thess. 4:17. Derived from the root word 'rapio', Jerome used other derivations in his translation, such as 'raptus' and 'raptum', The Lord willing, shall do a deep dive on the variations of usage in the N.T. Terry, TL Farley Books

[@wesleyj.livingston8372]

Unfortunately, this video and his scripture references missed the entire context of 1 Thess. 4 going into Chapter 5. He mentioned nothing about the word “caught up” which is the word harpazo which in the LV translates resurrection or rapture. The concept of the rapture speaks specifically to an event that precedes the 7 year tribulation. Context is king! When can’t cherry pick around the text but must confront it, literally, head on. Great graphics and explanation of his interpretation, but it was missed.

[@justmyopinion7]

Yes! Since it is about the rapture you would expect him to mention "harpazo" right? Anyway, Jesus said we must watch and pray to escape all what is about to happen (Luke 21:36) Another scripture he refrains from mentioning and even Rev 5:8-10, who is the 24 elders redeemed from the earth from every tongue, kindred and nation before opening of the first seal. Great looking video.... but white plastered gravestone.

[@katiecugini979]

​@ChildofYHWH77 your not cherry picking? This rapture teaching is mainly an American evangelical teaching. Almost no one in the global church believes this. Almost no one in church history believed this teaching.

[@justmyopinion7]

@@katiecugini979So if it is written in the Bible is it right or wrong?

[@markhicks7171]

The very elect will be deceived. Please know God's word for yourself

[@justmyopinion7]

@@markhicks7171 Matt 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, they shall deceive the very elect. Yes... please know the word of God yourself ;)

[@karenflynn2259]

also in Revelation the CHURCH isn't mentioned after chapter 4. Thessalonians 11 talks about the rapture. God always takes his people out before he pours his wrath. noah. lot.

[@1st_Repent]

You mention what comes before is really important but failed to mention what came before Matthew 24:40 and 41 in verses 30 and 31 where Jesus literally says hes coming back to gather the elect. I'll pray for you brother

[@glennbarrett7234]

Holy Post, you have 1st thess 4:16 so twisted I don't know where to start

[@BlackDeath920]

I grew with such a theology. My family all believes in the rapture.

[@cs77smith67]

And they are right because the rapture is in the Bible 📖

[@lester--glz6636]

I feel your pain

[@Fistfury42]

Since I've only heard Americans talk about the rapture, does that mean only Americans will be raptured? 🤔🥺🙏🇸🇪

[@terranceburgess9170]

You better start believing it’s real remember during Noah’s day’s people didn’t believe in rain or a flood until it was too late

[@Fistfury42]

@@terranceburgess9170 This is not causative*..

[@Williamb612]

Actually it is…I have studies and read these sections on my own, many times…folks: do your own reading and analysis and make up your own mind…

[@colbypyles3831]

No it's not. If it were, it would've been a core doctrine of the church for almost 2 millennia. Pre-Trib rapture was a contemporary "doctrine" founded off lack of hermeneutics

[@Eman-vp5wk]

Truth

[@run4cmt]

I have and do not believe in the Rapture.

[@bankhead1]

I have and it's clear there is NO Rapture. Revelation 20:12 proves it! The dead are raised and judged to good and bad. No Rapture section bypasses this event.

[@turkeybobjr]

​@@run4cmtSame. I've studied these passages many times in depth. They are definitely not teaching a "rapture".

[@seventhousand]

The word "air" does not mean above, sky or atmosphere...we breathe air standing on earth not above the earth) ◄ 109. aér ► Strong's Concordance aér: air Original Word: ἀήρ, ἀέρος, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: aér Phonetic Spelling: ah-ayr' Definition: air Usage: air, the lower air we breathe.

[@WORLD-MINISTRY]

This actually happened to me already.. Jesus came to me after a voice yelled out to me " He can hear us!" then Jesus came down from Heaven and I met him six years ago almost now. Lately I have had the feeling of being lifted up off the ground. I get very afraid when I feel this and start shrinking back down and start praying intensely to Jesus to please leave me and let me live out the rest of my life on the earth.. as He said a man's life will be 80 years. Not a gift all seem to receive but I certainly believe if I ask for that I will get it. Something is absolutely going on and I wonder since I have seen Jesus already maybe He is telling me i am one of those who remains for im still alive to meet him in the air... pray for me for this to be revealed. Jesus is Lord and God has raised Him from the dead.

[@bobrolls3800]

Be sure it is Jesus whom you met and not the deceiver who disguises himself as an angel of light (II Corinthians 11:14). Many people have had NDE who were deceived with messages which directly contradict Scripture. You want us to pray for the truth to be revealed to you. Simple. Read the Bible and it will teach you.

