Rapture in the Bible

The Rapture in the Bible is a popular idea, especially in 20th century Christian denominations.
But is the Rapture in the Bible... well, really in the Bible? In Matthew 24, Jesus speaks of a time when people will be "taken" from the fields or "grinding at the mill," while others will be "left."
What is Jesus speaking about here? Is he speaking of some secret rapture, or is this event about a different event, namely, Jesus' second coming? What can the context lead us to conclude about this concept of the Rapture in the Bible, especially from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 24?
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[@hdpurge2864]

I am ready to finally meet my lord and savior

[@m.o.m.manofmaranatha1584]

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[@LuxuryLenoxLuditoryLuthorLob]

Amen, God bless

[@xceptamanbbornagainnokingd5836]

are you catholic?

[@christopherodonnell2375]

Keep waiting after life is not what u think

[@Henry-eh2jk]

@@christopherodonnell2375 Afterlife is not what you think

[@followeroftheway8454]

I believe that there is an awakening of truth in the world right now, not just of world happenings but a yearning for a truth in God and Jesus christ. I have been praying earnestly for myself to know Gods truth and wisdom, and also for the world too.

[@followeroftheway8454]

@wolfen244 yes I do believe it. God has a purpose for me. I have been given the truth, it is a journey from which you never stop learning. Gods blessings to you.

[@dalelerette206]

I used to live in Stoughton, Massachusetts. And when I lived in Massachusetts I was considering going to U Mass Amherst. I really wanted to explore the idea of our genetic predisposition for language based on the 12 Jungian Archetypes: Sage, Innocent, Explorer, Ruler, Creator, Caregiver, Magician, Hero, Outlaw, Lover, Jester, and Regular Person. I suspect each archetype manifests from a genetic predisposition. I got this idea by playing AD&D First Edition in the 80's. When I think of birthdays I think of our quickening. On a biological level, when you are experiencing the quickening of your child, that traditionally means you are feeling your child's first movement in your womb. But the real quickening is this bright flash at the moment of conception. The bright flash occurs when sperm enters an egg and it leads to a surge of calcium which, triggers the release of zinc from the egg. As the zinc shoots out, it binds to small molecules which emit a fluorescence which can be picked up by camera microscopes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHuVqZJrgrior8k In a theological sense, regardless of whether we are male or female, we are experiencing the quickening of the Holy Spirit when we feel the movement of the Holy Ghost in our soul. When we invite the Holy Ghost to fill our minds with light and knowledge, He “quickens” us, that is to say, enlightens and enlivens the inner man or woman. In 1 Thessalonians chapter 5, Paul admonished the members to act in a manner as becometh Saints. I pray the Holy Spirit quickens our love together in the Holy Ghost. ❤ Then after reading Matt Ridley's The Agile Gene in 2003 I thought more deeply about how Nature Turns On Nurture. I realized Skinner was more of a social behaviorist. Skinner did emphasize the importance of environmental factors on the formation of behavior, he did not dismiss the influence of genetics on behavior. I say 40 Days of Hope Illuminate the Darkness - Eliminate Death - Choose Life - While Jesus was in Mary's Womb, the Heart of Christ was beating in unison with the Heart of Mary. It needs to be strongly cautioned that this is going to be the most painful event in human history. And it is going to require the strongest labor of love we have ever given. But we will get through this -- if we but live by the Spirit. I believe this is what the Early Church meant when they spoke, both male and female, about being Pregnant with Christ. ❤ To the Africans, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears African. To the American Indians, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears American Indian. To the Asians, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears Asian. To the Australians, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears Australian. To the Europeans, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears European. To the Indians, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears Indian. To the Melanesians, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears Melanesian. To the Micronesians, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears Micronesian. To the Polynesians, the Sacred Virgin Mary appears Polynesian. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me- holy is His name. His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation. - Luke 1:48-50 ❤

[@blitznone1142]

I was a Southern Baptist for 35 years. I became catholic in 2006. The false, rapture, teaching was a major reason.

[@mogmanofgod798]

You're still being led into the ditch. Stop following man or groups...just Jesus. Rapture soon.

[@paulhandsome1691]

Martin Luther is man or else ?

[@realric60]

We Christians Should be United by loving one another..... Remember The first Christians they knew they would die just by mentioning the Name of Our Lord Jesus. We should love one another and United

[@josephjackson1956]

LMC Presentations reasons like you give are why I stay with the Catholic Church. The more I learn about my own faith, the more other denominations just don't make sense when compared to being a part of the Catholic Church

[@mogmanofgod798]

@@realric60 catholics are not Christian.

[@imalive4u169]

There is two judgement days the Particular Judgment on the day and at the hour of your death and the Last Judgment in which all the living and the dead will be judged before all the nations on the last day. There is two resurrections the first is for those who have died in friendship with our Lord in which they are or will be with Him and the angels and saints in everlasting life. The second is the resurrection of all the dead both the righteous and unrighteous fully restored to life in their bodies made new. When we are Baptized we are buried with Him in which we must think of ourselves being dead to sin so that we might share in our Lord's resurrection. Just as the first death is the death of the body. The second death is the death of the soul. Both are the result of sin. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body fear the one who can destroy the soul.

[@unknowninfamous2346]

ImAlive 4U maybe you should look up 2nd revelation of St. John... There is only one resurrection, why would Jesus say? John 17:15, John 15:18-20...

[@ebbygshreve9577]

Wrong. You do error not knowing nor understanding the scriptures. www.amazingfacts.org/news-and-features/news/item/id/10892/t/what-about-judgment-day- There will not be a Pre Tribulation Rapture. False doctrine. Need to quit listening to these Sunday preachers because they don't know nor understand the scriptures. God is calling His people out of these churches because of their false doctrines, spiritual Babylon, Daughters of the Harlot. Rev 18:4 www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/media/e/1240/f/6/t/when-during-the-7-year-tribulation-period-will-the-rapture-occur- www.amazingfacts.org/news-and-features/news/item/id/16053/t/5-reasons-the-rapture-will-not-be-secret

[@thewicktrimmer9089]

@@unknowninfamous2346 The pre-tribulation rapture is limited to 144,000 people and not to the full church. The video below provides amazing evidence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHnIkmyVhrd9rMU

[@thewicktrimmer9089]

@@ebbygshreve9577 The pre-tribulation rapture is limited to 144,000 people and not to the full church. The video below provides amazing evidence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHnIkmyVhrd9rMU

[@ebbygshreve9577]

d join it@@thewicktrimmer9089 Well if you knew what the bible actually taught then you would know better that that but you have been deceived into believing the lies of Old Satan by the sun day preachers. You better get out of the sun day churches before it is too late because God has already warned His people to get out of the sun day churches, Babylon, because of their false and pagan doctrines. Rev 18:4. If you really want to learn what the bible actually teaches then find a Seventh Day Adventist Church and join it because we are the only church that is teaching biblical truths all of the others are teaching false and pagan doctrines. www.rapturetruth.com/resources/articles/id/1880

[@vandessadaniels8139]

Praise be to Jesus 🙏🙏. Amen

[@machevallie]

Ooooooo

[@tjlaviolette]

I could listen to this man of God talk all day..The Lord has blessed him with great knowledge

You know pretrib rapture is false. False doctrine of pretrib rapture originally came from the Jesuits. 1500s. The pope was freaking out that they were being identified as the Antichrist so commissioned Jesuits who came up with futurism. Righteous Christians ignore it as ridiculous. And still do. It is not biblical.

[@Mar-wt3di]

@ Oh dear, just when I thought I'd heard it all

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Matthew Aislabie Nonsense,Paul wrote clearly concerning the mystery of the rapture,so did John . You don’t know what your talking about.

[@James-me6dw]

@ What makes Righteous Christians righteous?

[@deybalingit4719]

@ only born again Christians are spreading that rapture not Jesuit, you are liar

[@chrisharveyjazz]

YOU ARE SO SPOT ON WITH SCRIPTURE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE WORD OF THE TRUE GOD TO LIGHT MY JESUS BLESS YOU

[@titaniumsteel9114]

A friend of mine has been reading the “Left Behind” series with all this stuff about the ‘Rapture’ in them…is there really going to be a ‘Rapture’ like these books talk about? No, there’s not. The “Rapture” refers to a passage in First Thessalonians, chapter 4, which talks about Christians being “caught up” in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Many Christians believe, and the “Left Behind” books promote, that this being “caught up” to meet the Lord will occur before the Great Tribulation which is headed our way in the near future. Christians will simply vanish, meet Jesus somewhere in the air, and then return with Him to Heaven to await the end of time.But notice, in verse 17, Paul says that “…we who are alive, who are left,” shall be caught up. Remember that…those who are “left” get caught up to meet the Lord. The “Left Behind” books get their name from a passage in Luke 17 and a similar passage in Matthew 24 which talk about the coming of the Lord being like the days of Noah and the days of Lot. Matthew 24 puts it this way: “As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man…they ate, they drank, they married and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field, one is taken and one is left. Two women grinding at the mill, one is taken one is left.” “See,” Rapture enthusiasts say, “One is taken, one is left…the Rapture! Jesus takes the Christians and leaves behind non-Christians!” Two problems with that interpretation: First, Jesus’ coming is being compared to the days of Noah and the days of Lot. After the flood, who was left? Noah and his family…the good guys…the bad guys were taken! After Sodom and Gomorrah went up in smoke, who was left? Lot and his daughters…the good guys…the bad guys were taken! Second, remember 1 Thessalonians? It says that those who are “left” get to meet Jesus in the air. The good guys are left behind to meet Jesus. In other words, you want to be left behind so that you can get caught up in the clouds to meet Jesus in the air and accompany Him back to earth at His 2nd and final coming. There will be no Rapture like the one the Left Behind books talk about…that view is not scriptural.

[@michaelhardy2658]

You simply don’t understand the scripture, there is a rapture the Bible is very very clear about that.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Titanium you’re getting the rapture in Thessalonians and the second coming mixed up together when they are two totally separate events years apart. The events in Thessalonians can happen anytime and the dead in Christ shall rise first and we which are alive on earth will be caught up together with them to meet Jesus in the air. Nobody is left behind these are people in the graves that are Christians and those walking around alive that are Christians, they are both caught up together to meet Jesus in the air and he doesn’t set foot on earth at that time.Then we will come back to earth after the tribulation with all the heavenly host and Jesus will set up His kingdom on earth in the temple at Jerusalem and that’s the second coming.

