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Originally posted by Dr Conspire
Its strange or not how Christians can be mocked vilified ad nauseum on ATS but other religions are respected.
Lay off the Christians, if you want to be imaginative make up a thread about Jews Gosh no you cant do that, no I agree so why not stop ridiculing Christians, ridicule anti moon hoax believers instead.
But better still ridicule no one.
Originally posted by truthseeker1984
Loken, I don't mean to attack you, your thread, or your beliefs, but who is to say that the Christians aren't the ones being deceived? I mean, look at the all the malice committed in the name of G-d through the Christian Faith. The Inquisition, the Witch Trials, the Roman Catholic Empire. I mean, it just doesn't have the good track record associated with acts of good. There is no direct talk in the Bible about a "rapture" anyway. That was a term invented in the 1800's. Most Christians I talk to nowadays are all about the bake sales, or the rummage sales or what have you. They aren't about the original message of spiritual enlightenment.
I guess it won't matter too much for me either way, as I have no stock in either side. If what the Bible says is true and there will be some huge war, I'll fight both sides indiscriminately if it means keeping loved ones safe. I'm only here as an observer anyway, and could care less which side wins....like I said, I view it as a spiritual pissing match with a bunch of sour grapes in the middle.
Just my opinion of course.
Peace be with you.
-truthseeker
3. Christians do not have special protection from abduction unless invoked.
"He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust." Matthew 5: 45.
3. Christians do not have special protection from abduction unless invoked.
3. Christians do not have special protection from abduction unless invoked.
"Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." Ephesians 6:13.
'But though we, or a heavenly being (Alien) teach any other gospel to you than that which we have taught, let him be accursed."Galatians 1:8
Disclosure is quickly coming upon us. It's a shame that some are willing and ready to accept it.
* What ...
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* What ...
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* What single event could unify this politically splintered, anti Christian, and racially segregated planet under a one-world,
[edit on 16-5-2010 by randomguy]
4. Scripture tells us that it will happen again.
"But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." Matthew 24: 37. "They will mingle with the seed of men." Daniel 2: 43.
"And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and waves roaring; men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers (Satans) of the heaven will be shaken." Luke 21: 25-26.
Disclosure is quickly coming upon us. It's a shame that some are willing and ready to accept it.
I'm sorry, but this just doesn't follow what the Bible says.
(KJV Bible)
1 Corinthians 15:51-54 - Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
1 Thess: 4:15-18 - 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. Therefore encourage each other with these words.
Matthew 24:29-31 - Immediately after the distress of those days
" 'the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'
"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
To many it is both amazing and shocking to discover that neither the word rapture nor the doctrine/teaching of a "secret rapture" is to be found in any bible translation. Moreover, it is not even mentioned in any "christian" literature prior to the year 1830.
Dave MacPherson, author of The Unbelievable Pre-Trib Origin, reveals that the "rapture" teaching born in England during the mid-1800's. MacPherson's research found that a Church of Scotland minister, named Edward Irving, was the first to preach the "rapture gospel."
Just how the "rapture" theory occurred to Irving is an intriguing facet of modern churchianity's history. Irving held some eccentric positions on the use of "spiritual" gifts, including speaking in tongues and prophesying. He contended that these gifts were for the present day "church", and had quite a few followers of his radical notions. However, when chaotic disturbances arose in Irving's services during the manifestations of these "gifts", the Church of Scotland took action, dismissing Irving from his position as minister in 1832.
The ultimate result of Irving's dismissal was the formation of the Catholic Apostolic Church, which still exists until this day. Irving's movement grew and became the basis of modern day pentecostalism. The natural evolution of this movement has resulted in the recent emergence of the "Toronto Laughing Spirit" phenomenon which has seduced and mislead more than a few well-intentioned people.
However, in 1830 during one of Irving's sessions before his dismissal, a young Scottish girl, named Margaret MacDonald, fell into a "trance". After several hours of "vision" and "prophesying" she revealed that "christ's" return would occur in two phases, not just one. "Christ" would first come visibly to only the righteous, then He would come a second time to execute wrath on the unrighteous in the nations.
This "secret rapture" was promoted by Irving claiming he, too, had heard a "voice" from heaven commanding him to teach it. (Some modern researchers submit that Irving's speculations of the "rapture were influenced by the Spanish Jesuit priest, Lacunza whose book Irving had translated in 1827 under the title, The coming of the Messiah in Glory and Majesty)
John Darby, an Englishman and pioneer of the "Plymouth Brethren" movement became caught up in the rapture philosophies of Irving. When Darby heard about Irving's activities, he traveled to Scotland to talk with Irving and his followers about the "secret rapture". It was Darby who became the master developer of "scriptural" arguments to support the theory/doctrine that evolved.
Darby's development of the "rapture" theory has since become widely popularized in Britain and finally in the U.S., largely as a result of Cyrus Scofield's notes in his Scofield Reference Bible.
Belief in the "secret rapture" doctrine has become so widespread among today's "evangelicals" and "fundamentalists" that many sitting in the pews assume that the teaching dates back to the apostles themselves and the Messiah. Regardless of whom one regards as the originator of the teaching — whether Irving, Darby, Margaret MacDonald, or a Jesuit priest - one thing is obvious; the "secret rapture" theory is of relatively recent origin. Moreover, it has no basis in fact nor was it ever a teaching of the Messiah, Apostles, or the early movement begun by Messiah.
Originally posted by Loken68
reply to post by troubleshooter
Please stay on topic, it's not a debate of when the rapture will occur.