[@WORLD-MINISTRY]

@@bobrolls3800 thanks for the kind words.. Jesus has confirmed Himself in me as scriptures tells us. "For He that believes in me , as it is written, will be River of livings water flowing from his belly" I have these waters and He allows me to feel them often. Confirming I am sealed with the Holy Spirit. Also when you meet Jesus there is no doubt in your mind he says "Just as lightning shines from east to west so will the coming of the son of man be" just like we know exactly what lightning looks like when it cracks across the sky and there is no doubt because when know it well.. the same is for when you meet Jesus. God has ways to speak to your very existence that says "no more trials my child, it is I your God Jesus Christ" He proved himself in many other ways.. also as the word says to try every spirit "that every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ is Cone in the flesh is a spirit of God" Ive tried Him and every spirit I meet with this and follow as it is written. He hasn't contradicted any scriptures in my experience but Confirmed the scriptures BIG TIME! Praise God for that. I have to deal with the enemy from time to time but then again so did pretty much every biblical person ever haha and certainly Jesus had is fate share of dealings with the enemy. I can say with certainty, I have met The risen Lord Jesus Christ with my own to eyes I have seen Him in many ways in that day and since that day. He is risen. I am absolutely Sola Scriptura.. man shall not live off bread alone but on every words that proceeds out of the mouth of God. He and His word is our eternal and unchanging truth 🙌✝️ amen

[@kenlarson7890]

Matthew 12:40 KJV - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

[@lastservant]

Thank you brother, Truth, Jesus. Love in Christ Ken.

[@Lili-Benovent]

Now let's see, the bible is supposedly the word of God and the authors were inspired by God to write the truth, Well God didn't do a very good job of proof reading because there are a lot of outright lies and stories that just don't stack up. For example, Samson was bound by ropes and as he was delivered to the Philistines he broke his bonds and grabbed a piece of bone using it as a weapon, he then set about slaughtering 1000 armed and trained Philistine soldiers by himself, this is incredible because even if he was super strong and he killed two or three it would be possible, but to believe that he was surrounded by 1000 armed men and he killed them all is just a blatant lie, maybe God helped him and if that was the case why didn't God just kill them himself and spare Samson the trouble? but apparently God didn't intervene just as he's not going to intervene if you are ever in trouble. The jaw bone of an ass that Samson used as a weapon would have been worn out and broken after the first 100 kills and Samson would have looked like a porcupine covered with spears and arrows, how long did it take him to finish the battle? killing 1000 soldiers must have taken a long time, possibly weeks of constant battle without a rest. This old time Superman story might have been believed by people living in the dark ages but it stretches credulity to the limit today. The story of Samson is a lie, just as the story of Jonah is a lie, he supposedly lived inside a fish for three days before being vomited up on the shore, the only fish large enough to swallow a man whole is a whale and if that happened he would have been drowned in the whales stomach almost immediately, After three days the whale swam to the shore to deposit Jonah on dry land, very convenient. If it had ejected him in deep water he would have been fish food, Oh well, blind faith covers everything. Now let's get to Noah, if there was torrential rain for forty days and nights the sea levels around the world would hardly rise at all (Google-Physics 333 Noah’s flood) hardly enough to get the Ark afloat and there would still be plenty of dry land, The Ark floated around for the best part of a year yet there was enough food aboard to feed 500,000 animals, the animals traveled back to their own countries after the cruise finished, the story of Noah is another lie. Now let's talk about Moses, NO let's not talk about him because his stories are more incredible and unbelievable, The tower of Babel NO, Sodom and Gomorrah NO, Jesus feeding the multitude with a handful of fish and twelve loaves of bread NO, walking on water etc. etc. NO, we should leave these fanciful stories to your common sense, Gee I'm asking a lot to expect common sense from Christians.

[@whynot1548]

Whale is a modern translation, dingbat

[@donnaleveron5711]

Jesus was speaking of His time during death in the belly of earth, defeating satan, snatching the keys, and leading captivity captive, then being resurrected in victory.