[@thewicktrimmer9089]

@Randy R Juhl The pre-tribulation rapture is limited to 144,000 people and not to the full church. The video below provides amazing evidence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHnIkmyVhrd9rMU

[@thewicktrimmer9089]

@@michaelhardy2658 The pre-tribulation rapture is limited to 144,000 people and not to the full church. The video below provides amazing evidence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHnIkmyVhrd9rMU

[@michaelhardy2658]

@@thewicktrimmer9089 That is not true or biblical, it makes it very clear that he will take his church out before the great tribulation happens, in the book revelation the church is not mentioned at all after chapter 4 that’s because we true Christians will all be taken out to be with the Lord. God will not leave his true followers left behind to endure the horrific wrath of God that is coming in the seven-year tribulation, why would God let his true saints suffer he said he would not he will save us from this.

[@adamhovey407]

So the people who believe in a pre-tribulation Rapture are taking verses out of context? I am shocked, just shocked...not really

[@glennlanham6309]

can't imagine people doing that....especially folks who don't follow a Magisterium

You probably are not aware that the doctrine originally came from the Catholics. In the late 1500s, two Jesuits, Francisco Ribera and Roberto Bellarmino, came to the Pope’s rescue and created a new Roman Catholic doctrine called Futurism, or Jesuit Futurism. Basically, Jesuit Futurism just says that the Roman Catholic Church can’t possibly have anything to do with the Antichrist... lol. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ribera

[@paulmiller3469]

"I'm shocked, shocked to see gambling here." "Your winnings, sir." "Oh, thank you!"

[@michaelibach9063]

Tom Jenkins twist the word of God? No, but to those that actually do twist the word of God, Protestantism, it probably seems that way.

[@greenwichurgentcaregreenwi1481]

@Tom Jenkins HEY THERE! HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR THE MOTHER OF GOD. OTHERWISE WILL WILL END UP WITH THE LIKE OF SATAN...

[@jesussaves1875]

Here is the judgement: [...Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.] [Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.] [She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.] [Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.] [And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.] [I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;] [Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.] [And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.] [But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.] [For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.] [By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.] This is war. (This excludes the plagues, famines and floods that will kill another third) [For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.] [The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.] [And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat] [For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:] [Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.] Zechariah 14v12b / Joel 2v6 / Nahum 2v10 / Jude 1v13 / Revelation 16v20 / Haggai 2v6b / Isaiah 13v13 / Revelation 16v1 / 2 Peter 3v7/ Isaiah 34v2 / Revelation 9v18 / 1 Thessalonians 5v3 / Revelation 8:7 / Revelation 16v8-9a / Matthew 24v21-22b / Luke 21v36

[@followeroftheway8454]

Amen

[@gatekeeper1873]

I went to a lot of the different Protestant churches here in my town. They all seem to agree on several things.... hatred of Catholics, Jesus didn't mean what he said in John chapter 6 about the Eucharist and a hatred of the Virgin Mary. That's when I started to read The Apostolic fathers. That's when things began to make sense, these were the disciples to the Apostles they wrote a lot. From there I went to the Early Church Fathers and then to the Desert Fathers. Their testimonies... the traditions and the writings were all consistent and they were Catholic. I look at these pages and over and over again Protestant make the same old tired arguments. Jesus had Brothers and Sisters. No Jesus did not have brothers and sisters those were his cousins. Under Jewish law Jesus could not have given the Virgin Mary to John to take to his home if he had brothers and sisters, that was against the law Jesus never meant the Eucharist was his body. Yes he meant it and that's why 70 of his disciples refused to go with him. And if you read the charges of the early Romans against Catholics Christians the charge was always cannibalism. Pliny the younger wrote that their food was of the most ordinary kind when he reported to Trajan.

[@adamhovey407]

I think it hearkens back to what Fulton Sheen said, about which Church he would look for if he wasn't Catholic.

[@gracepilgrim7765]

Gate keeper, Jesus meant what he meant in John 6 - just not what your religion claims he meant.

[@lauraanderson7358]

History is Catholic

[@sabaghebreghzabhier3382]

Grace Pilgrim Here we go protestors with deaf ears

[@gatekeeper1873]

@@gracepilgrim7765 Maybe you should read what Pliny the younger wrote. Early Christians were thought to be cannibalistic. Most of the persecutions of the early church were because of the charges of a cannibalism if you read early Roman history you'll see that. Until you became a full member of the church you could not attend the 2nd part or the sacrifice of the mass. The first part is the liturgy or the reading of the Old testament and the letters of the apostles, or as they were known in the day, as the Memoirs of the Apostles. In the Old Testament the covenant that God made with Moses was with blood in the sacrifice of a lamb. You had to paint you door lentils with the Lambs blood oh, you had to roast and eat the lamb. You could not say that you dislike lamb and wouldn't eat it or your son would be dead the next day. In the New Covenant it is Jesus's body and blood which is the renewal of the Mosaic Covenant. The Covenant Abraham made with Abimelech was also made it with blood of a lamb. In the ancient world all covenants were made in blood, that was part of the law. Then read what Ignatius of Antiock wrote in his 7 letters to the churches on his way to Rome to be eaten by lions. There are several good books written on this subject. I would also recommend reading books about Roman history. My background is anthropology and archaeology so I read a lot of history books. A good beginner book to start with is Scott Hahn " The Lamb's Supper." He is a former Protestant minister. He's written several books on the subject and was also professor of theology until he converted. now he's a professor at Franciscan University in Steubenville a Catholic College. There are several KZbin's with Scott Hahn and he has his own website, call the Saint Paul Center for biblical theology. You can download many many of his talks and see where you disagree with him then prove it. Take that as a theological challenge. Who is Ignatius of Antioch? He wrote in one of his letters to those who do not believe in the Eucharist and yes he use that word Eucharist be anathema and he mentioned in the truest sense that it is the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ he makes that very clear in his letter. Ignatius of Antioch on the Eucharist. See quote from his letter below..... “I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David; and for drink I desire his blood, which is love incorruptible” (Letter to the Romans 7:3 [A.D. 110]). “Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ which has come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God. . . . They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes” (Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6:2-7:1 [A.D. 110]). stpaulcenter.com/ignatius-of-antioch-on-the-eucharist/ He was a student of Peter, the Apostle, who was Bishop of Antioch until he joined Paul in Rome. Please do research on it real presence in the Eucharist transubstantiation was already assumed in the first century. www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/father/a5.html The early church for the apostolic fathers wrote quite a lot, read these letters and essays for yourself. Read the early church fathers up to 325 ad when the Protestants insist the church was changed by Constantine. Actually by the 325 a.d. half the Roman Empire was Catholic, even Constantine's mother Helena was Catholic. She made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and many of the holy sites in Jerusalem were rebuilt because of her intervention with Constantine. Constantine was basically an Aryan. All Constantine did was to stop the persecutions and allow the Christians to come out of the Catacombs . By Constantine's time at least 10 volumes early church writings were available. So you have a lot of work ahead of you. I really do get very tired of arguing with Protestants because they haven't done their homework. and it's always the same tired arguments. There are now over 40,000 different Protestant denominations. The episcopalians have female lesbian priests advocating for abortion. Martin Luther said in his time," Every fool with a Bible makes himself his own Pope."

[@Kangen247]

I’d rather believe in the rapture and if i’m wrong that’s fine rather than be wrong about the rapture and regret it when it does happen.

[@karilwade2542]

Matthew 24: 38 (kjv) is the verse that explains the catching away of the body of Christ! as you said more than once, noah and his family were saved from the world judgement to come, so too, the body of Christ will be caught up before the world judgement and the second coming of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour! Isaiah 57: 1 (kjv) pretty much spells it out! all glory to God through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour!

[@adammiller2752]

Thank you!

[@truthseeker8882]

Exactly And just as Jesus said... he will allow people to believe what they wish and keep their eyes closed and ears cant hear the truth. The rapture is very real and we are children of the light...we are not appointed to Gods wrath by the grace and faith of Jesus Christ. Like Noah and his warnings, only 8 ended up believing... and same with the rapture, it will be small, few will be looking. The second coming is when his feet touch earth, at the end of tribulation, when we who already believe return with him with those who were beheaded in the next Holocaust...aka great tribulation. Catholics dont even believe the way they are supposed to... too many idols.

[@newrevelations3785]

Karli Wade : You just mentioned Matthew 24:38 but your post sounds very much across the misassociated and unrelated references like you may be possibly unaware that every verse in Matthew chapter 24 which comes after verse 28 is all 100% entirely discussing exclusively the time period after the Tribulation is officially over and done thus the verse you just named (Matthew 24:38) is itself also itself speaking exclusively of the time which are among the days following after the 7 year Tribulation is itself completely done and finished. As such and likewise what you said regarding "the body of Christ" is not applicable to anything you wrote whatsoever nor the verses referenced and there is the distinct impression from your writing points that you also have absolutely no idea what the "second coming" is indeed all about nor what actually happens in scripture and actual prophesy with regard to any of that. Likewisez it is just as much all quite clear you don't understand what was going on in the world back at the time of Noah nor what any of that was about either which is all too obvious not at all what you have apparantly assumed and still have very much to learn concerning both of these subjects and for that matter the entire prophesy timeline itself; starting first and foremost of necessity with what the Bible actually has written!

[@karilwade2542]

New Revelations 2 Timothy 3: 16 (kjv) and 1 Thessalonians 5: 11 (kjv) thank you heavenly Father for your precious word! all glory to God through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour!

[@artcarlson3581]

Matt 24:38 has nothing to to with the rapture or the CHURCH. Matt 24 has to do with the final Gathering of the Jewish remnant( promised over and over in the old testament) gathered from the 4 winds of the earth who will remain on the earth to populate the 1000 year rein of Christ on earth. It is also for the Judgement of the unsaved and wicked un-repentant. The Church body of believers were taken up at the rapture pre-tribulation. The Gathering in Matt 24 is not the rapture but a gathering to go to Jerusalem see the sheep and Goat Judgement this also shows that there is no rapture by definition cannot be the same event. No one is judged at the rapture.

