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The
Rapture...
Here's
the most widely preached false doctrine ever!
This doctrine teaches that God's people will be
caught up in the air and be taken to heaven.
While that part is true, the false part is that
they teach that this will happen before
the Great Tribulation. They wrongly teach that
God's people (Christians) will not have to endure
the horrors of the Great Tribulation.
Not
only is it not scripturally correct, it is in
direct conflict with what Jesus said.
Read
it for yourself. Matthew, Chapter 24...
3Later,
Jesus sat on the slopes of the Mount of Olives.
His disciples came to him privately and asked,
"When will all this take place? And will
there be any sign ahead of time to signal your
return and the end of the world?"
4Jesus told them,
"Don't let anyone mislead you. 5For
many will come in my name, saying, `I am the
Messiah.' They will lead many astray. 6And
wars will break out near and far, but don't
panic. Yes, these things must come, but the end
won't follow immediately. 7The
nations and kingdoms will proclaim war against
each other, and there will be famines and
earthquakes in many parts of the world. 8But
all this will be only the beginning of the
horrors to come. 9"Then
you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You
will be hated all over the world because of your
allegiance to me. 10And
many will turn away from me and betray and hate
each other. 11And
many false prophets will appear and will lead
many people astray. 12Sin
will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many
will grow cold. 13But
those who endure to the end will be saved. 14And
the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached
throughout the whole world, so that all nations
will hear it; and then, finally, the end will
come. 15"The
time will come when you will see what Daniel the
prophet spoke about: the sacrilegious object that
causes desecration standing in the Holy
Place"--reader, pay attention! 16"Then
those in Judea must flee to the hills. 17A
person outside the house must
not go inside to pack. 18A
person in the field must not return even to get a
coat. 19How
terrible it will be for pregnant women and for
mothers nursing their babies in those days. 20And
pray that your flight will not be in winter or on
the Sabbath. 21For
that will be a time of greater horror than
anything the world has ever seen or will ever see
again. 22In
fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened,
the entire human race will be destroyed. But
it will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen
ones. 23"Then
if anyone tells you, `Look, here is the Messiah,'
or `There he is,' don't pay any attention. 24For
false messiahs and false prophets will rise up
and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so
as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen
ones. 25See,
I have warned you. 26"So
if someone tells you, `Look, the Messiah is out
in the desert,' don't bother to go and look. Or,
`Look, he is hiding here,' don't believe it! 27For
as the lightning lights up the entire sky, so it
will be when the Son of Man comes. 28Just
as the gathering of vultures shows there is a
carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the
end is near. 29"Immediately
after those horrible days end, the sun will be
darkened, the moon will not give light, the stars
will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven
will be shaken. 30And
then at last, the sign of the coming of the Son
of Man will appear in the heavens, and there will
be deep mourning among all the nations of the
earth. And they will see the Son of Man arrive on
the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And
he will send forth his angels with the sound of a
mighty trumpet blast, and they will gather
together his chosen ones from the farthest ends
of the earth and heaven.
Here's
another excerpt from the King James... Mark,
Chapter 13...
20And
except that the Lord had shortened those days, no
flesh should be saved: but for the elect's
sake, whom he hath chosen,
he hath shortened the days. 21And
then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is
Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: 22For
false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and
shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it
were possible, even the elect. 23But
take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all
things. 24But
in those days, after that tribulation, the sun
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give
her light, 25And
the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers
that are in heaven shall be shaken. 26And
then shall they see the Son of man coming in the
clouds with great power and glory. 27And
then shall he send his angels, and shall gather
together his elect from the four winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part
of heaven.
Now,
does that sound like we are going to 'fly away'
and avoid the great tribulation? Jesus is coming
back for us but AFTER the tribulation.
The
'RAPTURE' is a 'feel-good' doctrine that is
popular among revenue-generating preachers. I
suppose it makes people want to give a little
more money to the bearer of such good news.
This
doctrine will disappoint many Christians and
possibly cause them to doubt the entire doctrine
of Christ. Can you imagine? Suffering all this
hardship when you were promised that you would be
raptured before
the Great Tribulation! Promised that you would
avoid all those horrible tests.
It's
a nice thought but nice thoughts and false
doctrine don't get you to heaven or prepare you
for the truth, which is what the bible should do
for us.
Ask
yourself: Why are the evangelists and preachers
teaching this false doctrine? Are they
deliberately leading people away from the truth
or are they just that unable to read and
comprehend???
If
you need more, read Luke, chapter 21.
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