[@Lili-Benovent]

Now let's see, the bible is supposedly the word of God and the authors were inspired by God to write the truth, Well God didn't do a very good job of proof reading because there are a lot of outright lies and stories that just don't stack up. For example, Samson was bound by ropes and as he was delivered to the Philistines he broke his bonds and grabbed a piece of bone using it as a weapon, he then set about slaughtering 1000 armed and trained Philistine soldiers by himself, this is incredible because even if he was super strong and he killed two or three it would be possible, but to believe that he was surrounded by 1000 armed men and he killed them all is just a blatant lie, maybe God helped him and if that was the case why didn't God just kill them himself and spare Samson the trouble? but apparently God didn't intervene just as he's not going to intervene if you are ever in trouble. The jaw bone of an ass that Samson used as a weapon would have been worn out and broken after the first 100 kills and Samson would have looked like a porcupine covered with spears and arrows, how long did it take him to finish the battle? killing 1000 soldiers must have taken a long time, possibly weeks of constant battle without a rest. This old time Superman story might have been believed by people living in the dark ages but it stretches credulity to the limit today. The story of Samson is a lie, just as the story of Jonah is a lie, he supposedly lived inside a fish for three days before being vomited up on the shore, the only fish large enough to swallow a man whole is a whale and if that happened he would have been drowned in the whales stomach almost immediately, After three days the whale swam to the shore to deposit Jonah on dry land, very convenient. If it had ejected him in deep water he would have been fish food, Oh well, blind faith covers everything. Now let's get to Noah, if there was torrential rain for forty days and nights the sea levels around the world would hardly rise at all (Google-Physics 333 Noah’s flood) hardly enough to get the Ark afloat and there would still be plenty of dry land, The Ark floated around for the best part of a year yet there was enough food aboard to feed 500,000 animals, the animals traveled back to their own countries after the cruise finished, the story of Noah is another lie. Now let's talk about Moses, NO let's not talk about him because his stories are more incredible and unbelievable, The tower of Babel NO, Sodom and Gomorrah NO, Jesus feeding the multitude with a handful of fish and twelve loaves of bread NO, walking on water etc. etc. NO, we should leave these fanciful stories to your common sense, Gee I'm asking a lot to expect common sense from Christians.

[@tomcatpurr]

As someone who's listen and read the whole bible well over 50 times I agree with this, it can go a bit further but great video.

[@DonaldFry-es7tz]

Read it again. This guy missed the mark in many ways. All this video did is confirm for me that the rapture is indeed in the Bible. He ended by mentioning I Corinthians 15, but just he chastised people for earlier, took only a piece of the passage. The context of this chapter is the changing of the perishable (the flesh) with the imperishable (spiritual bodies). "50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed- 52 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. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality." Somehow, this perishable flesh will be changed "in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet." This is not talking about a few people who survive welcoming Jesus in the flesh. It is a "mysterious" event (vs.51). Notice it also says "we will not all sleep" (die) "but we will all be changed..." Changed into what? That which is imperishable (vs. 50). His lack of faith in the clear teaching of the Bible is alarming, and alarmingly close to what the Jehovah's Witnesses teach; that the bad people will be taken leaving the good people behind. May I remind you the "rapture" has already happened twice in the Bible - Enoch and Elijah. Neither saw death. (Hebrews 11:5) Sorry, this man needs to study more.

[@happyappy19931]

@@DonaldFry-es7tzExegesis is important.

[@DonaldFry-es7tz]

@@happyappy19931 Absolutely critical.

[@brianjohnson727]

Great video but id like to add a couple things since we are clearing up falsehoods. 1. The messiahs name is not jesus but Yahusha. 2. God and lord are titles not names. In fact lord translates to baal in Hebrew and we know baal is satan so we shouldn't be referring to the Father or Messiah by that title. 3. As he stated in the video it is the wicked who were taken from the earth.. To expand on that in Matthew 13:24-30 in the parable of the wheat and tares, it is the tares that are gathered up by the reapers and burned and the wheat remains..The tares symbolizes the wicked and the wheat the righteous.. Praise Yahuah

[@EduardoGonzalez-uf1vf]

May YAHUAH BLESS you saying "TRUTH!"

[@davidoliver1072]

Actually his name is Yud Shin Wav Ayin....no vowels

[@lisalord5501]

Philippians 2:5-11 (Authorized 1611 King James Holy Bible - old English). JESUS is his name, above all names.

[@brianjohnson727]

@@lisalord5501 Is the Messiah an English man or a Hebrew man? We're his earthly parents English or Hebrew? Answer = Hebrew. So we simply know his name is not jesus.

[@DanielDeckard-cg6sb]

@@lisalord5501 King James Bible is trash.

[@jrick352]

Paul's letter to the Thessalonians never mentions Jesus coming to earth so He will reign forever. He never says "where" just like you state. If we will meet the Lord in the air, we are not on the earth!

[@happyappy19931]

Revelation 21

[@johnmarkharris]

I mean, 1Cor 15:52 does say we will be transformed at Christ’s return in the twinkling of an eye. And the 1Thess 4:17 passage does reference the rapture “caught up” So it is in the Bible… it’s just probably not what many think.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

The 1Cor reference doesn’t support anything about people mysteriously disappearing to avoid tribulation. The 1Thess is discussed in the video.