[@neftalyfelix9414]

Rapture is 100% a biblical event and described in detail in the holy bible. God will spare those who keep hes word from tribulation. Revelation 3:10 “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” 1 Thessalonians 5:2 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. Matthew 24:41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 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. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 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. 1 Corinthians 15:52-54 KJV 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

[@Dodo_hanna]

Amazing !!! God bless u 🙏🏻❤️✝️

[@ContinueWithThatStatement]

My question is, why do we need to be judged? And, what's the purpose of "saving", certain people compare to others?

[@Adven4U1]

It's not the good pepole who need to be judged, it's the wicked who need to be judged. Otherwise they will keep causing problems and ruining God's good world. This is why God intervenes. At the end of the age, the time of Harvest, he'll release a bird of prey, and he'll let the man of lawlessness reign, so that the evil pepole can be destroyed. "The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place. And when the end of the age comes and the master propagandist shows up, you'll know who's written in the lamb's book of Life. They won't fall for the propaganda. They are all God's sheep, no matter what religion they are. Even if they consider themselves an Atheist,

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

Joshua L Benitez, judgement is God’s means of reconciling his creation to himself. Humans were created to have a close relationship with the Holy God forever, but we became distanced from him because of sin, and the penalty for sin is death, and there is nothing we can do to fix that. The good news is that God chose to help us by sending his Son into the world to pay the death penalty for sin, and Jesus is that Savior. Because Jesus died a sinless man, justice demanded that he be raised from the dead, then he entered God’s Throne in Heaven on account of his own blood to pay the sin debt for many, and now he offers to share immortality with whoever will have faith in him. The Israelite’s sacrificial system included foreshadows of that sacrifice and salvation thru Jesus because their priests sprinkled sacrificial animal blood on the mercy seat in their Temple, then God looked at that blood as a reminder of his promise to send his Son one day to shed his own blood for man...and here we are.

[@biblehistoryscience3530]

@@Adven4U1, everyone gets judged because the benchmark is perfection, and there is no other name given among men by which anyone can be saved but Jesus.

[@debra3408]

Hi my brothers and sisters in the Spirit...actually the rapture is the blessed hope, and this is what is meant where the Scripture says...oh death where is thy sting, oh grave where is your victory.....love yas

[@ginasmith5464]

God is love , all that is beautiful and meaningful in life is God . When I read that God loves his children more than a mother her child , it just hit different . That’s true love !

[@xceptamanbbornagainnokingd5836]

that's true for those who are born again, washed in the blood of the Lamb, a new creature in Christ Jesus. not for roman catholics, protistants or any other religion of the devil

[@Azamat421]

Bible is bullshit

[@michaelmccaffrey2731]

You did a good job. I'm actually amazed that I actually heard correct teaching from the Catholic church. I left the church at 14 years old due to the false teaching. Great job

[@johnflorio3052]

Please pray about coming back, Michael.

[@theyoungrider5449]

What teaching, maybe you did not search it your self,go to catholic answer and type what do you want to know and you find all your answer there.

[@David10000000000ful]

Question I would ask this guy is what does revelation 3:10 mean. Also if you read the end of revelations another question comes up. Are their people in fields and getting married when the Bible in revelations depicts it as a far time and people wishing for death.

[@barbarawhitworth9472]

1 Thessalonians 4:14 - 18 is the Rapture. Praise God.

[@James-me6dw]

Amen

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Amen here too.

[@theyoungrider5449]

Its not, readthe whole context

[@theyoungrider5449]

Watch his another video on the verse

[@JerseyOne]

Are we ignoring He said not even I know, this is my hardest problem, if he admits the Father only knows, then isn't it a separate person?

[@John3.36]

Something really helped me to understand Matthew 24. When I read it, I asked myself this question: "Who was it written to?" The Jews. "Who was Jesus speaking to?" The Jews. "Was this before or after the cross?" Before. "Was this before or after the church began at Pentecost?" Before. When I understood that, I realized that Jesus was talking about the SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. Not the rapture of the church.

[@artcarlson3581]

Good job J336 Jesus Came for the Lost of Israel The Church was born on Penticost in the Book of Acts. His audience in MATT 24 knew he was speaking about Jewish things and events and not the Church or Rapture in Matt. 24. They also understood that the ELECT referred to in this discourse was in fact Jews not the Church. you have to read clearly that the audience here was not us but Israel. Scripture can be direct to a specific audience but still be for our information. Not necessarily to us but for us to understand.

[@Henry-eh2jk]

The rapture and the second coming of Jesus are two separate events. The rapture is discussed in I Thessalonians Chapter 4 and I Corinthians chapter 15.

[@Henry-eh2jk]

Jesus did not start the catholic church

[@onetakendotnet]

They will not be eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building , and getting married at the end of the great tribulation. Everybody is hiding in a cave (Revelation 6:15-17) and freaking out. One taken is received not thrown away. Study the Greek word paralambano.

[@anthonyminz914]

How do You Justify 1 thesolians 4:15-17 when Jesus is coming in mid-air?

[@johnsolberg6960]

Just be ready for christ and just be ready brother.

[@frankkienle8926]

St. Paul is not talking about two different points in time, rather two different states. Those who have already died an earthly life, and those still alive. If they who are dead, and they who are living are both faithful to the Lord, it really matters not that the dead are drawn first. They have all received His Blessings. The versus cited in the video, where two men are working and one is taken up, and two women are working and one is taken up, these people are alive, and the ones taken up will be taken up just as those who have died already into Christ.

[@artcarlson3581]

@@frankkienle8926 No the ones taken are taken in Judgement. Parallel verses See Luke 17:37 The Taken were Killed their bodies are food for the vultures.

[@Ice_Queen_Empress]

That's easy at the 7th trump!

[@joshdives101]

My personal view as it relates to the scripture “ it will be as it was in the days of Noah” is that no one else is willing to give their heart over and only God how the hearts of men. We saw this at Sodom when Abraham pleaded with God if there be any righteous people. God is just and gives everyone ample opportunity but when men have turned reprobate and no one else will come to know him then I think it is time. As Christians it’s our job to push back on that date and try to bring more people to their own salvation.

[@fanuspotgieter248]

One thing is for sure..there will be an Rapture for the bride of Yahshua and it will be an Pre-trip Rapture...read your word and ask for revelation...many will be surprise when it suddenly will happen....tx Joh 14

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Fanus Potgieter You are correct,the rapture is found all throughout scripture, but it not pre tribulation I’m afraid. It doesn’t say that it’s pre tribulational anywhere.

[@deybalingit4719]

That's final judgement of the living and the dead people

[@javiersimental1908]

Catholic!!!! Hahahahaja Why you do the 666 with your hand so much!!!!!

[@weelgunny]

The Greek word is "Harpazo" in 1st Thessalonians 4:17. It means "snatched away". I don't like the usage of the word rapture either, but this verse clearly spells out the event. The question is WHEN?

[@savedbygrace8337]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKiWh4ewaJmJjLc here is your answer.

[@ronniebishop2496]

It can happen anytime and that’s not the second coming that happens later and out has too because Jesus doesn’t even set foot on earth in Thessalonians. But he does in revelations when he comes back with the heavenly host his bride the church too and angels.

[@malachiivery5739]

@@ronniebishop2496 why do some Christians repeat everything that they hear from other people

[@malachiivery5739]

@@ronniebishop2496 you know how many times I heard that

[@ronniebishop2496]

Malachi Ivery Because it’s in the same Bible we read lol

[@privatecitizen9341]

You are leaving out key passages in your argument. See I thesolonians and I Corinthians about those taken up to meet the Lord. Also, read all verses on the Tribulation. You have left this out completely. Read Revelations. Christ returns WITH the church nor for the church.

[@paulmiller3469]

Dr. Pitre, you know you've 'made it' on KZbin when you're scheduled for regular protester appearances, lol.

[@paulmiller3469]

@ Couldn't have said it better myself, which explains the appeal of Protestantism.

[@dougvb2096]

I can't wait for his message on praying to Pachamama!

[@paulmiller3469]

@ Ah, you must be one of those Protestants who doesn't like to acknowledge he's a Protestant. Got it.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Paul Miller Does Protestant mean protesting the Catholic Church? Because I’m not protesting the Catholic Church if it does because I cannot protest something I’ve never been a part of. I believe they’re Christians in the Catholic Church just like a Baptist’s church or denomination. Either a person is saved or he’s not. Or born again. If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved.

[@paulmiller3469]

@@ronniebishop2496 Born again means baptized to us. Belief in the Creed means Christian to us. Maybe you can help me out here. You say to be 'saved' one must confess with his lips, as well as believe with his heart. So I'm guessing you don't see yourself as a faith-alone Christian? I mean I don't see how confessing with your lips can be viewed as anything but a 'work' and you're saying you need to do this work for salvation...

[@dannymack9636]

Yeh the dividing is also the human from the nephlim, noah was saved not because he was a good guy as God knew Jesus would be sent to cover sin, it was because his Gene's were pure, however when the last day comes corrupt will be changed into a corrupt.

[@ucheuju9348]

God bless you for this clarification, Dr. Pitre. I have been blessed listening to your podcasts.

[@peterjohn2819]

I'm catholic but don't go a long with your teaching. The rapture will occur, you are dismissing the tribulation of seven years. Sorry you are completely wrong with this video teaching.

[@theyoungrider5449]

The rapture for catholic is the 2nd coming of christ, not the disappearance of faithful before judgement, rapture is a 1830 doctrine by evangelical john nelson darby

[@pj1481]

You maybe right about those signs refering to 2nd coming, but He also says He will keep me from His wrath. No way true body of Christ will go thru the horable days of trib.

[@dannylayne4227]

There Is No Rapture MARK 13:24-27* But in those days After* that tribulation*.... It goes on. And on to say that his angles will be sent to collect his elect. (His Angel's will be sent to collect his elect, After the Tribulation) We will be here for the tribulation but not for God's wrath when he pours out judgement on the earth. There is a difference between tribulation and gods wrath.

[@ronniebishop2496]

The Rapture is not the second coming that’s two separate events if you Read Thessalonians it explains the rapture and revelation explains the second coming. Rapture is a word describing the event In Thessalonians. Just get ready

[@iiFlexedd]

@@ronniebishop2496 Rapture is not real. Its nowhere in the bible. IF IT ISNT IN THE BIBLE WE DONT WANT IT

[@iiFlexedd]

Sorry caps

[@ronniebishop2496]

D It’s mentioned in Thessalonians, the word Rapture is the word used to describe those events, like storm can be used to describe a tornado. Etc., but you’re right the word itself is not in the Bible.

