~According to christians: “What is The Rapture?”
The
Second Coming of christ will occur in stages. First, He will remove
all christians from the Earth, to protect them. This is called “The
Rapture.” The term comes from the Latin verb raptare, and the Greek word
harpizo, both meaning “to be caught up” or “to be snatched up.” jesus
will “snatch us” out of harm’s way.
*According to the crazy christians: “What takes place after the Rapture? The
~Tribulation:
After The Rapture, god will
begin executing judgments against unbelievers, during a period called
the Tribulation. At the end of the Tribulation all nations will attack
Israel, and jesus christ will physically return, leading the armies of
heaven. At the Battle of Armageddon they will destroy everyone who is
not a believer. Then Satan will be bound, and jesus will set up the
Millennial Kingdom, headquartered in Jerusalem. jesus and the saints
will rule over the nations of the Earth for a thousand years. During
this period there will be people born who are not loyal to christ.
However, it usually will not be obvious. Therefore, at the end of the
thousand-year period, god will release Satan and let him tempt those
who inhabit the Earth. A large group will take up arms against the Lord
and be defeated. Then, christ will judge all who have ever lived,
giving rewards to some and punishment to others. Those who were
“destroyed” will be cast into the Lake of Fire, i.e., Hell. After that,
god will destroy heaven and Earth because they have been polluted by
sin. He will create a new heaven and a new Earth, put those who were
saved on the new Earth, and rule it forever.
~Eschatology
Eschatology is a part of
theology, philosophy, and futurology concerned with what are believed
to be the final events in history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity,
commonly referred to as the end of the world or the World to Come. The
Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “concerned with ‘the four last
things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell’”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology
~Debunking the Rapture! 242 times, the Rapture has been predicted!
http://www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm
The
majority of christians have really been putting down their Harold
Camping, his followers and other fundamentalists but not because they
believe in the RAPTURE, but because they predicted the wrong date. Over
70% of christians believe in the Rapture. Are they really any better? I
wonder if millions will follow for a 3rd time and give him another 100
million?
The atheist perspective: Laughing off the ‘Rapture’ when we should be laughing off religion
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/05/religious_zealot_gets_it_wrong.html
Dealing With Fear Of The Rapture - What scared me the most about Christianity
http://www.ex-christian.net/topic/9528-dealing-with-fear-of-the-rapture/
“Rapture” & “End of the World” Teaching is terrorism
http://new.exchristian.net/2011/05/rapture-end-of-world-teaching-is.html?utm_source=Exchristiandotnet-EncouragingEx-christians&utm_medium=Exchristiandotnet-EncouragingEx-christians&utm_campaign=ExChristian.Net+—+encouraging+ex-Christians&utm_content=ExChristian.Net+—+encouraging+ex-Christians
~According to the bible, imaginary jesus was a False Prophet and the bible commands its followers to “Kill False Prophets!
If there ever was a human jesus (HJ) that the bible based their fake jesus on, HJ was just a sick rabbi who liked the power he received from terrifying people into following him, by making fraudulent end of the world predictions.Passages of imaginary jesus speaking about the Rapture (my comments will come after each *):
Mark 8:38
“If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
*jesus is only speaking of the 1st century.
Mark 9:1
And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.”
*Bible jesus claimed that the end times will happen in the 1st century!
Mark 13:24-27
24 “But in those days, following that distress, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
25the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.
26 At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.”
*The “son of man” jesus speaks of, clearly isn’t himself!
Mark 13:30
“I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.”
*jesus clearly professes that end times will be in the first century!
Matthew 13:40-42
40 “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.
42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
*peaceful jesus says that most of the world will be thrown “into the fiery furnace”
Matthew 24:37-39
37 “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man”
*jesus claims that their will be another world genocide (like the ark), when this son of man magically floats down from heaven. Again he makes it sound like the Son of Man is not himself.
Matthew 24:44
“So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
*Again he makes it sound like the Son of Man is not himself. Nobody knows the hour of the 1st century, that the Son of Man will come.
*jesus’ false predictions, make him a False Prophet!
~The bible commands its followers to “Kill False Prophets!