[@KeyofDavid5778]

The subject matter in 1st Thessalonians 4 is in verse 13 where when Jesus Christ overcame death those that were asleep with him they're already in heaven on the right or the left side of the gulf noted in Luke 16:26

[@infinityBBC]

yup, & that change from physical to spiritual IS the "rapture" part of the first resurrection. for some reason, folks want to conflate various understandings of what "rapture" really means. just because it's not secret doesn't mean it doesn't occur Biblically. ;-)

[@timshanks6729]

No it's not anything like what is taught people are not going to just dissappear. There is no such thing.

[@KeyofDavid5778]

@@infinityBBC Rapture is not in the KJV Bible the checkout 1 Corinthians 15 verse 51 and 52 we change into the spiritual body at the 7th Trump Revelation 11:15 and it's noted in 1 Corinthians 1544 we have two bodies we have a fresh body and we have a spiritual body inside our flesh body which we turn into either when we die or when we make to the 7th trunk. When we die we go straight to the gulf in Luke 16:26 and the Lord decides if we go to the right side where Lazarus went with Abraham in his bosom and he's with Jesus or we go to the left side a holding area for people that didn't overcome and didn't keep the ten commandments. There is no such thing as Rapture God condemns the Rapture and Ezekiel 13 versus 18 - 21 in the KJV Bible he hates it when fake teachers hunt souls to make people fly

[@signingcharity]

I have been in the church all my conscious life. I have never heard this. I am actually quite disturbed to hear this.

[@nothanks6549]

For more information about Heaven coming to earth rather than us going to heaven I recommend the books "Simply Christian" or "Simply Jesus" by N.T. Wright. It was really the first time I had heard this ideas as well. The books aren't just about that, but they both have that as a theme.

[@stephenszucs8439]

Check out Joel Richardson. He is a good teacher.

[@seanc2788]

Stand firm for another 20-30 months.

[@Ampwich]

​@@nothanks6549 Do we not go to heaven upon death as believers in Christ?

[@christophergibson7155]

@@Ampwich Yes. As I see in the scriptures. "We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord." (2 Corinthians 5:8) "For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart (physically die and leave) and be with Christ, which is far better." (Philippians 1:23) Yet, all those who those Christians who died in Christ will return with Him to rule and reign in Jerusalem at the resurrection of all the saints with their glorified bodies.

[@232dro]

Where does the antichrist & beast fit in your belief? & how do you view the book of revelation? Same event, just different point of views or how?

[@ThePrairieChronicles]

Thank you for sharing this excellent video. You said it better, and more concisely, than I could. We need to be _very_ careful of accepting any so-called "truths" not mention in the Bible. I know several people (including retired pastors) who are rapture obsessed, and it causes them anxiety, stress, worry, and so forth. The opposite of what Jesus offers us! I've been working off and on for months on my own video touching (in part) on this subject. I'll link to your video when I upload mine, which focuses more on the occultic roots of dispensationalism.

[@willielee5253]

The word (rapture) is not in the bible, but the word ( caught up ) is, and it's under Greek g726 as ( harpazo) which is Latin. Paul as an example in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 and elsewhere.

[@chantellewilson9497]

Yes

[@barryseal4853]

So what is it the good people stay on earth in Matthew 24 or are they caught up in 1 Thessalonians ? Or could this be two different groups of people at two different times?

[@GGME7777]

I agree the rapture is in the Bible

[@willielee5253]

@@barryseal4853 To the best of my understanding, they that have the Spirit of Jesus are all caught up or raptured, so then, there will be none left behind to experience the Judgements of God or the great tribulation. No two or three raptures, just one.

[@Jonathan-iq7lc]

​@@barryseal4853 2 groups of ppl at 2 different times

[@MitsaelT]

So what’s your view on the tribulation?

[@KeyofDavid5778]

There's the tribulation of Satan when he comes at the 6th Trump in Revelation 6:2 on a white horse pretending to be Jesus and those that follow him will be in the tribulation but if you don't follow him then you'll have the Seal of God on your forehead Revelation 9:4 because you know that he comes first in the real Jesus Christ comes second at Revelation 19 verse 11 and Revelation 11:15 don't be deceived and follow the first fake

[@KeyofDavid5778]

Check out the Shepherd's Chapel KZbin channel and search for the tribulation 1 in the tribulation 2 teachings the second tribulation is Jesus Christ which his wrath comes down on all the evil people in God's elect will not have any worries. God bless you

[@perrybrown7896]

There are two different tribulations!!!!