[@karenmccoy2120]

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

[@Henry-eh2jk]

This is the truth and the Word of God. The catholic people will have nothing to do with this.

[@donnytindo2082]

how about Rev 3:10 if christian go to the tribulation, than thats not good promise

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Donny Tindo Christians will have tribulation,that’s what the word of God says. Tribulation is not wrath,they are different words in the Greek.

[@russellestes2962]

WHAT HE IS SAYING IS TRUE...CONCERNING THAT TEXT!.....BEING TRUE TO BEING A FALSE TEACHER, HE DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD AS PAUL DID....PLEASE READ FIRST THESSALONIANS 4:15..... "...FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD (THIS IS THE CATCHING UP)SHALL NOT GO BEFORE THEM THAT ARE ASLEEP. (DEAD IN CHRIST) FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST:( THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION) 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." NOW UNLESS YOU ARE GRAMMATICALLY CHALLENGED, THE BIBLE IS VERY PLAIN HERE....UNLESS YOU ARE CATHOLIC, WHO DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS FOR WANT TO RULE FOREVER ON THE EARTH THROUGH THE POPE! ......HE IS A FALSE TEACHER! PLEASE READ THE WHOLE BIBLE FOR YOURSELF!

[@theyoungrider5449]

Watch his video about 1 thes 4:13-18

[@nancyflores843]

I believe the rapture, and the Second Coming of Christ, are the same event. Scripture does not say, Christ will come a second time, and leave again, and then return a third time. Scripture says when the Lord comes, we will reign with Christ a thousand years. And we will reign with Christ over the nations, those who did not receive God, but those who survived the great war; them and their descendants.

[@brianbannon6746]

1 Corinthians 15:51-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

[@rogertaale3347]

Thank you for all these wonderful videos

[@seanthompson5077]

I’ve surrendered TRUTH to the Lord and the Holy Spirit. Does anyone want to explain this verse: Thessalonians 4:17 “Then we who are alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”

[@seanthompson5077]

Augustine Koh That event sounds great! I can’t wait. However, you are contradicting Dr Brant. He says those who are taken, are not of the Lord, they are taken for damnation.

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Matthew Aislabie Amen!

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Sean Thompson Either dr Brant is right or the word of god is right. Choose this day whom you will serve.

[@paulhandsome1691]

Dr Pitre God Bless you

[@jwsanders1214]

you blew it,Yes everything you say is right on , EXCEPT about The Rapture . The Rapture is found in 1st Thessalonians 4 : 17. The Praise "Caught up " in English is " Rapere " in Latan= rapture. Therefore shall we be "Caught up " = "raptured" together with them in the air ". Jesus is coming soon !st Thessalonians 4 : 17 , God Bless Ya'll !!!!!

[@diemf50]

This verse is speaking about the believers who has already died.... Stop reaching and making your own interpretation of the bible. Learn the semantics, THEN speak ...

[@ernestorobledo263]

According to dreams and visions people are having there is a rapture.

[@Henry-eh2jk]

No. It is according to God's perfect word. Why do you mock?

[@itzbriannaplayz1099]

Dear lord i just wanna say im so sorry for all my sins and i hope you can still forgive me even tho this is my 10th asking for forgiveness im so sorry lord please forgive me and thank you thabk you so so so so much for all the blessings u give us all the day and please guide me while i sleep and when i go outside thats all i love you so so so so much lord!!😍✝️😇

[@somy222]

please make a video on 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10

[@peterjohn2819]

Im catholic but you got it all wrong. The church dont go through the tribulation.

[@theyoungrider5449]

It will, read the cathechism of the catholic

[@TodaysDante]

It always makes me laugh when someone refers to the Rapture as a "secret" rapture. I don't know if there will be a Rapture before Jesus returns, but the way many people interpret it and spreading the word, there's no "secret" about it. There are even several movies about it.

[@deybalingit4719]

Only born again and sin against spreading that rapture.

[@TodaysDante]

@@deybalingit4719 - I don't believe a belief in a rapture before Jesus returns will stop you from being saved. There are many different Christian interpretations that have nothing to do with whether one is saved or not.

[@deybalingit4719]

@@TodaysDante the second coming of Christ is a final judgement not rapture. Christ is to judge the living and the dead people.... The gospel who taking and who is Left

[@TodaysDante]

@@deybalingit4719 - No one who believes in a Rapture event before the return of Jesus believes the Rapture is the Final Judgment. But like I said, this is just one interpretation and believing (or not believing) in a Rapture, is a defining belief for salvation.

[@chubi5645]

It's a public secret such ass the 51 area used to be!

[@lorriebattistoni676]

Get an old Catholic Bible. Read thessoloneans 2. I might have the chapter wrong. The Catholic Bible along with others were changed

[@joycarroll568]

Lorrie Battistoni It was Thessalonians 1 Ch 4 Verse 14 to 18 . God bless xx

[@dennistucker9120]

There is mention of the Rapture in the Bible 1 Thessalonians 4:17 then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air and so we shall ever be with the Lord

[@frankmerolillo3880]

Proof of A Pre trib Rapture. Pay Attention to the cloud and Cloud's Jesus appears in and With. Acts chapter 1 verses 9 10 11 Cloud. In Red Luke chapter 21 verses 27 and 28 Jesus is coming in A Cloud. In Revelation chapter 1 verse 7 Jesus is coming With the Clouds when he comes back to the MT of Olives. God bless you Always.......

[@frankmerolillo3880]

@po18guy You can believe the way you see it. I'll believe I see it. But one thing for sure God is always in control because God's way's are higher than man's. Have a blessed night.

[@frankmerolillo3880]

@po18guy Then you can pick between. Luke chapter 21 verses 27 and 28 Jesus is coming in A Cloud. Or John inspired by God wrote and saw Jesus coming With the Clouds when he comes back to the MT of Olives. For me both will happen Two different events. But you don't have to see it the way I do. Have a blessed night.

[@frankmerolillo3880]

@po18guy After the crusifixtion Jesus went up in A Cloud. He comes back in the same like manner in Luke chapter 21 verses 27 and 28 Jesus himself speaking. In Revelation chapter 1 verse 7 Jesus is coming With the Clouds when he comes back to the MT of Olives. But if you don't see it the way I do. That's up to you. Have a blessed night.

[@gregtowle8830]

Cloud means a group of people , Or a group of witnesses, You can say look at the cloud of birds flying over there. Its not the white puffy things we see in the sky,

[@chkn-littlerebuking7168]

The "rapture" is not the second coming. There are 3 different beliefs in the rapture. Pre-trib, Mid-trib and post tribulation. I believe more weight is given to the pre-tribulation view. God spared Lot and Noah from judgement. The rapture happens before the Holy Spirit is removed from the Earth.

[@RaptureofSaints]

If you Read what Paul says about the Harpazo which we call the Rapture it really leaves the Believer with no Doubt! There is ONLY one Verse in all of the New Testament where Paul used the Greek Word Harpazo in relation to the COMING of Christ known as the Parousia! Paul says this in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 The PAROUSIA of Jesus will take place where Jesus Descends from Heaven! 1/ The COMING of Jesus Christ 2/ The Trumpet of God sounds 3/ The Resurrection of the Dead takes place AND THEN 4/ The Harpazo known as the Rapture! The Truth is that the COMING of Christ and the RESURRECTION of the DEAD MUST take place before we are Raptured! What every Biblical Scholar MUST do is LOOK and SEE what Jesus says about His COMING! See what Paul says about Christs COMING! Look at what Matthew, Mark, Luke and John says about Christs COMING! Look at what Daniel says about Christs COMING! See what Jesus says about the RESURRECTION of the Dead! See what Paul says about the Resurrection of the Dead! LOOK at what Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as well as Daniel says about the Resurrection of the Dead! THEN when all Verses are LOOKED at you will see when the COMING of Christ and the RESURRECTION of the DEAD will take place and THEN you will see EXACTLY when the Rapture takes place! That Simple! The Written Word of God has the Answer! I will GIVE you all One Clue! Jesus said the Following to ALL of the Churches! 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the FIRST RESURRECTION: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. Jesus would NOT say that Statement to the Churches UNLESS it was TRUTH!!!

[@chkn-littlerebuking7168]

@@RaptureofSaints 1 Thessalonians 4:17 "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." Oh. That's why Paul says we will be caught up and meet Him in the clouds. The rapture is an event before Jesus sets His foot on the ground. Revelation 7:3 "Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." Revelation 7:4 "And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel." So is it your belief only 144,000 shall be saved? 1 Thessalonians 5:9 "For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,"

[@RaptureofSaints]

@@chkn-littlerebuking7168 WRONG! The Rapture is the Action that ONLY takes place WHEN the COMING of Jesus Christ takes place and WHEN the Resurrection of the Dead takes place! Yes! Thats the Truth stated by Paul! Paul CLEARLY said this Sequence! 1/ COMING of Christ 2/ Trumpet of God 3/ Resurrection of the Dead THEN 4/ The Rapture action! Paul actually said in 1 Thess 5:9 "For God has not appointed us to "ORGE" but to Obtain Salvation! It would be very WISE for you to LOOK at all of the Places where "ORGE" is used in Revelation and you will soon SEE that the "ORGE" of God ONLY begins after the Tribulation has ended and it is CLEARLY at Christs COMING when the FIRST RESURRECTION takes place! I will TRUST In the Words of Jesus and Paul and NOT the Un Biblical Fable made by Man that Contradicts the Written Word of God! We ALL know that the COMING of Christ and the RESURRECTION of the DEAD MUST be BEFORE we are Raptured! It is WISE to LOOK at what Jesus and Paul say about the COMING of Jesus and the RESURRECTION of the Dead!

[@lisafleury2168]

@@RaptureofSaints Consider listening to Ministry Revealed. He goes into much of what you are saying.

[@RaptureofSaints]

@@lisafleury2168 Hello Lisa! Does he Preach and Teach exactly what is Written in Scripture! Does he repeat the very Words of Jesus and Paul? Does he Preach that Jesus is COMING after the Tribulation just as Jesus PROMISED! If he does NOT Preach what Jesus Teaches and what Paul Teaches I am not interested! I Trust Jesus and His Promise to the Church! 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

[@aaronlim13]

Who ever pray to idol will not be save even pray to Jesus idol. So be careful of how you pray. Always follow the 10 commandment.