1.) If a man still prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall say to him, “You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.” When he prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall thrust him through. (Holy Bible - Zechariah 13:3)
2.) Suppose there are prophets among you, or those who have dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles, and the predicted signs or miracles take place. If the prophets then say, ‘Come, let us worship the gods of foreign nations,’ do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you love him with all your heart and soul. Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him. The false prophets or dreamers who try to lead you astray must be put to death, for they encourage rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of slavery in the land of Egypt. Since they try to keep you from following the LORD your God, you must execute them to remove the evil from among you. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5 NLT)
3.) But any prophet who claims to give a message from another god or who falsely claims to speak for me must die.’ You may wonder, ‘How will we know whether the prophecy is from the LORD or not?’ If the prophet predicts something in the LORD’s name and it does not happen, the LORD did not give the message. That prophet has spoken on his own and need not be feared. (Deuteronomy 18:20-22 NLT)
Jesus is Best Described as a Doomsday Prophet and Failed - By: John W. Loftus
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=210567805651054
MUST READ: According to the fraudulent bible, the “End Times” should have ALREADY occurred! According to the written word in the bible, see how the mythological jesus and his imaginary apostles made all kinds of false prophecies concerning the rapture.
http://www.evilbible.com/end_times.htm
Is Harold Camping a false prophet question on Open Forum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWETB0NEQI
Harold Camping’s Heresies EXPOSED!
http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Wolves/harold_camping.htm
~Debunking the Rapture! 242 times, the Rapture has been predicted! That is a lot of false prophets.
http://www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm
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~The bible claims that Zombies are real, have existed and will walk the Earth again! What are Zombies and how can we defend against them!
End of the World brings Rapture and zombies says Harold Camping
http://rackjite.com/archives/7224-End-of-the-World-brings-Rapture-and-zombies-says-Harold-Camping.html
~Zombies, besides jesus, are in the Bible
51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split.
52 The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
53 They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
2 Kings 13:21
Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.
Zechariah 14:12-13
12 “Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouth. On that day a large-scale panic from the LORD will spread among them. One person will grab the hand of another, and one will attack the other.”
13 On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will fight their neighbors hand to hand.
John 5:28-29
28 “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
Jeremiah 8:1-3
1 “At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground.
3 Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the LORD Almighty.’
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (The Valley of Dry Bones)
1
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of
the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.
2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.
3 He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “O Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!
5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breatha enter you, and you will come to life.
6
I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you
with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then
you will know that I am the Lord.’”
7 So I prophesied as I was
commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling
sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and
say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come from the four
winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’”
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
11
Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are
cut off.’
12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what
the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and
bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.
14
I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in
your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I
have done it, declares the Lord.’”
Revelation 11:6
These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
Revelation 11:8
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
Revelation 11:11
But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them.
~The Government acknowledges Zombies
Social Media: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse
http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp
Christians know that the rapture predictions have been wrong over 200 times as well as jesus being wrong with his prediction, in the bible. They claim that only 10-20% (depending on the site) of xians believe in the rapture, but let’s see some real poll numbers, to get an idea of how many nuts we are really dealing with:
ChristiaNet.com, a large Christian portal with eight million monthly page loads, recently asked, “Is the Rapture Theory Biblical?” President of ChristiaNet, Bill Cooper, responds, “The Bible speaks of a relief from this world at the judgment for Christians.” Most Christians that were polled relied on their belief of the Rapture Theory.
Out of 1,900 Christians surveyed, 71% believe that the Rapture Theory is true. Most Christians cited the Bible verse, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, as the source for their deep belief. Others cited the Bible verse, 1 Corinthians 15:51-53. Many stated that, “It says so in the Bible. It is definitely implied even though the specific word, ‘rapture’ is not used.” Christians in this group also said that they had been taught this theory since their youth and relied heavily on this belief for their eternal future.
Only twenty percent of those surveyed did not believe the Rapture Theory to be Biblical. They cited reasons such as, “The Rapture teaches a ‘secret second coming’ of Christ. There will only be a judgment in the end.” Others simply said, “A pretribulation Rapture is not Biblical.” Many were converts on their beliefs, “I learned and even taught the Rapture Theory for years, but then I realized that the Theory would require a third coming of Christ. The third coming is just not Biblical.” Pollers in this group interpreted the Bible passages very differently than those who agreed with the Rapture Theory. In fact, many felt that Christians who believed in the Theory were very misinformed.