[@distantgalaxymusic1447]

If you want the deepest dive into the tribulation you can get, watch the series by Bruce Gore on the book of Revelation. It covers the historical context of the times the letters were written, who they were written to and what they meant to the people that received them. It’s 58 sermons and somewhere around 50 hours of videos. It’s right here on KZbin. He’s very humble and handles the word with care. I’ve listened to it 3 times now.

[@parisreidhead]

@@KeyofDavid5778 no, there are 4 horses and they are all symbols why does everyone worry about the white horse and not the other three? who are those riders? Blessings!

[@joel1110]

So let me get this straight- the rapture “raptura” in greek is NOT in the bible, but when in 1st Thessalonians we meet Jesus in the air and the trumpet sounds let us know of his arrival? it’s just not secret and the dead are raised first? So its just there is a miscommunication of the meaning of it as in Its not secret and we will not be transported to heaven, but Jesus Christ will return to end evil and create a new heaven and a new earth? To me this sounds like the idea I had of the rapture anyway.

[@Grace777-love]

​ The rapture is real: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l33WfoiCgtKffac

[@stevenruark2930]

My question for those that believe in the pre trib rapture, how many times does Jesus come back to earth?

[@Grace777-love]

He will stand on the Mount of Olives in his second coming "on" earth. However, people being caught up to Jesus in the heavens is another matter. They are two different events with two different purposes.

[@stevenruark2930]

@@Grace777-love I don't see that in the word.

[@I_Wish_I_Was_Home]

1 Thesselonians 4:16-18 Jesus will meet us in the air, in Revelations maybe 19 or so, he will come back down on the earth, Thesselonians does not describe a horse, and Revelation 19 does, and so do all these Rapture dreams, they describe two very different events, one brief, the other, starting a new 1,000 year era before the finally awaited for ever and ever rest and new canvas with New Heaven and New Earth where all will finally be fufilled and we (already having been starting Life Eternal) will finally fully settle in to eternity (in my opinion) so ask God about this and not me. Chris Estep had Jesus show him the Rapture in the Bible, and the evil one would not want that to be true because he tries to destroy all hope that God gives us 🫂🩵💐

[@charlesheller4667]

There is a rapture of Believers described in the Bible but it is not seperate or secret. It occurs at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and is clearly described in scripture.

[@KeyofDavid5778]

The Rapture was invented by Margaret McDonald in 1835 and if you look up the word rapture in the dictionary it's an evil thing. David McPherson wrote several books on it you could Google him and read his documentation that there is no Rapture that it's Satan that's going to be preaching the Rapture because the first one that's taken in the field and Matthew 24 is Satan taking them in his fake rapture. God bless you

[@anachisum686]

It is in the bible...caught up in the sky...don't listen to this false teacher

[@denisemayosky1955]

It comes *after* the Tribulation, not before, like Rapture advocates often say.

[@denisemayosky1955]

​@@anachisum686 Were you even listening to him?

[@anachisum686]

@@denisemayosky1955 were u

[@SwordOfFaith888]

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

[@theeternalsbeliever1779]

There is literally nothing in that passage that says Enoch was raptured. Reading your belief into the text won't make it true. Romans shows Paul saying that EVERYBODY from Adam to Moses died. That includes Enoch.

[@icesport2107]

There is no such thing about people being left behind. Jesus will come back and get his people and everybody will see him. The people who hate jesus will ask the rocks to fall on them. Everybody will know.

[@SwordOfFaith888]

Matthew 24:30-31 King James Version 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

[@SwordOfFaith888]

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 King James Version 16 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: 17 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. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

[@SwordOfFaith888]

Luke 17:34-37 King James Version 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

[@raemcconill5641]

We are in the end of the world and you want to tell Jesus no to the Rapture .Are you kidding me ? 😮

[@mrsiryeah6024]

These are mockers and scoffers like in the time of Noah, just ignore them, this people prove the rapture more and more when they reject it, CANT WAIT, see you in the clouds!!!!

[@CodyBuchanan700]

​@mrsiryeah6024 there is no rapture

[@bobrolls3800]

We are not saying no to the rapture. We are saying no to Darby’s dogma which falsely divides Israel believers from Gentile believers, for we have only one Church, which is made of Jews and Gentiles. The rapture happens at the end of the Tribulation (Matthew 24:29-31). You have been deluded into thinking that the Church will be raptured before the Tribulation begins. Not even one tiny shred of evidence can be found in the Bible to support the pre-trib view.

[@langleybeliever7789]

Look for me too !!

