The Rapture: is it true and what does it mean?

"Because you have not been raptured;
therefore this cannot be the Antichrist
and this is not the Mark of the Beast."

Can you not see where the danger lies?
» Where did this Highly-Popular, Automatically-Accepted, Un-examined and Brand New Doctrine
» Where did this "NEW Revelation for the Last Times Church"
... came from?
If it can only result in evil, then from whom do you suppose it cometh?

Come, let us reason with God; is "the rapture" true or not Pastor Brent?
B. Oliver: Regarding the argument that The Lord spared Noah and Lot from Judgment: therefore to spare His people from suffering trbulations is "His nature."
That is two people.
Let us count how many millions of the righteous were not "raptured" — all the righteous who were not taken away in order to be spared from having to suffer the tribulations born of the Wrath of God against His people?

Samuel was not spared. Neither were others of the judges.
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego were not spared. Neither were Jeremiah or any of the thousands of others of His people who were righteous.
Since the time of the conquest of Jerusalem by Babylon there were many, many righteous who were required by God to suffer the tribulations.
The entire nation of Israel suffered over 2,500 years for their failure to worship God and to keep His commandments.
When Meßiah came the entire nation was cursed with "eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear and hearts that cannot believe; lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and believe in their hearts and be healed."
About Noah ...
Noah was the last person on earth who was "perfect in his generations" — his wife and sons and daughters-in-law were all carrying the bloodline of the Nephilim.
That is the only reason why Noah was "taken away" » in order to REPLENISH the world! He was not spared tribulations because of the heart of God, rather his tribulations were great indeed.
About Lot ...
Lot was only "saved away" because of Abraham! God honored the father of the faithful because God is faithful: The Father keeps His promises.

It was not in the heart of God to "spare any" of His people from the greatest of blessings ... it never has been who God is or what He does.

That's it?
Only two example of people being "raptured" against the millions of those who were not raptured?

I cannot argue the point, Brent. That is not how the Gift of the Word of Knowledge comes: one must submit to His voice and count everyting that we already think-that-we-know as rubbisn (which is what it truly is).
Hundreds of millions of Jews have been under severe tribulations for millennia.
The entire nation of Jacob was prevented ... by God Himself ... from accepting and believing on Jesus are the ones who Jesus caused to bear OUR BURDENS for us « That is the true nature of God.
All of the suffering that all of the primitive (early) church were persecuted by the Spirit of Antichrist ... including beheading and crucifixion.
Brent, having to suffer through great tribulations was not a "punishment" against the apostles and prophets, teachers and evangelists and Head-Waiters (Stephen) ... they correctly believed and accepted And Rejoiced that they were ordered by Jesus to pick up their crosses and to follow Him.
Jesus is not unjust. He is not a respecter of persons: as all those who went before us, and as do many around this world even to this day: we too will be allowed the blessing of following His footsteps: "Thou Peter, pick up thy cross and follow me."
When did Jesus change His mind?
When did God change His nature?

If you think that God is a respecter of persons, and that the modern-day Laodicean Church is much more worthy of being "raptured" out of tribulatoins than were any other Christians in the entire history of the Church, then you are ... you simply do not know the heart of God, who He is and what He does.
I am sincerely sorry that I cannot explain, but it is something which cannot simply be told and then held by the hearer as "head knowlege," one must *know* in the biblical denotative definition: to have personally experienced.
I cannot imagine any person thinking that the some One who said "there is no God else beside me; a just God and a SAVIOUR ... there is none BESIDE ME." [Isaiah 45:21]
... would do such an unjust thing: to torture some of His people and to let other, far less-deserving and much more-rebellious and idolotrous children to get off scot-free ... to so believe is the pride of the flesh against which we were warned.
Boast not yourself against Israel, for if God is able to cut off their vine and to graft us into their place: then how much more will He cut off the un-natural vine and graft back the natural?
Brent, if God had not intentionally and willfully hardened their hearts and made them deaf, dumb and blind to the Jesus and His gospel ... then Israel would have accepted Jesus as their Messiah = we would STILL be DOGS to this day!
— for the promise was only to the children of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.
As in the scriptures of Jeremiah through Zedekiah: yes they were held accountable for each one's own sins: but the persecutions and tribulations which they bore For Our Sakes which allowed us, the Gentiles, to be grafted into the Branch will be counted as their blood on OUR HANDS if we boast againt Jacob.
It is a warning.
Always Examine the Fruit.
This fairy-tale of "the rapture" has no effect on salvation ... for everybody EXCEPT for those who are alive when the Antichrist comes into power and require all worship him and take his mark.
Those who are alive when tribulations begin but DO NOT believe in "the rapture" = they will be prepared: they will know the times and will rather Greatly REJOICE in this blessing; they will not accept the mark of the beast.
But those 'young' or 'immature' Christians in that day (and you surely have seen how quickly the Church has fallen away just in the last few years) ... all of those "babes in Christ" who DO BELIEVE in 'the rapture' ... will be perfectly set up to be deceived by the Spirit of Antichrist.
The seducer will compassionately, wisely and lovingly point out to them that the rapture has not yet come = therefore this great new leader CANNOT be the the Antichrist and this little "health passport" is NOT the "mark of the beast."

