I thought that the idea of the Rapture started with Paul. I had to look it up, but it is 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
"According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 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. 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." Paul had a bunch of other stuff related to Rapture, as I recall, in his letters he wrote from Corinth (which are Corinthians and Thessalonians in the New Testament). Judah On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: > > Tell ya what, why don't you go look up the history of where the idea of > Rapture originated and what that organization says about it. > > The four horsemen have nothing to do with the Rapture by any > interpretation I've ever come across, nor do the 144,000. I just > answered the specific questions you asked. > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:06 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Forget 2012. BP's gonna kill us all before Christmas! > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> > wrote: > >> >> Revelation talks about the 144,000 but there's a lot of debate as to >> exactly what it means. We know from other passages that it doesn't > refer >> to the number of people who will be saved as the number of people > saved >> is specifically described as being 'beyond numbering'. Also the 144000 >> is made up of 12000 from each tribe of Israel, some of which had > already >> vanished when it was written. Basically it's symbolic but we don't > know >> what of. >> >> As for the four horsemen, and understand this is Adventist doctrine so >> scholars from other backgrounds may disagree, they represent stages in >> the church's history. Currently we're in the death phase because a lot >> of people have a dead faith. Again that's my own denomination's take > on >> the 4 horsemen. We're big on end times study. >> > > That's all fine Kris, but..and this is the second time you've done > this...you can't just make a blanket statement like "the Rapture is not > mentioned in the Bible", and then when asked about it, answer that it's > just > YOUR interpretation that excludes the Rapture. To many Christians, there > most certainly IS a rapture in the bible. > > -- > I've seen your flag on the marble arch > Love is not a victory march > It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323053 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
