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There is no such passage or verse, simply because the Rapture itself is not mentioned in The Bible. The 'Rapture' is a theological invention of John Nelson Darby, the nineteenth-century founder of the Plymouth Brethren. 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. .
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. An obscure interpretation of the Book of Revelation says that the establishment of the state of Israel was a necessary prerequisite, an event that ocurred in 1948. None of this has any genuine support in the Bible, yet many Christians believe in John Nelson Darby's most enduring theological creation, the Rapture.
According to biblical teachings, the prophecy of Jesus reigning for 1000 years will be fulfilled through the Second Coming of Christ, where he will establish a millennial kingdom on Earth. This period of peace and prosperity is described in the Book of Revelation and other biblical texts as a time when Jesus will rule and reign with his followers for a thousand years before the final judgment.
I hate to rain on your parade, but there is not such thing as the rapture. It is unbiblical, and is as recent as the 19th century. Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church, there is no biblical basis for this fallacy. Please, read your King James Version Bible, it is the purest translation and the closest we will get to the original Greek and Hebrew text.
This depends on which version of the Rapture you decide to believe in. The Rapture was a theological invention of to John Nelson Darby, a nineteenth-century British evangelical preacher and founder of the Plymouth Brethren. John Nelson Darby has sunk into obscurity, apart from the Plymouth Brethren and his predictions.Those who still believe in the rapture hold different views, including a 'pre-tribulation' rapture, a 'post-tribulation' rapture and even a 'mid-tribulation' rapture. Similarly, they hold a wide range of opinions about when it will happen or what signs will precede the rapture. You can only be certain it will not happen in your lifetime or the lifetimes of your children or grandchildren.
The mid-tribulation rapture theory is a belief that the rapture of Christians will occur halfway through the seven-year period of tribulation described in the Bible. This theory differs from other rapture theories, such as pre-tribulation and post-tribulation, which posit that the rapture will happen before or after the tribulation period, respectively.
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The Tribulation is a seven-year period in which great disasters occur and MANY people die. Post-trib people believe this happens before the Rapture, when God calls the saved to heaven instantly. The more Biblical argument, Pre-trib is that the Rapture will take place before the Tribulation.
According to Christian belief, Jesus will set foot on the Mount of Olives at His second coming, which is considered a future event that has not yet occurred. This belief is based on the biblical prophecy found in Zechariah 14:4.
There is no "rapture" of the church, as this is not in the Bible. The rapture is a man made teaching that is based upon the words "caught up" in the book of Thessalonians. (1 Thess. 4) The belief is that the church will be raptured away to heaven before the second coming of Christ Jesus. The problem is, the verse they base this rapture theory on IS describing the physical second coming of Christ. It is AT the second coming of Christ Jesus that the church is "caught up" to meet Jesus in the air, NOT before.
A:According to John Nelson Darby, a nineteenth-century British evangelical preacher and founder of the Plymouth Brethren, you will only miss the Rapture if you do not believe in Jesus Christ. The 'Rapture' was a theological invention that states that Christ will 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. Christians have always taught that Jesus will return to earth and that believers should live in anticipation of his second coming, but Darby's scheme differs in that Christians will be "raptured" up into heaven, before a seven-year tribulation of non-Christians.If you miss the Rapture, according to Darby and his successors, you face a seven-year period of utmost torture and unbearable pain, but you will also be given the chance to believe. It is one thing to predict the Rapture, but 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 those who miss the Rapture will suffer tribulation. John Nelson Darby has sunk into obscurity, apart from his followers in the Plymouth Brethren, and so should his predictions.
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Key pretribulation rapture verses in the Bible include 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 and 1 Corinthians 15:51-52. These verses suggest that believers will be caught up to meet Jesus in the air before a time of tribulation on Earth. Supporters of the pretribulation rapture belief interpret these verses as evidence that believers will be taken away before a period of intense suffering and judgment.