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A Little Defense of...da Rapture! strong_bad - 15/04/2004 06:12:49 PM

I've been re-reading a very interesting book by Carl E. Olson, Will Catholics be "Left Behind"?: A Catholic Critique of the Rapture and Today's Prophecy Preachers and am finding a lot of it to be quite intriguing. So here are a few questions here for people:

1. Do you believe in the Rapture?
Yes.

2. Why or why not?
Because Jesus taught on the "Rapture." "Rapture" is taken used because of the Latin word to be "caught up". It's not in the Bible. I prefer to call it the "Gathering." Matthew 24.31, "And he (Christ) will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." Paul also taught on the "Gathering", "For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4.16,17).

3. If you answered yes to #1, are you a Pre-Tribulation(it'll happen before seven years of horrible stuff) or Mid-Tribulation (3.5 years in)?

I'm a Post-Trib guy.

4. Do you know who is credited with starting the modern Rapture movement?

Don't know what the "modern" Rapture movement is.

5. If you answered no to #1, do you believe in the Parousia of Christ (Second Coming)?

Yes.

6. The Left Behind series: a lot of truth mixed in with the fictional account or a lot of dangerous bunk that undermines Christianity?

LB series is a fictional account of Dispensational theology. It's not an authority.

7. (Because I know some will want to say it anyways ): Is all of the above a bunch of hooey and not worth believing, whether it's Rapture stuff or Christianity in general?

Yes, because everyone's going to want to have known this stuff the second Christ returns or they die.

8. Those Rapture bumper stickers:

a) I laugh when I read them, then shake my head in disbelief

b) I smile and agree with the sentiment

c) I proudly display one on my car

d) What the hell is a Rapture?

9. Should the Apocalypse of John/Revelations be viewed literally or metaphorically?

Both.

Bah, I'll just stop at 9 and see what answers are given. I just hope that people can agree or disagree civilly, but is that asking for too much here?


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/Survey: Do you believe in "The Rapture"? Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:21:18 PM 222 Views
Needless to say, I don't Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:27:30 PM 49 Views
Of course I don't. Don't be silly. Alexandros - 14/04/2004 11:32:40 PM 28 Views
Good, I'm not that silly then Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:38:42 PM 10 Views
Re: Good, I'm not that silly then Alexandros - 14/04/2004 11:47:04 PM 5 Views
I think it's a cultural thing, to be honest Dylanfanatic - 14/04/2004 11:56:26 PM 5 Views
I would wager so. Alexandros - 15/04/2004 12:00:59 AM 5 Views
Very scary Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:19:52 AM 4 Views
Of course. Mashy - 14/04/2004 11:53:48 PM 36 Views
Breakdown? Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:21:04 AM 10 Views
My $.02 Druegan - 15/04/2004 12:19:57 AM 34 Views
I'm curious, are you a neo-Gnostic? Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:23:12 AM 17 Views
curiously.... Druegan - 15/04/2004 12:34:42 AM 18 Views
Ah, thanks Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:42:07 AM 13 Views
Quite Welcome... Druegan - 15/04/2004 12:48:38 AM 11 Views
I'll have to look for it sometime - thanks Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 12:53:46 AM 10 Views
Anytime *NM* Druegan - 15/04/2004 12:56:06 AM 2 Views
mmm no themagictrolloc - 15/04/2004 01:59:19 AM 8 Views
Re: /Survey: Do you believe in "The Rapture"? disturbed chaos - 15/04/2004 03:53:53 AM 8 Views
Ummm...what is it? Liam™ - 15/04/2004 07:07:28 AM 18 Views
Don't worry. Luna - 15/04/2004 07:27:16 AM 10 Views
Nope. Luna - 15/04/2004 07:29:16 AM 7 Views
Ok, I'll answer, though I doubt anyone really cares what I answer. Wulf`gar - 15/04/2004 08:46:14 AM 29 Views
Gee, where do you get that? The Logic Ninja - 15/04/2004 04:07:22 PM 15 Views
Hasn't worked yet... Wulf`gar - 15/04/2004 05:18:31 PM 15 Views
I'm sorry that The Wandering Wolf - 15/04/2004 08:07:21 PM 12 Views
Neither has waiting for Jesus to come back. The Logic Ninja - 15/04/2004 10:11:56 PM 11 Views
Oops! I thought you were talking about the Blondie song! *NM* M`Hael - 15/04/2004 11:10:29 AM 3 Views
I don't believe in The Rapture,Buddha or JC or [insert deity here] but Dynastessa Mandine - 15/04/2004 11:24:34 AM 10 Views
have you read "The Rapture Trap" by Thingpin? Mat Maniac - 15/04/2004 11:47:58 AM 12 Views
No. Larisa - 15/04/2004 12:12:27 PM 8 Views
mierin sedai - 15/04/2004 02:43:20 PM 14 Views
Dylanfanatic - 15/04/2004 02:53:16 PM 9 Views
I'll give it a go Lithium - 15/04/2004 04:22:45 PM 9 Views
A Little Defense of...da Rapture! strong_bad - 15/04/2004 06:12:49 PM 11 Views
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