Nine percent of poll takers were unsure about whether or not they believed the Theory. One unsure poller said, “It really depends on how you interpret the Bible passages.” Another said, “God never promised Christians relief from suffering, so I don’t really know.” However, most in this category said, “I don’t know what the word ‘Rapture’ is. Some things in the Bible are just too hard to understand.” Unfortunately, many Christians find it hard to interpret the Bible on their own. They don’t know who to believe especially when they are told conflicting information.
The christians go on to claim:
About 85 percent of Christian theologians and Christians who have studied the Bible (as opposed to just reading it) believe in the Rapture and the Tribulation, which will be followed by a 1000 years of Christ reigning together with the resurrected saints (referred to as the Millennial Kingdom).
Christians who do not believe in the Rapture and the Millennial Kingdom are referred to as “amillennialists”. They believe that mankind will simply become better and better through the efforts of the Church, and when mankind becomes holy enough Christ will return. However, the evidence of the general moral deterioration of mankind in the Twentieth Century seems to disprove this view.
71%, so that means that there are around 1 billion 750 million lunatics!
The majority of christians do not believe that anyone can know when the rapture will happen, (just like the bible says). Most of them know that it won’t be this weekend but a vast majority believe it will happen soon.
Around 30% (and climbing) of christians are fundamentalists.
Every branch of christianity believe in hell.
No version of the bible, excludes the end times portion.
The only main branch of christianity that I have found, that rejects rapture, are the Lutherans:
“We reject every type of millennialism, or Chiliasm, the opinions that Christ will return visibly to this earth a thousand years before the end of the world.”
Claimed lutheran Facts:
They are a branch of protestant christians
87 million members
Make up 3.84% of christians
14.9% are claimed born again so they may be rapture-ready.
So, over 96% of christians are expected by their church leaders and scripture, to believe in Rapture and indirectly wishing the rest of us to hell.
~According to insane christians: “How can we know end-times prophecies such as the Rapture are true?”
Because these things have not occurred yet, we must take it on faith that they will come to pass. Basically, we assume that because God has a perfect track record on prophecies that have come true we can rely on His word about prophecies that remain unfulfilled.~www.GodOnThe.net
*WHAT??????? “God has a perfect track record on prophecies that have come true we can rely on His word about prophecies”
What is hilarious, is that 100s of christian websites and almost all priests, swear that the bible and their god has a “perfect track record” of being right, in this department.
213 Prophecies, Promises, and Misquotes in the Bible
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/proph/long.html
100 False Bible Prophecies
http://www.freethinkersbooks.com/100fbp.htm
Revealing Truth Behind ‘Revelation’
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/revelation.htm
According to the bible, this is imaginary jesus’ last words on earth:
“Surely, I come quickly.” (Revelation 22:20)
Doomsday church: Still open for business:
At
the center of it all, Camping’s organization, Family Radio, is
perfectly happy to take your money — and in fact, received $80 million
in contributions between 2005 and 2009. Camping founded Family Radio, a
nonprofit Christian radio network based in Oakland, Calif. with about 65
stations across the country, in 1958.
“And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHICH WAS, AND IS , AND IS TO COME.” (Revelation 4:6-8)
*It gets worse. This is the New Testament. Modern Christians!
~Revelation 5:1-14 (The Scroll and the Lamb)
1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.
4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of
the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open
the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as
if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled
by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns
and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the
earth.
7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.
9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the
scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your
blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
11
Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands
upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the
throne and the living creatures and the elders.
12 In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was
slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and
glory and praise!”
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
14 The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
~Jesus’ true form:
“And I beheld, and lo, in
the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of
the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and
seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the
earth.” (Revelation 5:6)
*Most biblical scholars (lol) agree that “a Lamb” refers to
the crucified jesus. In heaven, jesus appears to look devilish with
horns and multiple eyes?
*When you hear a christian cherry picking jesus quotes, so can you!
~Quotes by jesus:
“I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?” (Luke 12:49)
“Suppose
ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather
division: For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided,
three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided
against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the
daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law
against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother
in law.” (Luke 12:51-53)
“If anyone comes to me and does not
hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and
sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.”(Luke 14:26)
“Behold,
I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her
into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will
kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am
he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every
one of you according to your works.” (Revelation 2:22-23)