Will God's People Be Raptured? The Heart of Christian Zionism (Hank Unplugged)

[@BibleAnswerMan]

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[@DuaneWiseChristian]

Absolutely beautiful Hank you are the best in explaining end times and how important it is to read the Bible in context like you would read well written literature. I too am trying to do my little part to spread the truth of Gods word and the Holy Spirit had blessed me with wisdom and understanding as well to explain it to others. God bless you I hope you're doing well and my prayers continue for your good health. ✝️🙏

[@andrewbrossman9902]

Looks like it’s on its way out. Definitely pushback. Tucker, Candace.

[@tamikoaaron1597]

The 1830’s was on hell of a decade spiritually- SDA, LDS, Jehovah’s witnesses, Darby….

[@bigtobacco1098]

So many cults

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@tamikoaaron1597 keen observation. 👍

[@markmcflounder15]

Moreover, you had Nietzsche, Marx followed by Lenin and Charles Darwin in the 2nd half of the 1800s

[@samuel_rowbotham]

Thanks for all you do, Hank. Got the magazine and love it.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

Blessings to you! 👍

[@davekpghpa]

It seems to me that it must take a hefty dose of preconceived notions, originating outside of the Bible, in order to come to the idea of dispensationalism. And to manage to maintain that position, in the face of abundant and clear scriptural evidence to the contrary, I suppose a pretty high level of pride would be necessary too.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@davekpghpa Good point.

[@Charles73358]

I understand that dispensationlist have their own Bible Colleges this is a great problem

[@aussierob7177]

There is no rapture of the Church. People are misinterpreting the Scripture that is supposed to support the rapture.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@aussierob7177 Well put.

[@Charles73358]

Amen, brother, teach and spread the truth 🙏

[@NaserMusa]

Thank you and God bless you.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@NaserMusa You are so welcome! 🙏

[@brettstiles1278]

Thank you brother for sharing the absolute truth. May God bless you and protect you!

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@brettstiles1278 Amen! 🙏

[@LambsServant]

Thanks Hank.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@LambsServant You are so welcome! 🙏

[@MrGuitarshred777]

Absolutely love Hank’s response to this topic ✝️

[@FirestarterTube]

WELL DONE!!!

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@FirestarterTube You are so welcome! 🙏

[@zekesinkhorn5851]

The Bible answer man fails to mention the mid 19th century dogma, Preterism, which hasn't become popularized until recently.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@zekesinkhorn5851 What is the evidence for the assertion about preterism being a 19th century dogma?

[@zekesinkhorn5851]

@@BibleAnswerMan Englishman E.B.Eliott introduced preterism in Great Britain and Moses Stuart the same notion in the United States during the mid 1800's. Preterism was "popularized" after the teachings of these men and others.

[@cecilraines585]

thank you so much Hank. have all your books. they keep me grounded in my faith. this podcast I needed so much. I keep telling my Christian friends to check you out. have let my membership lag. been hit with cancer 2x so watching pennies. getting old ain't for wimps😊. will get back. man you are a rock. peace

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@cecilraines585 Blessings to you!!! 🙏

[@carlgreen4985]

Reading your Apocalypse Code at this moment, thank you very much Hank.

[@minimations8697]

How did dispensationalism get so rooted in the church community and why is it so hard to get it out? How can the church not understand this teaching?

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@minimations8697 There is a lure to the sensational, and what can be more sensational than end time speculation and (false) predictions about the apocalypse. See www.equip.org/articles/the-perils-of-newspaper-eschatology/ www.equip.org/articles/when-truth-gets-left-behind/

[@deanfloyd8931]

The end of the movie never lasts longer than the whole movie.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@deanfloyd8931 Hahaha! 🤣

[@rickster3488]

- part of the end time deception.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@rickster3488 Comment appreciated.

[@EJ_Lion]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@Neil-no5hv]

