Rapture - It's Not What They Keep Telling You It Is!
Probably nothing is debated more among Christians than the Rapture. I was just watching a sermon by Pastor David Jeremiah, and I think even he is caught up in the systems developed to predict and explain the rapture of the church. Frankly, while I love this pastor and, like so many others, I think he gets it wrong on this issue.
Full disclosure. If you follow me through this podcast, from the beginning, I present all the angles. It is really a hard question, and if you rely on Pastors and Teachers who are wedded to a particular interpretation, you're going to get that interpretation with all the hallmarks of absolute certainty. So I decided to step back from all the teaching and just assume the Berean approach to the question. What I found is a far simpler, much more consistent answer than any pre-trib, mid-trib dispensational teacher will try to convince you of. So let's take on the Rapture heading straight into the text, bypassing all the rhetoric.
We are beyond the cliché raised in this discussion. You’ll hear it from every teacher on the subject. The word "rapture" is not in the Bible. Neither is the word trinity, but we get it. The concept is there even if the word is not spelled out. So moving beyond that.
Is there a Rapture? This is perhaps the wrong question. The simple answer to that question is YES! It is not up for debate. What seems to be up for debate is not if, but when. Perhaps it might be better to reframe the question. One question unlocks the entire discussion:
***What happens to Christians who are still living at the time of Christ's return?***
When you ask that question, all of the answers associated with that question harmonize. No systems, no pre-tribulation, no mid-tribulation conjectures (which by the way are in the bible either!). Instead, we are told simply that if you happen to still be alive when Christ returns, you will not be forgotten.
Episode Link:
https://www.rabbitholesandmeditations.com/rapture-its-not-what-they-keep-telling-you-it-is/
