"Whoa, wait a minute" most will reply to this title up above. Most believe that they will be raptured away from the earth just in the nick of time by Yashua Messiah. Although I would really like to believe this and would like to plan for it that way, I just do not believe it so. There are different beliefs on this topic of when the rapture will happen. The ones that I know of is pretribulation, during the tribulation, after the tribulation or no rapture at all.
If you read Matt 24: 40,41 it talks about two people working in both verses and one is taken away. Most will use the argument that this is the rapture it speaks of. This is also recorded in the book of Luke 17:34-37
In this passage of Luke, the Disciples ask where the raptured will be taken. Christ answers that they are going where the corpses are and where the vultures gather. (The King James Bible and the Revised Standard Version incorrectly translates the word vulture as eagle.) This is not talking about Christians being raptured.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 are other verses that pretribulationists use. The dead in Yashua will rise first and then we will "meet" with him as he comes in the clouds. It is not specific to say that we are going to be taken away or if we are going to stay and Yashua will just come and we will greet him as he sets up his Kingdom here on earth. It gets confusing as we are talking about the second or third coming of the Messiah depending on your view. For the record, there are 3 places where the word "meet" is used; in Matt 25:6, Acts 28:15, and 1 Thessalonians 4:17. There is no place where the word meet is used in the context as Yashua coming and reversing direction as in the rapture theory implies.
In Matt 24 The Disciples ask Yashua when will he return, and he talks about wars, earthquakes, and other signs of his coming. Then it says in verse 29 after the tribulation there will be a trumpet blow and the Angels will gather the elect. Notice the verse says AFTER? Then later on in verse 40 and 41 it talks about taking people away where the place that eagles, or vultures consume corpses.
This is my opinion: the wicked will be raptured and destroyed, during Yashua's return. Is there other evidence of the wicked being destroyed during the return of Yashua? Yes of course there is. In Matt 13:24-30 it talks about his return to earth and the wicked will be gathered up and burned. This is exactly what is described in Matt 13:36-42 when the Messiah explains this parable. These are the direct words of Yashua Messiah and not mine.
It is my belief that there will be a rapture, a rapture of the wicked! Prepare yourself for the tribulation!
Despite what you may or may not think of my blog, I encourage all to read their Bible and not just sit and let someone that is behind a pulpit tell you how to act and think. The Bible is rich in truth! I also encourage all to prepare for the tribulation. If I am wrong, you will be raptured away and leave items behind that your friends and loved ones will need to be able to stay alive during that time. If I am right you will be happy that you listened to people like myself.
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