The Bible is clear that resurrection is a reality and this life is not all that there is. While death is the end of physical life, it is not the end of human existence. Many erroneously believe that there is one general resurrection at the end of the age, but the Bible teaches that there will be not one resurrection, but a series of resurrections, some to eternal life in heaven and some to eternal damnation (Daniel 12:2; John 5:28-29). The first great resurrection was the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is documented in each of the four Gospels (Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20), cited several times in Acts (Acts 1:22; 2:31; 4:2, 33; 26:23), and mentioned repeatedly in the letters to the churches (Romans 1:4; Philippians 3:10; 1 Peter 1:3). Much is made of the importance of Christ’s resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, which records that over five hundred people saw Him at one of His post-resurrection appearances. Christ’s resurrection is the “first fruits” or guarantee to every Christian that he will also be resurrected. Christ’s resurrection is also the basis of the Christian’s certainty that all people who have died will one day be raised to face fair and even-handed judgment by Jesus Christ (Acts 17:30-31). The resurrection to eternal life is described as “the first resurrection” (Revelation 20:5-6); the resurrection to judgment and torment is described as “the second death” (Revelation 20:6, 13-15). The first great resurrection of the Church will occur at the time of the rapture. All those who have placed their trust in Jesus Christ during the Church Age, and have died before Jesus returns, will be resurrected at the rapture. The Church Age began on the Day of Pentecost and will end when Christ returns to take believers back to heaven with Him (John 14:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). The Apostle Paul explained that not all Christians will die, but all will be changed, i.e., given resurrection-type bodies (1 Corinthians 15:50-58), some without having to die! Christians who are alive, and those who have already died, will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air and be with Him always! Another great resurrection will occur when Christ returns to earth (His Second Coming) at the end of the Tribulation period. After the rapture, the Tribulation is the next event after the Church Age in God’s chronology. This will be a time of terrible judgment upon the world, described in great detail in Revelation chapters 6-18. Though all Church Age believers will be gone, millions of people left behind on earth will come to their senses during this time and will trust in Jesus as their Savior. Tragically, most of them will pay for their faith in Jesus by losing their lives (Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9-17; 13:7, 15-17; 17:6; 19:1-2). These believers in Jesus who die during the Tribulation will be resurrected at Christ’s return and will reign with Him for a thousand years during the Millennium (Revelation 20:4, 6). Old Testament believers such as Job, Noah, Abraham, David and even John the Baptist (who was assassinated before the Church began) will be resurrected at this time also. Several passages in the Old Testament mention this event (Job 19:25-27; Isaiah 26:19; Daniel 12:1-2; Hosea 13:14). Ezekiel 37:1-14 describes primarily the regathering of the Nation of Israel using the symbolism of dead corpses coming back to life. But from the language used, a physical resurrection of dead Israelis cannot be excluded from the passage. Again, all believers in God (in the Old Testament era) and all believers in Jesus (in the New Testament era) participate in the first resurrection, a resurrection to life (Revelation 20:4, 6). There may be another resurrection at the end of the Millennium, one which is implied, but never explicitly stated in Scripture. It is possible that some believers will die a physical death during the Millennium. Through the prophet Isaiah, God said, "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his days; for the youth will die at the age of one hundred and the one who does not reach the age of one hundred will be thought accursed” (Isaiah 65:20). On the other hand, it is also possible that death in the Millennium will only come to the disobedient. In either event, some kind of transformation will be required to fit believers in their natural bodies in the Millennium for pristine existence throughout eternity. Each believer will need to have a “resurrected” type of body. It is clear from Scripture that God will destroy the entire universe, including the earth, with fire (2 Peter 3:7-12). This will be necessary to purge God’s creation of its endemic evil and decay brought upon it by man’s sin. In its place God will create a new heaven and a new earth (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1-4). But what will happen to those believers who survived the Tribulation and entered the Millennium in their natural bodies? And what will happen to those who were born during the Millennium, trusted in Jesus, and continued to live in their natural bodies? Paul has made it clear that flesh and blood, which is mortal and able to decay, cannot inherit the kingdom of God. That eternal kingdom is inhabitable only by those with resurrected, glorified bodies that are no longer mortal and are not able to decay (1 Corinthians 15:35-49). Presumably, these believers will be given resurrection bodies without having to die. Precisely when this happens is not explained, but theologically, it must happen somewhere in the transition from the old earth and universe to the new earth and new heaven (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1-4). There is a final resurrection, apparently of all the unbelieving dead of all ages. Jesus Christ will raise them from the dead (John 5:25-29) after the Millennium, the thousand-year reign of Christ (Revelation 20:5), and after the destruction of the present earth and universe (2 Peter 3:7-12; Revelation 20:11). This is the resurrection described by Daniel as an awakening “from the dust of the ground ... to disgrace and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2). It is described by Jesus as a “resurrection of judgment” (John 5:28-29). The Apostle John saw something that would happen in the future. He saw a “great white throne” (Revelation 20:11). Heaven and earth “fled away” from the One sitting on it. This is evidently a description of the dissolution by fire of all matter, including the entire universe and earth itself (2 Peter 3:7-12). All the (godless) dead will stand before the throne. This means they have been resurrected after the thousand years (Revelation 20:5). They will possess bodies that can feel pain but will never cease to exist (Mark 9:43-48). They will be judged, and their punishment will be commensurate with their works. But there is another book opened-the Lamb’s book of life (Revelation 21:27). Those whose names are not written in the book of life are cast into the “lake of fire,” which amounts to “the second death” (Revelation 20:11-15). No indication is given of any who appear at this judgment that their names are found in the book of life. Rather, those whose names appear in the book of life were among those who are blessed, for they received forgiveness and partook of the first resurrection, the resurrection to life (Revelation 20:6).

