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« on: December 26, 2008, 08:45:49 pm »

I keep hearing on the History channel and National Geographic channel that no where in the bible is the rapture mentioned. I tried to look it up in the concordance but could not find anything. Does anyone know where I can find this information out in the bible? I am confused on te subject.   Undecided
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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2008, 06:15:36 pm »

You will find the scripture in I Corinthians Ch 15 vs 51-55
It says:

51: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54: So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55: O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Hope this helps you.
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« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2008, 11:23:54 am »

"Rapture" is derived from the Latin verb: 'rapere'. This is used in 1 Thess. 4:17. The word itself means: "The transporting of a person from one place to another".

So the word "rapture" is never used. The word itself is taken from the latin word that describes the event and is given a theological meaning.

1Thessalonians 4:17 Afterward we the living who are SURVIVING will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we shall always be with the Lord.

In Ezekiel, it says, two will be in the field, one will be taken and the other left behind, there will be two in the bed, one will be taken and one will be left behind

 In I Thess. 4; instead of thinking of the "rapture", think of the "appearance, or the coming of Christ". The idea around the rapture as North American Christians have understood it, was a theological development around the time of John Nelson Darby in the 1800's, which have inspired Christian dispensationalism in the U.S., which gave rise to the "Left Behind" series of books by Tim Lahaye. The rapture theology, is not necessarily a New Testament concept, and even if it was understood literally, it is only mentioned once, as opposed to other New Testament issues which are mentioned numerous times, such as the resurrection.
The Greek word used in I Thess. 4:15, which implies the "presence" or coming of the Lord is "parousia" which means "appearing". It describes a sense of the coming of the Lord to dwell his people, not a going out "from the earth" of the Lord and believers. This theology of "leaving the earth behind" has been used by people to say that Christians should not care for the earth.
Although it is very difficult to not read everything in scripture as literal; some images are literal, others are metaphor, others are literature, others are illustrations, other are hyperbole, and others are parabolic. That is beauty of Scripture, the context is always important to understand what it says.

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N.T. Wright: www.ntwrightpage.com: Excellent article on The Rapture
http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_BR_Fa...

Hope this helped!!
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