All because of this doctine-of-men those young, immature Christians will quickly and eagerly line up to get their tickets straight to hell.

The only possible results of this "new revelation" are:
Either NO EFFECT.
Or Go To Hell.
Where is the good fruit?
Can a good tree bring forth evil fruit?
Or can an evil tree bring forth good fruit?

If one cannot discern the heart of God, then follow His instructions: we will know the antichristian spirits and false prophets by their fruit.
I see no good fruit here ... but thousands of modern-day "prophets" have made millions of dollars selling this fairy tale.
Consider the results, the fruits .. and please do not go into the old song and dance "well, some people heard about or read about the rapture, and as a result they became Christians."
The Father is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham ... that does not mean that the scribes and Pharisees, Sanhedrin and Sadducees were "serving god" when they carried out the crucifixion of our Lord.
God can take any awful thing and make good come of it ... that is the true nature of the Holy One of Israel.
... but that does not mean that evil is good, or that good is evil: it only means that God is Sovereign.

Ruby Brookshier was my second "father" in the gospel ... she took less than one single minute to disavow myself of the years of my "agreeing" with the false prophecy of the rapture and hundreds of hours of studying (perhaps a better word than "believing" or "agreeing with" is the scriptural warning: "having their fancies tickled with').
All that was required is that she simply *showed me* the Heart of God ... and by the gift of God I was able to see the Light.
If you wish, you too may see with His Eyes, with the Holy Ghost's spiritual sight ... if you have the eyes to see the Kingdom of God that is the best place to start: ask Him and wait upon the Lord.
Fact: Stephen was INSIDE the Kingdom of God before the Sanhedrin ... it is why they murdered him. They were attempting to duplicate in Stephen the crucifixion of Jesus » because they could *SEE with their EYES* that Stephen was in the Kingdom of God.
But Stephen did not feel one single stone cast at him: he was already in Jesus Christ and was glowing with the glory of God before them, because he was in that place where there is neither sun nor moon nor stars » for the Lamb of God is the light thereof.
That is why Stephen was "shining" — he was standing inside the Light of the World, Jesus.
Lord Jesus, let him see your creation as it truly is and how heaven has always been, and to recognize the audible voice of the Good Shepherd when You call him. Amen.

Below is only one, and greatly-preferred, way in which we could address the question "Is the rapture true or not?"
Above is the simple, rational way to answer this question: What is the Nature of God?

There are two ways in which to address the question: Is the Pre-Tribulation Rapture true or not?
One way depends upon whether the person reading this article, in the scriptural sense, both Knows God and is also Known By Jesus?
The other way is to appeal to the reader's God-Given ability to reason with God as did Abraham.
If you are known by Jesus Christ: "I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." [John 15:5 KJV]

But if you prefer to Reason with God: Then we will talk about the Nature of God — Who God is, what God does what God does NOT DO.
God is not a respecter or persons: the standards by which He judges are the same for every person whether rich or poor, whether tall or short or young or old ... it does not matter who people are.
God does not require of ANY person what He also does not require of EVERY person: God has grafted us, the Gentiles, into the natural branch which was His Nation Israel.
Fact 1: When JESUS the Messiah came to Israel, they received Him not because God had MADE THEM to not be able to see or believe Jesus, nor to be able to believe in Jesus.