[@treyd8739]

So what happens when you break the law? It's just a question don't take it personal

[@virtualzhbl]

@@treyd8739 Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 John 3:4 "Everyone committing sin also commits lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness." The laws meaning the Ten commandments.

[@treyd8739]

@@virtualzhbl thank you nice to see someone standing on the blood of jesus. The gospel is the only way to be saved. But people always run back to try fill the law. We no one good besides one. Jesus said it was finshed and cursed is the law. Keep fighting the good fight.

[@barbarawhitworth9472]

John 3:3 Verily, verily I say unto you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God . Jesus speaking about the 2nd birth.....a spiritual birth.

[@chubi5645]

Yes, but I can't see the relationship between these verse of the most Holly gospel and the topic exposed?

[@barbarawhitworth9472]

@@chubi5645 just to say if we aren't born again, we will not be Raptured or be with Jesus at HIS 2nd Coming. We must be born again.

[@brooklyndestiny446]

Barbara Whitworth Yes that’s exactly what I feel that means you can say that you love Jesus but if you haven’t truly given your life to him And you’re not truly born-again then send can get in your life but if you are truly born-again and you live every day in the way he tells you to live there’s a bigger chance send one intern your life incorrect you meaning you will get to go to heaven in the second coming

[@JBLebron24]

Amen a spiritual birth 🙏🏽❤️🌊

[@barbarawhitworth9472]

@PlowsharesintoSwordssalvation is not contingent upon baptism. Baptism is an outward sign of our faith. But its JESUS plus nothing. HE paid it all! It's not JESUS plus baptism, purgatory, Mary, dead saints, works....nothing but the blood of JESUS. ❤❤🙌🙌

[@PETERJOHN101]

Jesus taught a four part harvest in which four groups are paid in an order they don't expect. This is taught in the Vineyard parable of Matthew 20. This is a variation on all the wedding parables and it ends with an identical warning... _that many first shall be last and last that shall be first... for many are called, but few are chosen._ We aren't chosen for salvation, so this is a warning for believers. The parable of the ten virgins is also a wedding analogy, and it teaches a divided harvest that separates the wise from the foolish. But it doesn't teach that the foolish are permanently shut out of the wedding. Proof of that is in the following passage: "Be ye as men who wait for their Lord when he shall return *FROM* the wedding..." (Luke 12:36) In other words, the harvest is not a one day event, which is why the laborers in the Vineyard parable grumble against the Lord of the vineyard, because he calls them out of order, read the parable carefully. There are actually three Rapture groups and one martyrs group, which is why Revelation 6:6 lists all four major crops of Israel. 1. Barley / first fruits / 144k (Rev 14:4) 2. Wheat / Church saints (Psl 45) 3. Grapes / Wine / Martyrs (Rev 14 :18) 4. Olives / Oil Rev (6:6) A same-day Rapture for every believer is not taught in the Bible, and the harvest is not a one day event. Trace this comment if you want to know more. God bless.

[@margaretcorrigan6030]

What about Jesus Christ Coming back with his saints to rule on this earth for 1000 years. Do RC,s ever read the bible !!

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Margaret Corrigan No they listen to men like this one who is deceived and is deceiving others.

[@James-me6dw]

@@spiritofelijah5386 Best to be a Wise Berean. Hallelujah.

[@sabaghebreghzabhier3382]

Spiritof Elijah Why do you think that he will deceive others? Nobody asked you to believe him but he Is 100% telling the truth. Usually liars never believe the truth, because they think everybody is like them.

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Saba Ghebreghzabhier Because he is deceived himself. He does understand he reading a Jewish book that is full of Jewish motifs,cultural references and midrashic hermeneutics. The rapture of the bride is illustrated beautifully in the Jew marriage ceremony. Jesus will fulfil this ritual when he comes for his bride. The parable of the foolish virgins and the Song of Solomon illustrate the bridegroom returning for his bride. His lack of cultural understanding of the Jewishness of scripture has blinded him. He’s only see scripture with a Hellenistic mindset. Hes missing out so much

[@sabaghebreghzabhier3382]

Spiritof Elijah The New Testimony is the continuation of Old Testimony that’s why he is illuminated beauty.

[@CountCulture27]

Very nicely done, except a few points. You cannot read one part of the Bible dealing a certain issue and just discard the rest. 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 actually talks about how we will be caught up with the Lord. (Rapture). It might be pre Trib or Post Trib but it will happen. To say there is no Rapture is to say Paul s wrong. Revelation chapters 4-19 tells of a mix of different judgements of God along with the Antichrist punishments towards Christians. Luke 2:36 says to pray that we are worthy to escape ALL these things. Revelation gives detail to what Jesus was referring to in the Olivet discourse. In Luke 21 Jesus alludes that it is possible to escape all the things that will come to pass. What’s funny to me is as a Catholic you have no problem believing in a secret rapture of Mary, but not one of the priesthood of believers?

[@gerards5577]

It doesnt make since where thought when we die we go to heaven if we believe in God and in the rapture it says the dead will be the first to go with jesus to heaven so if the dead are not in heave and are waiting for jesus and rapture to happen is that not bible contradict its self

[@44099]

Gerard S The SOULS of believers are in fact IN heaven now! Revelation 6:10 Those SOULS will be raised to newness of life and given new GLORIFIED BODIES at the time of the rapture. Romans 8:11 Matthew 27:52 “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15:53-54‬ ‭KJV‬‬ In the 5th seal we see SOULS under the altar asking God when he will judge the earth.. The following 6th seal John describes suddenly seeing a great multitude that no man can number of PEOPLE in heaven. “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;” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

[@gerards5577]

Understanding the book of Revelation but in bible it say when Jesus comes back he will take all dead to heaven

[@SherloxPro]

Understanding the book of Revelation What?? That is not what it says at all???

[@chrispitrakkos8925]

Robin Rockwell, i totally agree with you. Perry Stone, David Wilkerson, Conlon Carter and Derek Prince all spesk the same on the rapture because they are being led by the holy spirit, true men of God en John G. Lake. Too many false prohets today. I only listen to these pastors, be blessed brother.

[@JBLebron24]

Amen I am the second coming 🙏🏽

[@patnobody]

We must measure the pre trib "theory" against scripture, right? 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 and 1 Thess 4:16-17 are obviously the same event, and it takes place at the "last" trump (1 Cor 15:52). What happens at the last trump? Jesus returns. The 2nd coming and our gathering to Him ARE the same event; there's no pre trib rapture in scripture. How can we testify against the anti christ and be caught up at the same time? What good are the "elect" if we're not here to testify? It makes zero sense. The answers are in there, please seek and find them. I'm convinced, as I've studied the "pre trib rapture theory" for over 40 years (and I bought into it) that it's a satanic deception.... teaching that Christ shows up for His church before the anti christ gets here, when scripture teaches the complete opposite.... be careful please because scripture teaches that the anti christ shows up first, looking just like Christ, doing miracles to deceive the elect, and that he will deceive people with peace and prosperity; 2 Thess 2:3-4 and Daniel 8:24-25. Pre trib believers are vulnerable to this lie. He will not show up persecuting believers, that's happening now. And why wouldn't Jesus mention the pre trip rapture to His beloved apostles when they asked Him about the time of His coming and the end of the age in Matt 24, Luke 21, and Mark 13? In fact, He said the complete opposite! That we should prepare to testify! Pre trib preachas say this scripture doesn't pertain to the "church", that the "church" is not going to be here, but they can't prove it with scripture, and that's ridiculous when you think about it; that Christ's warnings don't pertain to us, the church?! Read also John 6:39,40,44,54... he will raise us up at the "last" day.... that word is "last".. .the last day... no pre trib. Matt 24:13 and Mark 13:13 "... those who "endure" until the "end" shall be saved. That word "endure" is Greek word # 5278 and the definition is; to tarry behind, to stay behind, to remain, not recede or flee.... check it out. So the pre trib doctrine teaches "don't be left behind", when Jesus teaches that only those who are left behind will be saved. This should concern all those believing pre trib theory. Don't worry, the Lord will give you the words (Mark 13:11), and yes we are spared His wrath of course! But not with a pre trib rapture. Prayerfully study and believe the Bible over your pre trib preacher. The Lord's in control, we're His kids, and we're going to kick dragon ass! The pre trib rapture doctrine uses "redefinition" of words, supposition, and conjecture; don't be deceived. Satan used scripture to tempt Jesus in the garden; we are called to be wiser than the serpent. Don't be afraid 2 Timothy 1:7-8. Oh, and if the church isn't mentioned after Rev 3, who are the believers mentioned in Rev 6? And where is the raptured church mentioned in Rev 20:4? And scholars don't adhere to the pre trib "theory", only preachers on payroll. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXfapmttm7ufl9k

[@lauraanderson7358]

the end of time. heaven and earth will pass away ? making way for the new heaven and the new earth ? all things new ???

[@chubi5645]

Yes, according to the Apocalypse book, however, it should have a non material explanation!

[@libertygiveme1987]

Laura - YES - YES and YES!!!!

[@David10000000000ful]

Pre rapture is biblical. Watch the video I pasted and they will go through it. The word rapture is not in Bible but the word for taken up in Greek is rapturo. Also early church people actually talked about it as well so it is not a Darby teaching. This video is proven false.

[@philiposhaughnessy6651]

I have this rapture discussion with my Protestant wife who believes in the rapture and saved by grace false teaching, another one they take out of context is, and I don't remember where it is, but about being caught up in the air. Could you explain that one too? Thank you for your explanatios of scripture. God Bless.

[@paulmiller3469]

@ Matthew, did you figure third time posting that is a charm?

[@seanthompson5077]

Philip O'Shaughnessy Looks like your wife got it right out of scripture, word for word: Thessalonians 4:16,17- “the dead will rise first. Then we who are alive will be caught up together in the air to meet the Lord.”

@@paulmiller3469 Revelation comes in three's. Another thing you can learn for free.. no charge.

[@paulmiller3469]

@ Revelation? Lol, how long have you had these delusions of grandeur?