[@ronr3334]

@@mrsiryeah6024 More so they are likely unsaved or unsure of their Salvation. They are crown thieves: There are 5 of them and only one can be stolen: Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that "no man take THY CROWN." 2 Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. If they can convince others the Rapture is not true, then they will not be looking for Christ to appear. The Rapture will prove "Who is saved" by their being Raptured And "who is Unsaved" by their being left behind, and the unsaved can no longer deny they never knew The Lord See you in that Glorious Cloud Meeting,!

[@rayd1069]

1 Thess 4:17 is where the word rapture is found. The word we use as "caught up" is called Harpadzo in the Greek. In the Latin vulgate it is transliterated into English as rapture or rapiemur. Thats where we get it from. We will meet him in the air...not on the ground. And then after He has received us to Himself He will take us to the place He has prepared for us (Jn 14:1-3).

[@MegaMark67]

Great teaching. Keep up the good work !

[@gotreality]

HE'S DEAD WRONG, don't let him lead you astray...He's very ignorant and I hope he finds the TRUTH before it's too late.

[@youhannabarrechit5649]

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[@Cheerboy82]

John 14:3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”

[@Want2cJesus]

Yes, at the very visible & very loud 2nd coming of Christ. There is nothing secret about it.

[@RandyRoth-mo3lz]

So... Jesus had just finished telling Peter that he would deny Him 3 times.. and Judas is out betraying Him... so Christ is telling the 11 that He is going to prepare a place for THEM, and then come again for THEM and receive THEM unto Himself.. that where He is THEY may be also.... Why is it that THEY were flat out lied to... because they all missed your conjured fable that no Scripture even remotely offers? Paul calls the event "the resurrection of the dead"... 1 Cor 15:42-55... which you are well aware is the exact same event in 1 Thess 4;13-18 that Paul didn't' want us ignorant about. The resurrection of the dead does not occur until the heavens are destroyed with a great noise... Job 14;12, 2 Peter 3;10, Matt 24;35-42... all three of these passages show that the resurrection of the dead occurs when the heavens are destroyed... those martyred for not taking the mark are resurrected at the FIRST resurrection... Rev 20;4-6... Every argument for a rapture is birthed out of deceit... every single one!

[@everettadams3171]

@@Want2cJesus wrong

[@Want2cJesus]

@@everettadams3171 Not wrong. I reject this relatively new teaching. It is not Biblical. It is a tradition of men such as Darby and Scofield.

[@schlix101]

Yes, but the whole point is that Christ comes only AFTER the tribulation... There is no whisking away of people in order to prevent them from facing persecution. We are told, in scripture, that we are to expect persecution and even death for the sake of Christ! "You will be persecuted and some of you will even be killed for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will win the crown of eternal life"! Thinking that we will be whisked away before the tribulation is a deception, designed to make people fall away from Christ if this false hope is not being realized. Or, they might falsely believe that they could never be confronted with the mark of the beast and therefore just take it anyway, because, they are not supposed to be here when the mark gets rolled out, right

[@kw9694]

I can’t say thank you enough, it’s so clear, thank you for not allowing me to be deceived. I always knew something about that concept was wrong, but I just couldn’t put the jigsaw puzzle together because I just didn’t open my eyes to the truth.

[@Rosie-ud7ul]

I looked also for the word Christmas, Easter, Trinity but couldn’t find them either.

[@fuzzycounsellor9147]

Christmas & Easter are pagan festivals dressed up in Christian garb to fool the masses, but the trinity is just found in scripture without being called that. The rapture doctrine is like the former not the latter & is false doctrine.

[@time_2_get_ready]

Correct. Today's Christianity more resembles ancient Egypt than the faith of the apostles and the New Testament..

[@yahwehkingdomministry]

Dear @Rosie-ud7ul, You had asked a very thought provoking question. Neither Christmas, nor Easter Nor Trinity are in the Bible! These are all Egyptian, Greek, Roman, pagan philosophical traditions that were brought into Christianly by the gentile converts. IF you truly care about worshipping our Abba Yahweh in spirit and truth, here are the answers to your questions. Should Christians Celebrate Christmas? kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ21k5Kbm71ojZY Should you believe in Trinity? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaG5c3mZjdKcsKs With love, Yahweh Kingdom Ministry

[@Predominant1]

all of those are pagan traditions incorporated by the early roman church to make it easier for pagans to convert to the new imperial religion.

[@StefaniaGro]

9. John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 2 Corinthians 13:14 14 iThe grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and jthe love of God and kthe fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. It is trinity because we all can count.. 1,2,3.

[@lesliejacobs5109]

Well, I guess we'll see when that day comes. When the rapture does happen a lot of brothers and sisters will be surprised, expecting to go midtrib or post trib.... Shalom and Maranatha!

