Who predicted the Rapture?

Answer 1

Be assured it is not JUST an idea of Apostle Paul, it was prophesied by others as well. As of June 30 th 2010, nothing more has to be fulfilled from a Bibiical prospective. There is suppose to be a separation period that is not as discussed as much in the Christian world. If it was, it would bring such a stage of repentance and revival, that hasn't been seen for a very long time. Referred to as; separating the wheat fron the chaff, or the goats from the sheep.

In the Holy Bible, there are scriptures that point to the day that all true believing followers of Christ, will be taken from the earth, after the long deseased ones. Then, what is going to happen immediatley after is 7 years of horrible tribulation. This is something that many will not survive and most would not want to survive through. To those that do not believe in Christ or even in God, this would just seem just as a way to avoid this trouble and even death itself. Who wouldn't want to avoid what is in the Book of Revelations and what happens just prior to dying?

Thing is, many so called "Christian" will find themselve still here when the great "catching away" is completed, as they were just playing the part of a religious person only. Christ did say; "...There be few that find it." Meaning that there will be those they say, "have we not done great and might works in the name of Yeshua (Christ)." Christ will spew them out of His mouth. So, for the follower and believer, don't assume you are ready...BE ready at all times. In the tribulation, you WILL be executed for being Christian or even Jewish. Of course, Jews are always a part of someones dreams of "extermination". However, this will be the final time that God will tolerate this and all evil that has been done. Read the rest of this story. You'll find that it is not JUST a story.

Answer:

The name "rapture," in reference to the prophecies of Jesus' return to earth, came into existence around the mid 1800's. The word itself doesn't appear in The Bible.

The "rapture" comes with a wide variety of beliefs as to exactly "when" and "how" it might happen in relation to the prophesied "Great Tribulation" -- before it, after it, during it... or continually. It depends upon who you talk to.

The whole thing stems from a general multi-faceted misunderstanding about "the Day of the Lord"... the time when Jesus Christ returns to the earth with the Kingdom of God.

Some [most? all?] rapture beliefs have Jesus returning on a "near-miss trajectory," just skimming the earth's atmosphere just enough to snatch up His saints to zip them off the earth and back to heaven with Him.

Paul's passages on this event of the "gathering of the saints" by the Lord are mostly misunderstood by men. Thus, the general confusion as to the exact details of how the alleged "rapture" might actually go down... as opposed to what Paul truly says about "the gathering of the saints."

But, the "rapture" name wasn't applied to it until around the 1830's by a charismatic London Presbyterian minister named Edward Irving who, in the fostering of his own beliefs about end time prophecy, along with his "Irvingites," was a pioneer of the modern Pentecostal movement.

Answer: In my studies I found this: The term RAPTURE was first used by a man by the name of Jerome in 385 AD [source TBN] I also heard about the 18oo also, Scripture is very clear Messiah doesn't return until AFTER the Great Tribulation Matt.24 and one must know about the sound and blowing of the Jewish Trumpet called the Shofar, (ram;s horn) He returns at the LAST GREAT SOUND and this is after the 3rd temple where the anti-christ must reveal himself. And much more.

Another answer:

The "Rapture" is a multi-faceted [fairly modern; 1800's] overly developed religious doctrine of confusing origin as well as concept, with a wide range of beliefs regarding what it is, when it is, how it might play out... not to mention a certain amount of egotistical competition among many religious factions as to 'who is more right about it than everyone else.'

Therefore... the "invention" of the Rapture must be laid at the feet of "the great Dragon":

"...the ancient Serpent called the Devil, or Satan, THE ONE DECEIVING THE WHOLE WORLD..." (Rev.12:9 NLT New Living Translation).

"For God is not a God of disorder but of Peace, as in all the other churches." (I Cor.14:33 NLT)

"Do you think that the knowledge of God's Word begins and ends with you Corinthians? Well, you are mistaken!" (verse 36)

Answer 2

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The 'Rapture' is a theological invention of John Nelson Darby, the nineteenth-century founder of the Plymouth Brethren. Although few people belong the the Plymouth Brethren Church, many Christians believe in its founder's most enduring theological creation, the Rapture.

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Barbara R. Rossing (The Rapture Exposed) says that according to one critic, the Rapture has its origins with a young girl's vision. In 1830, in Port Glasgow, Scotland, fifteen-year-old Margaret MacDonald attended a healing service. There, she was said to have seen a vision of a two-stage return of Jesus Christ. The story of her vision was adopted and amplified by Darby.

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The belief that Jesus will come again was not new, and Christians have always taught that Jesus will return to earth and that believers should live in anticipation of his second coming. Darby's new teaching was that Christ would return twice, first in secret to "Rapture" his church out of the world and up to heaven, then a second time after seven years of global tribulation for non-believers, to establish a Jerusalem-based kingdom on earth.

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It is one thing to predict the Rapture, it is an entirely different thing to demonstrate that it will ever happen. The Rapture has no genuine biblical support, so there is no good reason to believe there will ever be a Rapture or that the church and its members will be taken bodily up into heaven. John Nelson Darby has sunk into obscurity, apart from his followers in the Plymouth Brethren, and so should his predictions.