[@candyclews4047]

@ Wikipedia is not a credible source. It can be edited, by anyone, at any time. Better to read the early Church Fathers on the well known Christian beliefs that were held on the Book of Revelation long before the Reformation. Which was that John identifies the prime enemy of the Church in his own time as the Roman empire (= the beast), the tool of the Dragon (= Satan). Because it has prostituted itself (Babylon = Rome) it cannot win. It will be completely overthrown, and the Church is sure to triumph. Around it John gradually unfolds the plan God has for the future of his Church. To do this he uses images very like those used by the prophets of old (Ezechiel, Daniel, Zechariah) to predict these persecutions, all these predictions being only an echo of what Jesus himself foretold: “In the world you have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33, Luke 18:7). As Christ promises: “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life” (Rev 2:10), for “behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay everyone for what he has done “(22:12). The message of Revelation is a message full of hope, albeit in the mid of tests which those who remain firm in the faith will always undergo. But Jesus Christ will always stay with his Church, and therefore the Church's ultimate victory is assured, which is why the Apocalypse, the “eternal good news” (it has been called the eternal Gospel ) is to be proclaimed to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and tongue and people” (Rev. 14:6)

[@paulhandsome1691]

True Church True Doctrine

[@paulhandsome1691]

Roman Catholic Church is Body Of Christ and Only One True Church

[@paulhandsome1691]

Yes I believe Holy Bible is True Word of God

[@paulhandsome1691]

Ephesians 4:4-5 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

[@paulhandsome1691]

Bible Teach us There One Body One Baptism one means only one all non Catholics is False Church

[@paulhandsome1691]

If you don't believe in Church you are lair person read this Mathew 16:17-19 Mathew 18:17-18 and 1Cornthian chapter 12

[@dodgerstone]

This Man is WRONG. Catholics Should Not Interpret the Scriptures as their Head Pope is Not God Nor Speaks for God. Get saved First--then Your Eyes Will be opened. Catholics NEED to Read their Bibles--Not Listen to Priests & Their DOGMA. READ John 3:3 It Will Change Your Life.

[@reemsuekar8112]

Amen, thank you.

[@SECPETE1]

Interesting that Brant disagrees with most scholars including Scott Hahn on the the meaning of "taken" & "left". Scott teaches that those who were taken were those caught in the flood & Noah's family was left after the flood. (Mt) 24:40 one is taken … one is left: This scenario follows Jesus’ example of Noah and the flood (24:37). The righteous will be left, just as Noah and his family were spared (Sir 44:17); the wicked will be taken, as Noah’s generation was swept away by the flood (Mt 24:39; 2 Pet 2:4-10). Mitch, C. (2010). Introduction to the Gospels. In The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The New Testament.

[@miguelsalas8460]

Good!

[@johnniealford25]

Excellent teaching 🙏🏼

[@xceptamanbbornagainnokingd5836]

for those who have not the love of the truth, yes

[@sammcrae8892]

Yeah, but your exposition doesn't cut any grass. Most Dispensational pre-tribulation rapture Eschatology people would entirely agree with you that Matthew refers to the Second Advent rather than the rapture. In Matthew the ones being separated are the unbelievers (the lost) and the tribulation believers. In that scenario most would say that the ones being hauled away are headed to the eternal BBQ, and those left are the tribulation saints who will be alive to inhabit the Millennium Kingdom. 😊 My problem with your video is that you take a passage that some might think references the rapture (though most don't), show that it's not about the rapture, and imply that because this scripture is not about the rapture, then none of them are, and therefore there is no rapture. It's been forty years since I took a course in logic, but they have a term for this type of reasoning. While it might not be the end all be all of Hermeneutics, Dispensational Hermeneutics and pre trib rapture Eschatology in rightly dividing the scriptures works, and consistently explains the scriptures and prophecy in the Bible. You might disagree and you might not like it, but that doesn't mean it is not true. 🙏✝️👑✝️🙏

[@johnp.6043]

You are right ! Matthew 24 has nothing to do with the pre rapture. Here are the correct verse for the pre rapture. 1Thessalonians 5:1-9, 1Thessalonians 4:14-17, Colossians3:4, 1Corinthians15:52, 2Thessalonians2:7, Romans 13:11-12, Rev.19:1, Luke 21:36, Isaiah 26:20

[@johnp.6043]

PlowsharesintoSwords I meant to say these verses have rapture applications not pre rapture only. This pastor has some detail explanations on the rapture.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKibeXV9rrRgi68. I am glad your reading your bible! God said to study to show yourself approved unto God a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2TIMOTHY 2:15.) We are learning from God’s word by studying and will make mistakes along the way.. We should preach with grace and a touch of salt, Not arrogance!

[@normmcinnis4102]

A better reference for the Rapture is found in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. Some see it. Some do not.

[@Carlos-vg8cr]

Thank you, so much, Dr. Pitre, for making these passages so clear that even a Protestant can see how erroneous these interpretations are. Can a false teaching exist in the true church of Christ? I'll leave this question for the Protestants to answer.

[@newrevelations3785]

Carlos Gustavo M. Ballock : You are deeply embarrassing yourself and showing at the same time the status of your soul for the Catholic church is itself extremely anti-Biblical in every conceivable way and remains doctrinal unsound in direct opposition to all that is of God with far more deep errors and dangerous than any Protestant church which as a whole does a far better job keeping to the truth and what is indeed written scripturally than any Catholic church or derivative church. That said, the many protestant denominations out there are not without their own set of anti-Christian and anti-Godly problems, where like the Catholic church also likewise departing far away from both God and scripture but at least you can say in truth unlike the Catholic church that those are still indeed Christian churches which is something that ironically cannot legitimately be said of the Catholic church which is itself the very definition of all that is anti-Christian despite appearances and self proclaimed names standing in reality both a deceptive tool and actual church of Satan and the dark powers of the Earth which God directly rejects along with every person who is a part of it regardless of intent. The Catholic church is also very deeply cursed and there is nobody within it who is saved unfortunately no matter as much as they (including yourself) might desire otherwise - God and Jesus thoroughly "washes all hands" of the Catholic church forever kept far apart and this church itself and all those people within stand cursed forever as declared for the protection of God's actual elect where so long as they also remain with the Catholic church leaves absolutely no hope to all those who have sadly become the makers of their own destruction by being part of the Catholic church, many obliviously unaware. Though as I said, the many protestant churches and denominations have their own set of problems also though as a whole at least stands on far better footing than the Catholic church. Personally I would stay far apart from both!

[@Carlos-vg8cr]

@@newrevelations3785 no, I am not. The first christians were catholics. And this is a historical fact that you can check for yourself. If you read the writings of the direct disciples of the Apostles (yes, they also wrote letters!), you'll learn that they believed in every single thing the Catholic Church teaches for 2 millennia: the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, the Sacraments, the Christian Priesthood, the primacy of the bishop of Rome (i.e., the Pope), the intercession of the saints, the *deep* respect they had for Our Lady, etc. Google for Patristics. So, since you mentioned embarrassment, I think the worst thing is to defend something you clearly and completely ignore. Go study and stop repeating a narrative created by a lunatic Catholic monk in the XVI Century. This monk, Martin Luther, just destroyed the unity of the Faith Christ ordered us to observe. And because of him, we have sects popping out in every corner due to personal (and wrong) opinions. The worst of these sects being the single individuals who, like yourself, prefer to follow his own humanly created way. No, thanks, I prefer keep with the path defined by Christ Himself and teached until today in His only Church. We, as Catholics, never do what Protestants do. We keep faithfully and humbly with the Apostles' interpretation. The worst thing of the Protestant mindset is their presumption they can interpret Christ's teachings without the key (i.e., the understanding) left by the Apostles. That's lamentable. And we both know who is the source of this arrogance, right? By their fruits we'll know them... There is only one true Church that goes back in time till Christ. And this Church is the Catholic Church. It's built on the Tradition (with capital T) handed over from the Apostles to their successors until our days. This is the Apostolic succession incarnated on the Catholic Bishops. And no Protestant sect has this privilege. It's always important to remember: Christianity didn't start in the XVI Century. And to defend this absurdity, explicitly or implicitly, is really naive. Or, using your own words, it's really embarrassing.

[@unknowninfamous2346]

Carlos Gustavo M. Ballock WoW, you have no idea what you are talking about. The Whole Point Christians are called Christians is cause they follow Christ. Catholic Church was created on the lie it was started by St. Peter. It wasn’t, he was a Jew and actually it was St. Paul that was in charge of spreading the Word to the gentiles.. what was the great persecution about in the time of Nero? Christian persecution or catholic persecution? The whole division of the church is doctrines of demons for the road is narrow and very few make it....

[@unknowninfamous2346]

Carlos Gustavo M. Ballock built on tradition with a capital T. Lol What does God say about following traditions of men over the Truth of God? Instead of relying on someone to teach you the Word, read it yourself and do as the Bible commands. Have a personal relationship with God instead of some false human intercessor..

[@Carlos-vg8cr]

@PlowsharesintoSwords you are wrong. As protestants frequently are. But don't believe me. Read the writings of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, direct disciple of *both* apostles Saint Peter and Saint John. By the way, he was ordained Bishop by Saint Peter himself. He died martyr by the Romans in 110 AD, just ten years after the death of Saint John. Read the letters he wrote defending the Catholic priesthood (by the way, you'll find the term *Catholic Church* in his writings), how he explains the belief of the first Christians in the real presence of Christ in Eucharist, and how he defends the doctrinal unity of the Church. Again: this was in 110 AD! Again, it's very easy to prove how far from the truth protestants are. Here are all his writings: www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm%3Frecnum%3D3836&ved=2ahUKEwjfvoTuvtnnAhX0CrkGHWbED-wQFjACegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw2PqCNvhxcZPj0ih00DsSsa After reading his letters, will you have the humility to assume you were wrong? God knows. But remember: Christianity didn't start in the XVI Century.

[@equalizertime188]

SUBBED GREAT EXPLANATION AND VERY INFORMATIVE! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸

[@wilsontheconqueror8101]

Jesus kept no secrets! Amen! The Heresy of John Nelson Darbys myth has shackled so many Christians with his lies. Thank you for this!

[@mcv4920]

He produced translations of the Bible in German "Elberfelder Bibel", French "Pau" Bible, Dutch New Testament, and English (finished posthumously) based on the Hebrew and Greek. He studied the Bible. You should do the same to see the rapture is real.

[@artcarlson3581]

Scripture clearly speaks of a Rapture of believers long before Darby. It was unknown until Paul revealed it. It was a mystery. A look at simple proofs listed by Dr. Thomas Ice should answer that there is a belief in the doctrine by many well know bible prophecy proponents. The Doctrine is not taught in Catholicism but is easily found on the internet as well.