[@chrishawkins2759]

Think of it this way sister, no offense at all but i've studied this book of Gods great words thoroughly and had once believed pre trib as well but have now come to see and understand that its looking more like pre wrath whenever that is? 6th seal? Im not dogmatic and i really hope i am wrong on this one but if by chance we may have to go through a bit of a rough patch here the many who thought and followed people who told them that we get a completely free pass from anything to come will be the ones more disappointed and possibly loss of faith due to false hopes and persecutions which they believed were not to come to them. The way i see it in scripture is that we all should be ready to "STAND" no matter what comes our way.(PERSECUTIONS OR DEATH). Expect the worst hope for the best!

[@chrishawkins2759]

SO YES LIKE YOU SAID, IF PRE TRIB HAPPENS ID BE VERY SURPRISED AND GREATFUL, BUT IF THE OTHER WAY AROUND, COMPLETE DESPAIR AND CONFUSION!

[@Cvann1]

The ones thinking they are going to get a free pass are the ones that will be deceived by antichrist (satan) which comes first, peacefully and prosperously and performs miracles making people believe he’s the true Christ and has come to “rapture” them away… But I got news for you all.. You will be deceived by that son of perdition (the antichrist) spoken of in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 which comes before the true Christ. Better stop listening to your false preachers and study for yourself. You’re not going anywhere people!! Jesus is returning here to do away with evil once and for all and will make His Kingdom here on earth!

[@greenstonei5889]

Leslie, well done, couldn't resist ... surprise for sure ... Scripture reveals 'hope' is actually more clearly translated from the Greek as 'anticipation' 51 times in the N.T. The other 7 times it is 'expected, or expecting." Thus, believers are encouraged to be daily anticipating Jesus' Shout, '... especially as you see the day approaching.' (Heb. 10:25). His Shingle is out now … “Blast Off Rapiemur - Edition VI” {His ‘atomic’ shout at any moment} Per Jesus : Take no thought for tomorrow … Genesis through Revelation 26+ Bible versions 1945+ Alpha Index 1770+ verses Spiritual Stamina … for Comfort, Strength & Spiritual Stamina kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoWoe5p8mrOBb6s { Blast Off Rapiemur - Edition VI } kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWHLnYN4o6iSp5I { ‘When Now Becomes Too Late & Distant Reaches }. Terry, TL Farley Books

[@See.MidnightWatchers.Blogspot]

@chrishawkins2759 Pre-wrath at the sixth seal is post-trib. The “wrath” that the Church is not appointed unto is the “orge” wrath only per the original Greek. This wrath is only mentioned 6 times in Revelation and is always in a post-trib context (cf. 1 Thess. 5:9; Rev 6:16-17; 11:18; 14:10; 16:19; 19:15). Remember, Revelation is written Semitically, not chronologically. There is recapitulation throughout the book. John writes about the Second Coming of Christ after the great tribulation more than once (eg. Rev 6-7, Rev 10-11, Rev 14, Rev 19-20). There’s a reason why it’s called The Revelation of Jesus Christ.

[@andyscott5277]

Remembering when I saw Tim LaHaye (coauthor of the Left Behind series) speak, and was really into his books, was religious then. The audience had all of these very specific end times questions, wondering if it were happening soon, and LaHaye’s response was pretty much "I don’t know, I just write the books." The audience was so disappointed 😅

[@raulgarduno301]

..sad..it should be great oppurtunity to share the gospel of salvation to those people..

[@andyscott5277]

@@raulgarduno301 nah, what would have sadder is if he’d perpetuated their shared psychosis. If there is an end times coming soon then it’ll be the result of a self fulfilling prophecy.

[@SusanRichardsDay]

@@andyscott5277 He could have shared Mathew 24 .

[@framboise595]

@andyscott5277 Ah ! Ah ! Those charlatans are just into money ! If churchians ever read a Bible , their lucrative business would bankrupt qucikly...

[@DonaldFry-es7tz]

@@andyscott5277Yet Revelation is totally in line with the prophets of the Old Testament. You do realize that passages like Ezekiel 38 & 39 mentioned the end of time countries that would line up against Israel and that those same nations (names changed, nations did not) are those that are presently aligned. Do you realize all the prophecies of Israel being scattered for a long time only to return and become a sore point for the nations has happened. Never in the history of the planet has a nation lost its language and land for 2000 years only to return to it and become a world player - all prophesied. Don't get tripped up by the imperfection of Christians. Everything prophesied is happening now. Antichrist will come next, then Jesus will return. Don't blow eternity, my friend. Come to Jesus.

[@robertbruce1552]

So, why leave the earth and wait for him to come down, instead of going in the air and then come down to the earth?

