Some spiritualize many of the things scripture talks about, including the rapture. For those who do, I wanted to create a thread to ask for proofs that the rapture of the church is not a literal event. It seems to come up from time to time.
I will start by posting one of the primary texts on it in 1st Thessalonians, but please note: This thread will be strictly limited in scope to minutely dissecting what every verse and word in the relevant passages refers to specifically, and I will police this thread to make sure it stays that way.
Blessings in Christ
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are [now] sleeping, so that you not be grieved even as the rest who do not have hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also will God through Jesus bring with Him those who have fallen asleep. For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remaining shall be caught away in the clouds to a meeting of the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Therefore, encourage one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
@bbyrd009, @amadeus
I will start by posting one of the primary texts on it in 1st Thessalonians, but please note: This thread will be strictly limited in scope to minutely dissecting what every verse and word in the relevant passages refers to specifically, and I will police this thread to make sure it stays that way.
Blessings in Christ
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are [now] sleeping, so that you not be grieved even as the rest who do not have hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also will God through Jesus bring with Him those who have fallen asleep. For we say this to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remaining shall be caught away in the clouds to a meeting of the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Therefore, encourage one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
@bbyrd009, @amadeus
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