.Fact 2: God MADE it IMPOSSIBLE for Israel to believe in Jesus ... for one specific reason: That when Israel refused Jesus. and refused the Promise of the Father = then God GRAFTED US into their place in the Family of the Children of God.
Jesus Himself OLD US THIS.
As it is written: "Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them." [John 12:39-40 KJV]
Brother Paul also warned us against this ... tendency by the Gentile Church ... to remain IGNORANT of the One True Creator, the only Everlasting Father and Eternal Saviour, "His name is The Holy ONE of Israel."
We do not know Who God is, the Nature of God, what God does and does not do.

Fact 3: God judged His Nation Israel of their Sins: disobedience, rebellion and idolatry.
They had to suffer the tribulations of those sins for over 2,500 years!
Today the entire modern-day church is locked into the very same sins as was Israel
But the Gentile Church Today has committed the exact same sins as did Israel;
But our sins are much MUCH grievous than were Israel's: disobedience, rebellion and idolatry.
Any person who really believes that God will spare the modern-days church of Christian Gentiles from "the tribulations"
Does not know God: God is Not Like That!
God does not hold one people to a very high standard and another to a very low standard.
Do you believe that God holds Israel to perfectly keeping all of the LAW, His Commandments and all of the Prophets and Judges which are impossible for ANY MAN to meet
... while they are also being prevented BY GOD from meeting that standard.
While you also believe that God would completely
SPARE you of the very same Tribulations?

If you have any questions or comments regarding the Nature of the Holy God, His NAME forever is "the God of Our Fathers" ...
As it is written: "And Moses said unto God ... what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM ... The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations." [Exodus 3:13-15 KJV]
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And where exactly did this "new revelation" come from?
For 1850 years no Christian of the face of the earth believed in such a thing as the "two times Jesus returns" as the rapture teaches.
Examine the Fruits.
Essentially there are only two different groups of Christians today:
     1. those who do believe in the "Pre-Tribulation Rapture"
     2. and those who DO NOT believe that "Jesus is returning TWICE."

There is only one specific point in time when belief in this "Pretribulation Rapture" has any effect:
     1. those Christians who ARE ALIVE when the Antichrist and the Mark of the Beast comes,
     2. and those Christians are already "asleep in Christ" when the rapture fails to occur.

That leaves us with four (4) possible combinations of the above: (two groups) X (two ages) = (2 x 2) = (4)
     1. Those who (DO NOT believe in the rapture) + (are already dead) when tribulations come.
     2. Those who (DO BELIEVE in the rapture) + (are already dead) when tribulations come.
     3. Those who (DO NOT believe in the rapture) + (are ALIVE when the tribulations come)
     4. Those who (DO BELIEVE in the rapture) + (are ARE ALIVE when the Antichrist & Mark of the Beast come)

Below is the simple chart with those four groups above.
Notice that of the four groups there is only one group of Christians who could possibly ... come to an evil result ... when either the Pretribulation does or does not really happen ...

Think about it!
The only possible result of this "new revelation" is: Christians being deceived by the Antichrist and therefore accepting the Mark of the Beast.
If Christians actually do believe what this doctrine states:
     ... that they WILL NOT HAVE to be concerned about making hard decisions in the end-times
     .... because they will already have been Raptured when people will be force to worship the Antichrist and accept the Mark of the Beast.

When there is no Pre-Tribulation Rapture and the "true believers in the rapture" are faced with the decision ...
     Since I have missed the Ratpure and am not going to be saved ...
     » Should I continue to worship God and die?
     » Or I might as well I simply accept the fact and live?
Which decision do you think that any "immature child" would make?
     » Starve and die?
     » Accept and live?

What will those young or weak Christians in those days believe?
Of course the Father of Lies, who is the craftiest and smartest LIAR among all of Creation, will successfully DECEIVE those Christians.
Why will they decide to worship the Antichrist and to accept the Mark of the Beast?
+ Because they will Already have been Raptured when the Antichrist comes;
+ And because the Rapture has not happened yet;
= then this must not be the Antichrist and this cannot be the Mark of the Beast.
Do you see what this doctrine will lead to you?