I have just watched a rather old Barry Smith DVD that I had downloaded from the Internet called Global Church. It was made in 1995 and shows this remarkable man at his best.
There are a couple of points that I had picked up which I would like to mention; he speaks of the EU as being the final world empire and then he says once they get their leader (the Antichrist) there is but a short space of time left after that – 42 months. See Revelation Chapter 13.
That seems to lie to rest the fallacy that the current leader of the EU Herman Van Rompuy is simply only warming the seat for another man to occupy it at a later date, and that he is not the Antichrist.
Once the position for a full time president had been created, and filled, as a result of the Lisbon Treaty it seems to be ridiculous that Satan would appoint a man to simply occupy, or to warm, the seat while he brought his Antichrist forth at a later date; wouldn’t he instead just get on with the job instead for annihilation of mankind as quickly as possible without beating around the bush as some seem to suggest is the circumstance at the moment by the appointment of Van Rompuy as the full time president of the EU?
Of course I may be wrong (no names mentioned) but I really do believe that some people should wake up to reality.
The second point is that Barry Spoke on the resurrection of the dead and said that on the day of the Lord the dead will rise first and then we (the Christians) will meet the Lord in the air, just as the Bible said would be the case.
However, he never once used the word Rapture and to my mind meeting the Lord in the air does not signify that there will be millions and millions of Christians that are suddenly going to float up into the clouds and into Heaven to be with the Lord forever as about 95% of Christians have been brainwashed into believing.
There is a very distinct difference between meeting the Lord in the air and the meaning of the prophecy as some like to interpret it, as mentioned above.
I do agree that AFTER THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD that there is going to be some form of gathering up of the Christians on the day of the Lord, but I still cannot find one verse to suggest it will be anything like most view the Rapture, and I use that term loosely - as mentioned above.
However, I still cannot find one verse to suggest anything to do with timing and to suggest anything to do with time is absurd simply because no –one knows the hour or the day for the coming of the Lord.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Why there will be no Rapture of the Church
Right from the beginning of the book of Genesis right to the end of the book of the Apocalypse there is no where in the Bible that the word Rapture is ever mentioned, no, not once.
I have heard it said that although Rapture is not mentioned in the scripture the actual phrase to be "caught up" in 1 Thessalonians 4 is found in the Latin Vulgate Bible and the Latin word used there is where we get the word Rapture.
However, this is analogy is nothing more than a pretext, or an excuse, for those that teach or espouse the False Rapture doctrine and for those that have been deluded into believing something that is not in the Bible at all.
I would be more than happy to eat those words if someone, anyone, can show me one verse, just one, that edifies and proves beyond a reasonable doubt whatsoever that there is going to be a Rapture of the Church.
Even though I am not a betting man I would also be prepared to lay a wager on the fact that there is no one out there that is going to come forth with any such verse simply because there is nothing in the scriptures that provides proof positive of a Rapture of the Church.
Furthermore, anyone that teaches or believes in a Rapture of the Church is not only delusional, they are extremely dangerous.
Meet the Lord in the air is a favourite verse used.
Meet the Lord in the air does not literally mean that millions and millions of Christians will suddenly float up into the air and then into Heaven to be with the Lord forever; no, it doesn’t mean that at all.
Rather, it means that on the day of the Lord, at the end of the seven years of tribulation, the saints will meet the Lord in the air and then come back down to the earth to reign with the Lord forever, it does not mean they are going to float up into Heaven as so many have been deceived into believing.
I have heard it said that although Rapture is not mentioned in the scripture the actual phrase to be "caught up" in 1 Thessalonians 4 is found in the Latin Vulgate Bible and the Latin word used there is where we get the word Rapture.
However, this is analogy is nothing more than a pretext, or an excuse, for those that teach or espouse the False Rapture doctrine and for those that have been deluded into believing something that is not in the Bible at all.
I would be more than happy to eat those words if someone, anyone, can show me one verse, just one, that edifies and proves beyond a reasonable doubt whatsoever that there is going to be a Rapture of the Church.
Even though I am not a betting man I would also be prepared to lay a wager on the fact that there is no one out there that is going to come forth with any such verse simply because there is nothing in the scriptures that provides proof positive of a Rapture of the Church.
Furthermore, anyone that teaches or believes in a Rapture of the Church is not only delusional, they are extremely dangerous.
Meet the Lord in the air is a favourite verse used.
Meet the Lord in the air does not literally mean that millions and millions of Christians will suddenly float up into the air and then into Heaven to be with the Lord forever; no, it doesn’t mean that at all.
Rather, it means that on the day of the Lord, at the end of the seven years of tribulation, the saints will meet the Lord in the air and then come back down to the earth to reign with the Lord forever, it does not mean they are going to float up into Heaven as so many have been deceived into believing.
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