[@Henry-eh2jk]

​@@artcarlson3581Yes. Thank you

[@normmcinnis4102]

Matthew 24 is not about the rapture. Matthew 24 is still in the old testament. The new testament does not even begin until Matthew 27:51. When the rapture does happen, it will Not be secret. It will actually be earth shattering. the world will be in a panic. Someone will have to step in and take control...

[@frankmeintjes5012]

1Thess 4:17 we meet the Lord in the air. (Rapture) Second coming we come from heaven with Him. Jude 1:14 , 1Thess 3:13 How is this possible to be the same happening.

[@candyclews4047]

Frank Meintjes, My fear is that Pre-trib rapture believers will be in danger of not being able to cope when the tribulation comes. It's a dangerous doctrine, which is less than 200 years old. No one, for over 1,800 years after Christ's death believed such a doctrine. Refer to 2 Thess 2:3 "Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction"

[@frankmeintjes5012]

@@candyclews4047 To be an overcoming believer certainty does not depend whether one believes in a rapture or not. When John writes to the seven churches it is recorded every time "he that overcomes" and then follows the reward for overcoming. Tribulation is a normal part of the Christian experience. If you live in the west you might not think so but ask the thousands of believers in China and other parts of Asia. Thousand of believes lay down their lives daily because they have the testimony of Jesus. Whether their is a pre tribulation rapture or not is irrelevant when it comes to live a daily life to overcome the world the flesh and the devil. To be part of the rapture you will have to be an overcomer anyway. If you are not you will stay behind and will experience the Great Tribulation. The foolish virgins could not be part of the marriage supper of the Lamb because they were not filled with the Spirit of God (not enough Oil). Any believer that believes in the rapture should know that when Jesus comes He only comes for those that have overcome and are filled with the Spirit. PEACE

[@frankmeintjes5012]

@@candyclews4047 It is not true that the rapture is a doctrine only 200 years old . When Paul wrote in 1Th 4: 17 the words "caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air" it means a rapture. The Word rapture is just a word to explain the meaning "to be caught up" it's as simple as that. And it definitely cannot mean the same as recorded in Jude 1:14 and 1Thess 3:13 as there we have just the opposite description when Jesus returns. There we see that the saints are not "caught up" but they "descend" out of heaven with Christ. Now how do you explain that?

[@candyclews4047]

@@frankmeintjes5012 Believe me, I would love there to be a pre-trib rapture. I mean who wouldn't? but I don't see it in the Scriptures. I still only see Christ coming back once more, at his Second Coming. Paul’s description that the saints who are alive will be “caught up…to meet the Lord in the air” could just as easily be describing how Christians will meet the Lord in the air to escort him at the end. It was common for citizens to meet an illustrious person (such as a dignitary or victorious military leader) and his entourage outside the walls of their city and accompany them back in and I understand this when I read Jude 1:14 as well as 1 Thess 3:13. Nowhere does Paul say that Jesus returns to heaven. If Jesus’s descent is definitive, it’s not a partial coming as the pre-tribulation view requires it to be? Furthermore 2 Thess 2:1-3 confirms that the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. Notice also that it’s not just the living who are caught up with the Lord, but also the dead in Christ: “And the dead in Christ will rise first” (v.16). That Paul speaks of the resurrection of the dead tells us that he’s referring to the end of time. We know this because Paul states in 1 Corinthians 15 that the end happens in tandem with the resurrection of the dead. I could cite more (if you like) but this thread is already too long!

[@frankmeintjes5012]

@@candyclews4047 I understand your point. Would love to reply now but can't. Will however as soon as I can. PEACE

[@chrismcintyre6331]

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of A'dam in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of A'dam coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a shofar, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. MATTITHYAHU (MATTHEW) 24:29-31 את CEPHER

[@sarabarker2219]

This also means we are two in one, we have good and bad, when he comes , he will take away the bad and keep the good in us. RAPTURE.

[@drakotreas4742]

no

[@drakotreas4742]

Read how Jesus said it

[@brendagula6290]

Just lije the Trinity is not in the Bible vut we do know for a fact the Trinity is explained in the Bible, the same qay with the Rapture. Its in 2 Thessaloniams. The word is Harpazo and it means taken away by force or caught up. The latin word is Rapturus which is where we get the word rapture. This same word is what happened to Enoch, Elijah and the apostle Paul when he was taken to the tvird heaven

[@brianel3006]

The first coming was at Christmas? Uh sir, excuse me.

[@lauraanderson7358]

uh yeah. excuse me but …...obviously

[@brianel3006]

@@lauraanderson7358 lol

[@paulhill7726]

When else would it be?

[@brianel3006]

@@paulhill7726 Jesus was born on Rosh Hashanah. This fufilled the first day in Genesis 1

[@spiritofelijah5386]

Yup, just after Santa.lol

[@jerryg3524]

Discussing this enigmatic and disturbing passage in Matthew, @ 1:24 Dr. Pitre asks what is Jesus talking about? Exactly, God only knows! I'll just take Dr. Pitre's word for it; to me it also resonates as a terrifying warning about each individual person's hour of death, which will come like a thief in the night and we'd better be spiritually ready

[@perryfroze]

I think you're mistaken, I don't think the passage you read is talking about the second coming because we know that Jesus returns seven years after the start of the Antichrist rule based on the forty and two months mentioned in the Bible so then we can almost calculate the exact date he will returns as you just count seven years from the start of Antichrist rule to his end which is just seven years. On the other hand we know not the time of the rapture that's why I believe it the rapture that's being spoken on in that passage. It's mentioned in Revelation 3:10 where God promised to keep us from the hour of temptation coming upon the whole world and in Luke 21:36 where God says that we should pray that we are counted worthy to escape these things described in the preceding verses.

[@lesliecrawford1336]

The History of the Rapture This doctrine is new; it was never taught or even discussed prior to the 1830’s. It seems to have first come from a “prophetic vision” by Margaret Macdonald, a woman in 1830, who was a part of the cult group the “Irvingites,” while having an emotional experience. Through a “mingled prophecy and vision” (breakdown), and saying “the power of the Holy Spirit,” she came up with this. She was very ill and delusional according to physicians and learned observers at the time. How, how, how did this get to doctrinal status? In spite of her condition, people believed her. Not ministers trained in the Word, not those who were pious Christians, not those with discernment, but those seeking a new fad and emotional experience, just as so many do today. By the way, she was a cultist! Then another cult group in England picked this up by the name of “The Catholic Apostolic Church,” headed by Edward Irving (1792-1834). After that, another cult group called the “Millerites,” predicted the return of Christ on October 22, 1844. It did not happen; that should have been a clue, but this would not die. At the same time, this belief was then picked up by Irish born minister, lawyer, evangelist and author, John N. Darby in 1930, who took this new fad to America in 1862 to 1877. He was looking for a “hook” in his motivational Bible speeches to attract crowds in England and on his visit to the Americas, USA, and Canada. People who knew him said he was not well schooled in the Bible or original languages, read into the Bible all kinds of ridiculous ideas. Many people today still believe in him, especially Baptists who love this guy; he is a favored son. I have his commentaries and find them insightful in places and they are also posted in our sister site www.withtheword.org/. But you have to be very discerning and know the Bible before reading them, so you can filter out the garbage to get to the pearls. He was, in fact, a failed lawyer who was very “intolerant to criticism” and prideful. This should be another clue. He managed to become an Anglican priest in 1826 and his theories were rejected by all in his denomination. He then developed a poor method of biblical interpretation called dispensationalism (The Problem with Dispensationalism!)-another clue. But he is a testament on how God uses our foolishness. He founded the Plymouth Brethren Church and has been very popular amongst fundamentalists. The very popular commentary of the Bible he produced has many great insights and with great financial backing, he was able to give free copies to just about every preacher and minister in England and America who were starved for resources. Many only had a Bible and that was it. A well-done commentary, or so they thought, was received with open arms. And this spurred on countless sermons. But he did not do his homework in the Bible. It is filled with errors and illogical content amongst the good stuff, as he put in many of his not so well thought out ideas as fact. Then his theories were picked up by another great reference, the very first study Bible, given out to just about every preacher and evangelist beginning in 1909, and one we still have today, The Scofield Study Bible. Where are the Bible passages for this? Is this not clear in Scripture? Many people think so, but take a look for yourself. The most popular Bible references are John 14:2-3; 1 Corinthians 15:49-55; Philippians 3:20-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-7. The best thing to do is read the passages in their context and you will clearly see for yourself what they say. If you “read into” them, you can make them say anything as you “feel” the words. But God calls us to faith and to reason, as these texts also state! What happened? How did this get all mixed up? Scofield took the Latin word, raeptius, which is an equivalent of the Greek word harpazo used in the 1 Thessalonians 4:17 passage. Harpazo means “caught up” as we previously saw and the Latin means more like “taken away”. It is believed he anglicized it to be the first to use the term Rapture. By the way “caught up” and “taken away” are used in most newer English translations of the Bible. The word caught up or taken away is correctly placed. But in the English, not knowing what this means may cause all sorts of runaway thinking. Then this was further popularized the book, Jesus Is Coming by evangelist William Blackstone, who also sought hooks to motivate people and not so much the Lord, or it seems so from his writings. This work sold more than one million copies. Then the rapture gets a new day by in 1957, when respected Theologian from Dallas Seminary, Dr. John Walvoord, wrote a book called, “The Rapture Question.” He has done great work in Romans and I love what he did with Hebrews, but it seems he did not check his facts and read into the passage a presumption he saw as fact because it was in his favorite work, Scofield Study Bible. But he did not declare it a dogmatic fact, but left it open for further research and debate. Apparently he did not “exegete;” he “isogeted.” (By the way, his one volume commentary, The Bible Knowledge, is very well done, except he tends to read in ideas that are not there and he gets Revelation completely wrong.) Then, the rapture gets popular with the publication of Hal Lindsey’s book, The Late Great Planet Earth, which sold over 15 million copies; his other works and even other popular authors keep spinning this tail. Some proponents such as Hal Lindsey have taught that Early Church Fathers such as and Origen even Augustine taught the dogma of a Rapture. This is just very bad scholarship at Clement best or lying at worst. I poured over their writings trying to prove a rapture and I never found it. Now with modern software it is easier to search, still not there. Then I asked for the references from the people who think the Church has taught this before; I looked them up; not there either. The emperor has no clothes; they never said it or even alluded to it. So if someone insists this is a valid doctrine, ask for the Scripture references, then ask for any solid biblical scholarship on it. You will find none as I did not. Yes, many great people think this is true and teach it passionately. They get so caught up in it, pun intended, they do not look it up. Many have made grievous errors by thinking like this such as one of my heroes, Chuck Smith who dogmatically predicted that Jesus would return in 1981. Smith recanted and feels ashamed and forgiven. I personally went to Hal Lindsey to interview him for this article, which in 1991 was a seminary paper. I was for the rapture view then. However, following that meeting, I knew it was as wrong as my professor had said. Hal was prideful and condescending; he also was not able to answer any of my questions, such as to exegete the key words in the 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 passage, and refused to look at the references he said taught this. I had copies with me. I was there to prove him right, but he proved himself wrong. So the history of a rapture started out as a prophetic vision inspired by the emotional breakdown of a cultist, that then was picked up by emotional zealots and more cultists unconcerned for biblical truth. Furthermore, it was used as a hook by a prideful preacher who only wanted to give out his nonsensical theorems, then by other evangelists not concerned or trained in the Word. Afterwards, it creeps into the first study Bible, then popular books, and now is it is in the landscape of popular Christian thought.