[@mateusz2449]

Thank you for the detailed explanation. Blessings

[@gotreality]

HE'S WRONG AND IGNORANT...It's straight from the devil's mouth...He's taking away everyone's BLESSED HOPE...or trying to at least.

[@kotchstevens2321]

Doesn't the rapture doctrine come from dispensationalism that comes from the Scofield bible?

[@isaac_buckley]

Excellent question! While the concept of the Rapture is a little older (although not by very much relative to Christian history), the Scofield Reference Bible did play a major part in popularizing the idea in the United States.

[@kotchstevens2321]

@@isaac_buckley thanks brother.. its an interesting topic. blessings.

[@isaac_buckley]

@@kotchstevens2321 Thanks! Blessings to you, too!

[@dannywilliamson3340]

Nope. It came from the Apostle Paul. "Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God" (Colossians 1:25 KJV)

[@desireehooper9650]

Your assumption is incorrect. It came from Paul. Read Romans to Philemon and start in Act 9. You I'll get the full and correct picture for yourself.

[@ae-Michael]

As a Christian, I never knew about a rapture. We were taught that when Jesus comes down to earth, He will judge who are the righteous and who are not.

[@Eman-vp5wk]

That judgment will be at the end of the tribulation - the sheep and goat Judgment.

[@1995dodgetruck]

Are you not still a Christian. Christians start out as baby Christins, but they should grow as they read and study the Word. The Spirit of God is the real teacher. We can learn from good Bible teachers, but we should diligently check the scriptures to be sure they are correct.

[@audreypope6756]

From what I understand, that's Jesus's second coming.

[@Lucifer6.6.6-v6g]

@@Eman-vp5wk Nothing's going to happen.

[@Lucifer6.6.6-v6g]

@@1995dodgetruck Don't want to put down your religion but "scripture" is man-made.

[@demdem2069]

The Rapture is NOT IN THE BIBLE. The Catching Away is, that is referring to the word Rapture.

[@user-ds2ej3wn8p]

One taken the other left is a reference to Titus destruction of Jerusalem in AD70

[@bobrolls3800]

Purely semantics.

[@user-ds2ej3wn8p]

Rapture theology was fabricated by a false teacher by the name of John Nelson Darby in the mid nineteenth century, there is not a book chapter or verse in the New testament that teaches a rapture. Rapture theology reverses the order found in 2 Thessalonians that the dead in Christ must be raised first. John Nelson Darby also falsely taught that the unsaved Jews are still God's people, that is a complete load of nonsense, furthermore the New testament nowhere teaches that Israel would become a nation again! In fact Christ cursed the fig tree and said that it would never beat fruit again, the fig tree was an illustration of Israel. Jesus himself in Luke's gospel said that the kingdom would be taken away from the Jews and given to another nation that would bear fruit! Neither is there a 1000 year earthly reign of Christ, this is yet another false teaching invented by John Nelson Darby!! Nowhere taught in the New testament. Not in any book chapter or verse in the new testament. Jesus himself clearly stated that His kingdom is not of this Earth! Jesus himself clearly stated that he would lose nothing but raise them up on the last day and since we know from Christ himself and the apostle Paul that the earth is destroyed at the second coming it is indeed the last day, no more days and certainly no 1000 years! The absurdity of John Nelson Darby's heretical teaching is obvious

[@samuel-nolandavey.3625]

"The rapture and second coming are different events: 1. At the rapture, believers meet the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17). At the second coming, believers return with the Lord to the earth (Revelation 19:14). 2. The second coming occurs after the great and terrible tribulation (Revelation chapters 6-19). The rapture occurs before the tribulation (1 Thessalonians 5:9; Revelation 3:10). 3. The rapture is the removal of Body of Christ from the earth as an act of deliverance (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 5:9). The second coming includes the removal of unbelievers as an act of judgment (Matthew 24:40-41). 4. The rapture will be secret and instant (1 Corinthians 15:50-54). The second coming will be visible to all (Revelation 1:7; Matthew 24:29-30). 5. The second coming of Christ will not occur until after certain other end-times events take place (2 Thessalonians 2:4; Matthew 24:15-30; Revelation chapters 6-18). The rapture is imminent; it could take place at any moment (Titus 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:50-54). It's to study things before you just blindly comment and lead others astray. If people are teaching others how to be saved and just blindly sharing the gospel from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John they are leading people astray. The gospel of our current time frame is in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 and IT IS NOT THE SAME GOSPEL OF THE ISRAELITES which requires baptism and repentance (works). Different time frames, different audiences. 2 Timothy 2:15"

[@Grace777-love]

Well said, just as the Bible states.