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@Neil-no5hv That is a fair expression of the dispensational premillennial articulation on the future bodily resurrection. Jesus appears to say something different: Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. (Jn 5:28-29). The resurrection and rapture are then a singular event. See www.equip.org/article/left-behind-from-root-to-ripened-fruit/ and www.equip.org/bible_answers/what-about-the-millennium/

[@Neil-no5hv]

@@BibleAnswerMan Verses 28 and 29 indicate that Jesus’ judgment must await resurrection. Verses 28-30 discuss the future of those who believe on Christ. There are four truths taught here: Physical death is not the end of existence. There are two forms of existence beyond the grave: eternal loss and eternal salvation. The way to enter the existence of eternal salvation is by relationship to Jesus. There are two resurrections: Resurrection to life (the first resurrection), and Resurrection to damnation. 28 Do not marvel at this; “At this” refers to the previous verses where Jesus referred to His calling people from their graves on the last day. The Jews were already in the process of marveling at Jesus’ words. Unbelieving Jews in Jesus’ audience were astonished at His claim to have the ability to make the determination as to who has eternal life. It was shocking to them. He was about to offer another astounding claim in this verse. for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice All the bodily dead will hear the voice of Jesus. Jesus will raise both the just dead and the unjust dead. The just dead will move into eternal life with God and the unjust will go into eternal condemnation. Not only could Jesus offer a spiritual resurrection, but He offered a bodily resurrection. There is a day coming when those in the tomb or grave will hear His voice. This is the final apocalyptic resurrection. The Messiah will shout at the Rapture (1 Th 4:16). PRINCIPLE: There are different judgments for different people. APPLICATION: There is no such thing as a general judgment. Judgments are separated by the Millennium. The dead in Christ will rise first at the Rapture (1 Th 4:16). Old Testament saints and Tribulation martyrs will rise later. The resurrection of the damned will occur a thousand years later (Re 20:5)-the resurrection of judgment called the Great White Throne judgment for non-believers of all ages. There are two resurrections in verses 28-29 (Re 20:4-6 and 20:11-15). The first resurrection is of those who are saved; it occurs at the Rapture of the church. During the Tribulation and after the Rapture many will turn to the Messiah. These believers will be raised at the end of the Tribulation with Old Testament saints. Those events are what we call the “first resurrection.”

[@claybentonite]

And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge. Yes, I saw the souls* of those executed* for the witness they gave about Jesus and for speaking about God, and those who had not worshipped the wild beast or its image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand.h And they came to life and ruled as kings with the Christi for 1,000 years. 5 (The rest of the deadj did not come to life until the 1,000 years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.k 6 Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection;l over these the second deathm has no authority,n but they will be priestso of God and of the Christ, and they will rule as kings with him for the 1,000 years.p There are two resurrections.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@claybentonite Thanks for sharing the point of view.

[@Jupiter8Boy64]

What are, according to you, the two resurrections?

[@briandejong4437]

Right on Hank! Ironic that I now see a few of the "disappearing act" televangelists showing up on my KZbin algorithm!😉

[@littlecrow6484]

Thanks Hank for being the " lone wolf " like Amos and the other prophets who were preaching no matter how unpopular they and their message was.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@littlecrow6484 Blessings!!! 🙏

[@diannazachrey3899]

Hank is no longer wolf . Long before him there was David Chilton, Stephen Striker, Gary Demar. I personally didn't learn about this from Hank..I thank God for him though.

[@jenna2431]

If you have to believe in a god who is dependent on violence, is so lacking in imagination, whose power is limited to reliance on death and destruction at the "end" of the world, then you need to re-evaluate your life choices.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

According to your opinion? What are you basing your proof of the non-existence of God and what you perceive incorrectly what He is like? We have addressed your concerns in this article: www.equip.org/articles/bears-gone-wild-responding-attacks-portrayal-god-old-testament/ One thing God is not, is limited.

[@MB777-qr2xv]

You can't say there is NO such thing as a rapture and then describe a post-trib rapture. Yes, it happens at the Coming of the Lord. It is NOT a secret rapture, but a rapture none the less. You mention this is not a rapture, but rather the resurrection. Surely you don't believe in soul sleep, do you? Yes, the BODIES of the dead in Christ are resurrected for sure. But Paul said, "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." So, at the "resurrection" Jesus brings the souls of the Believers who have died and reunites them with their NOW glorified bodies. I personally, after many years believing in a pre-trib rapture, believe the Pre-Wrath rapture view best fits scripture.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@MB777-qr2xv Incorrect. This is not a post tribulation rapture view. The point being made is that there is no evidence for a pretribulation rapture, i.e., the idea that God is going to remove the Church from the Earth before the start of a future seven-year Great Tribulation that ends with Jesus' Second Coming and the start of the Millennium. The idea of there being a future seven-year Great Tribulation is even difficult to draw from the Olivet Discourse. See www.equip.org/articles/apocalypse-when/ For most of church history, Christians held the rapture and resurrection to be synonymous. See www.equip.org/article/left-behind-from-root-to-ripened-fruit/

[@MB777-qr2xv]

@@BibleAnswerMan Do you have an opinion on the pre-wrath view of the end times?