[@aununally4274]

There's a lot of information in this video DO NOT BECOME CATHOLIC. STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AND BECOME A FRIEND OF JESUS.

[@mccabeianenator]

Just an observation that there is no `rapture` until the dead in Christ rise first and we join with them- Revelation 5th Seal-`These are they that have come out of the great tribulation` Matthew 24-`Immediately AFTER the tribulation....` Revelation 6th Seal-``...and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the GREAT DAY of his wrath has come..` Revelation 7th Trumpet-(Is this a further exposition of 6th Seal)....the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of God...you have taken your great power and begun to reign...TIME has come for judging the dead, rewarding your servants, and for destroying those who destroy the earth` 2nd Peter-`....heavens will disappear with a ROAR, elements will be destroyed by fire, the earth will be laid bare` But not all is bad news.....Luke 21:36 PRAY that you may be able to escape all that is coming upon the earth`. Also- Rev. 3:10 `Because you have KEPT my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial...` so chin up and plough on!

[@frankmerolillo8743]

Proof of a pre trib rapture pay attention to the cloud and Clouds Jesus appears in. Act's chapter 1 verses 9 10 11 cloud. Luke chapter 21 verses 27 and 28 cloud. In Revelation chapter 1 verse 7 Jesus is coming with the Clouds. This is the second coming of Jesus. God bless.......

[@rick_h]

Nobody was eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building or getting married during the flood or when fire was falling from the sky in the days of Lot and Noah. Nor will anyone be enjoying a normal life at the end of the great tribulation. Everybody is hiding in a cave (Rev 6:15-17) and freaking out (Luke 21:26). One taken will not be a secret, but it will be a surprise. The word taken in "one taken" means to take and receive in Greek (paralambano). It is the same word used in John 14:3. It is not the second coming. Also, one taken, one left does not have a resurrection (Luke 17:37, Matt 24:28). There is only one resurrection (John 6:39-54, 11:24, Rev 20:4-6). Consequently, 1 Thes 4:13-17 and 1 Cor 15:50-52 is the second coming at the last trump. Maranatha!

[@jeremyking9185]

One day, messiah will arrive in Jerusalem. He will sit in the throne of David at the newly constructed temple. He will establish world peace, beginning with a covenant between the Middle Eastern nations. The chosen people of God will bow before him and Christians will follow suit. While the world basks in the glory of Christ, a light will shine in the East. The true Christ Jesus will return and the nations will mourn. They will cry for the rocks to fall on them, but death will flee from them. Why? Because when Jesus returns we will be all be changed “in the twinkling of an eye” into our spiritual bodies. The only death then will be at the white throne judgement for those not found written in The Lamb’s Book of Life. If you don’t think Satan can’t deceive you into thinking he is Jesus Christ and ruin your salvation, remember, he deceived a third of God’s own angels who stood before his very throne. The Antichrist arrives in Jerusalem first. At the 6th seal, 6th trump and 6th vial. That’s why the scripture says to “enumerate” the number of the man to know who he will be. “666” Jesus Christ returns at the last/7th trump, AFTER Antichrist and his tribulation on mankind. 2nd Thessalonians 2:3-4 KJV 1st Corinthians 15:52 KJV DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY SATAN

[@bill7101]

So many times Matthew 24 is taken out of context.. Matthew 24 is talking about the harvest of the grapes of wrath when Jesus sends out angels to make the harvest... In Luke 21:28 it says, “When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” This the end known by Catholics (He will come again to judge the living and the dead) or the Rapture known by evangelists.. Get the book “The Next Medo-Persian Empire” from WestbowPress.com/bookstore or Amazon.com which is written by a Catholic. It explains the difference between these passages and what “these things” mean.

[@carolmueller748]

Very soon Jesus will intervene in the affairs of mankind by means of God's Kingdom. Cristians the world over have prayed for Jesus as King of kings to begin his rule. He will bring about God's will on earth as it is in heaven. No more wickedness on earth, Psalms 37:9-11. No more imperfect rule by man, Daniel 2:44. God's government will bring an end to death, pain and tears, Revelation 21:4,5. The meek will inherit the earth and live forever on it, Psalms 37:29; Matthew 5:5; Proverbs 2:21 22. Earth will be cultivated into the Paradise that God intended in the beginning, Genesis 1:28. Jesus will do on a grand scale all that he did when he walked the earth, including awakening those asleep in death. John 5:28,29. We must worship the Father with spirit and truth in order to survive Armageddon. Pray for wisdom and understanding of God's Word so that you may experience life on earth under the Kingdom of God. Matthew 6:10!

[@JoeL-gl5ie]

If this is the 2nd coming, then how can anyone be left behind? He is coming at the 2nd coming and those on the earth are still here. Makes no sense he comes and some disappear and others remain. How can those who disappear from tge earth be with him when he us coming here at the. 2nd coming. It refers to the Rapture and not the 2nd Coming.

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the gospel of the kingdom! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah died for his people! God resurrected the Messiah! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Matt 24 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@johannesuys7480]

When Jesus comes the second time He will appear to those who love Him. Hebr 9:28. This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.( Second time.Acts 1:11.) When Jesus comes the second time He will descent from Heaven and we will meet Him in the air.( 1Thes 4:16). When Jesus comes the second time we will be gathering together unto Him.(2 Thes 2:1). When Jesus comes the second time He will come in flaming fire and vengeance to those unbelievers who had fallen away from the truth and then Jesus will be glorified in his saints in that day.(2Thes 1:8,10). Before Jesus comes the second time a falling away from the truth must take place for the antichrist to be revealed.(2Thes 2:3) When Jesus comes the second time He will destroy the antichrist with the brightness of His coming and those who had fallen away from the truth..(2Thes 2:8,10). Nobody is going to disappear (raptured) before Jesus comes the second time.

[@unknowninfamous2346]

This what they call cherry picking.. John Nelson Darby made up the rapture doctrine which doesn’t correlate to ANY OTHER book of the Bible.. Why would Jesus say? John 17:15, John 15:18-20....

[@xceptamanbbornagainnokingd5836]

this man is invoking the spirit of antichrist when he reads a modern bible like the one he is using. the reasons the modern bibles are of teh devil i can prove with scripture comparisons, but that is another topic. the problem at hand is this, he is using a scripture that has nothing to do with the resurrection, and he tries to make that to be the resurrection (just like every false prophet) one problem with that, Paul said that he shewed them a mystery in 1Corinthians 15:51 (and began to expand on the resurrection, down to 58), the brother then speaks more about it explicitly in 1Thessalonians 4:16-18. and even when Jesus spake of the resurrection in John 10, but in verse 6, it affirms that it was a mystery "but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them." (John 10:6b) but the second coming, the prophets knew, for they wrote about it, and even Jesus' disciples asked him wha would be the sign of his COMING and the end of the world. so they already knew that he would come again. the resurrection was for the body of Christ which was not formed until the death of the testator for the new testament to take effect (see Hebrews 9:15-17 in the King James Bible). also, the first person to whom it was revealed was brother Paul who was called to be the apostle of the Gentiles there really is no excuse for believing this lie in denying the resurrection and that Jesus is not coming for his bride before his wrath is poured out. there is way to many problems and contradictions. the body of Christ has Jesus Christ to look forward to next, the lost world has the antichrist ot look forward to next. but every true and faithful roman catholic is right about one thing, they will not be resurrected but go through the time of Jacob's trouble and have to face the trinity and their mark (the mark of the beast, which will instantly condemn any man that receieves it to hell with no chance of redemption at all)

[@geezlepuss7863]

1 Thes 4:17 harpagēsometha = we shall be raptured. (rapiemur in the Latin, = we shall be caught up). The Rapture is the catching up on the Church as in 1 Thes 4:17. You may debate the timing of the Rapture relative to other eschatological events, but the Rapture is a plain & simple Bible fact. harpagēsometha. The so element (morpheme) is future active form of the verb. metha = we, 1st person plural passive voice form of the verb. It has nothing to do with Harpo Marx. There is no Rapture nor Church in Matthew 24 (Olivet Discourse). Mat 24 presents signs of Christ's return, moving through the Beginning of Sorrows, & the Great Tribulation followed by Christ's 2nd coming to earth; but nobody is caught up to a meeting in the air with the Lord Jesus in the Olivet Discourse. It is best to interpret "those who are taken" as taken in judgment. The Lord Jesus spoke very little about the Church during His earthly ministry, but He indicated in Mat 16 that the Church was yet future. To speak of a "secret" rapture is off the point. The Rapture is a future fact; whether it is open or secret (or to what degree it is secret) is not all that important. The Day of the Lord is not the Rapture nor the 2nd Coming. The day of the Lord (time of judgment & destruction) is NOT at hand per 2 Thes 2; but the coming of Christ for His Church, is at hand per James 5.

[@poorguyrich63]

I have huge respect for you Dr. Pitre, but I believe the church is incorrect about the Harpazo. Jesus told us to pray that we may be counted worthy to ESCAPE the wrath to come, not merely endure. Maybe you haven't been exposed to the solid argument in favor of the Rapture. I think many a Catholic theologian will be scratching their heads after it happens, Dr. Hahn included. God bless