Is the Rapture real

Answer 1

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Yes It Is Very Very True And It I Will Happen Very Soon.

Another Answer:

The Bible never uses the word "rapture", which means the catching away. Jesus will return for his true followers and believers and I believe that time is very very close. I dont want to mislead you like the person above me. No where in my bible does it say after the "rapture" you will have no hope to live again. My bible says there will be those saved during the tribulation period. But dont let that be a safety net because believe me you do not want to be on earth when Gods judgements are being poured out. If you have questions about that time period read the book of Revelation. It is a scary but at the same time beautiful book. So back to the question, yes the rapture is real without any doubt.

Answer 2

When we look at the history of the 'Rapture', we can soon see that it is not real. The belief that Jesus will come again is not new, and Christians have always taught that Jesus will return to earth and that believers should live in anticipation of his second coming. The new teaching on this is 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.

This teaching was 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.

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, where 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. Does that sound like the basis for a real idea?

Answer 3

The concept of the Rapture is a belief held by some Christian groups that believers will be taken up to heaven before a period of tribulation. It is not a universally accepted belief among all Christian denominations and interpretations of the concept vary.