[@CTChipmunk]

I understand what you're saying, but the context implies that "seed" means physical descendants. You're trying to change the meaning of physical descendant (seed) to mean that anyone can be an heir to the promise by declaring themselves to be a Christian. I don't think it works that way. In Abraham's day, if you were not of Abraham's seed, then you HAD TO adopt the "everlasting" covenant of circumcision in order to be grafted in w/Abraham. Gen 17 (NAS) God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants (i.e. SEED) after you throughout their generations. This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants (SEED) after you: every male among you SHALL be circumcised. And you SHALL be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it SHALL be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. And every male among you who is eight days old SHALL be circumcised throughout your generations, including a slave who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants (SEED). A slave who is born in your house or who is bought with your money SHALL certainly be circumcised; so My covenant SHALL be in your flesh as an EVERLASTING COVENANT. But as for an uncircumcised male, one who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person SHALL BE CUT OFF from his people; he has broken My covenant.” The word "seed" means physical descendant(s). In Gen 17, God is talking about Abraham and his blood-related descendants/seed. Gen 17: 19-21 "...your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants (seed) after him. As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation. But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.” Jesus is defined as David's seed, not Abraham's. Big distinction, imo. i believe if you did a modern day DNA test on Jesus & King David, it would show that David is the father of Jesus, but it wouldn't show any DNA relating to Abraham. it's sort of like God isolated David's DNA and only put that in w/Jesus. As for circumcision, was God mistaken to call it an "everlasting" covenant?

[@davekpghpa]

Scripture clears this all up in Galatians 3. Read the entire chapter.

[@CTChipmunk]

@@davekpghpa who were the Galatians Paul was writing to? they were Jews and Gentiles (Greeks) who had become Christians in what is now modern day Turkey. yes, the gentiles were grafted in because of their faith, not because they are Abraham's seed. in the bible, the word Gentile is used interchangeably with the word Greek because they are the same thing. To my knowledge, a Greek has always been someone from the nation of Greece. Are you saying the word Gentile can apply to any non-Jew in the world, of any nationality? you have to remember, Paul was not writing to an audience 2,000 years into the future. he was writing to the early Christians in Galatia who were comprised of Jews and Greeks/Gentiles. Jesus said he only came for the lost sheep of the house of Israel, but he said there was another fold of sheep. we later find out the other fold appears to be the gentiles/Greeks. if i had to guess, maybe God liked what He saw in ancient Greece, as they were into virtue & reason, gave us democracy, justice system, philosophers such as Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, etc. no surprise to me the Greeks were included. the romans borrowed from them as well.

[@davekpghpa]

@@CTChipmunk The Law and the Promise Galatians 3:15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,”[i] meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. 19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. 20 A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.

[@CTChipmunk]

@@davekpghpa Paul is talking about Isaac, not Isaac and Ishmael. That's why he says seed singular. but the promise did go to Abraham and his seed plural because it went thru Isaac, and then to Jacob, and then to Jacob's 12 sons, etc. "I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants (PLURAL) after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you." (Gen 17: 7 NASB). "And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy SEED after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy SEED after thee." (Gen 17: 7 KJV) one says seed, the other says descendants. they are both plural, which proves Paul must've meant Isaac. when God told Abraham the promise would go to Abraham and his descendants, He didn't mean all of Abraham's descendants. He meant Isaac. We see the same kind of thing happening w/Jacob & Esau.

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@CTChipmunk Not all trying to redefine "see." Rather, Scriptures tell us that heirs of the promises includes both Jew and Gentile. See Romans 9-11. See www.equip.org/articles/does-the-bible-make-a-distinction-between-israel-and-the-church-/ www.equip.org/articles/left-behind-from-root-to-ripened-fruit/ www.equip.org/article/dispensationalism-indispensable/ and www.equip.org/articles/obligation-blessing-abrahams-seed/

[@MrSparkums]

Lol.. Read Obadiah, Esau..

[@BibleAnswerMan]

@MrSparkums can you clarify how Obadiah has to do with the rapture and Christian Zionism?

[@MrSparkums]

@@BibleAnswerMan It doesn't, it was addressed to whoever deleted my other comment.. : ) Check your email..