In order to witness to people out in the world sometime you gotta get out among 'em.
Rather, in the world but not of it.
Rapture is simply the english word used for the greek that speaks of catching away
I declare here and now that the word “rapture” never appears in the Bible. Now a rapturist will respond ‘that’s not true! I know the word IS in the Bible!’ and in a
twisted way of looking at things, he’s right. Let me illustrate.
In
Thessalonians 4:17 we see that “...we who are alive and remain shall be
caught up together...in the clouds.” In this verse, the
Greek word that Paul originally used when he wrote I Thessalonians was “harpazo.” This word means to be caught up or snatched up violently. When Catholic scholars produced early translations of the New Testament, they wrote in
Latin. In those translations, they used the Latin word
rapere as their equivalent for
harpazo. This word rapere is the root word and the origin of the English word
rapture. The root has other words associated with it -- including our word
raptor, which describes a destructive bird of prey.
The New Testament was written in Greek. It was translated from the Greek into English by a team of spiritually blessed men of God back in the time of King James. I don’t consider any other version (including all English versions) to be the Bible. In this regard, the
New International Version is blasphemous garbage -- not the word of God. I don’t speak Latin, no scriptures were ever given to any of the Lord’s Hebrew prophets in Latin, and no prophet of the Lord wrote in Latin. The only Latin writers I have any knowledge of were Catholic, and I am persuaded that the Scriptures demonstrate that Catholicism provides a significant component to what Revelation calls Mystery Babylon. Thus, the argument that the word “rapture” is in the Bible is dependent on a Latin translation -- i.e. work that is derived from Scripture, but is not scripture. Therefore, the word Rapture IS NOT IN THE BIBLE.
There is another way to approach the word game that is played by those what are caught in the cult. When they tell you the word “rapture” is in the Bible, ask them if the word
Chernobyl is in the Bible. If they’re honest at all, they’ll say ‘of course not.’ Then show them Revelation 9:11 where after the 3rd trumpet the fresh waters are made bitter during the tribulation. The text says “And the name of the star is called
Wormwood, and the third part of the waters became wormwood.”
Many of us know that the Ukrainian word for “wormwood” (which is actually an herbal purging substance) is Chernobyl. Now, how many of you speak or read Ukrainian? It’s likely that this wormwood episode is describing a nuclear contamination of fresh water at some point in the tribulation, but you could hardly say the actual word
Chernobyl is in the Bible. It’s a
Ukrainian word -- not Hebrew, Greek, or English. Indeed, 50 years ago if you said ‘You know, the word Chernobyl is in the Bible!’ people would have sent for the boys in the white coats to give you some Prozac.
The analogy is the same. Why pull out some strange word from a dead or foreign language that has no original connection with the scriptures? The only reason is to defend a doctrine that is not expressly taught anywhere in scripture.
You have no view point whatsoever on whether using a cell phone is evil or not?
Things are not evil; of themselves, things are neutral. However, I know to whose service that thing (i.e. cell phone) has been consecrated. I know what the purposes of cell phones are and thus why they are made to be addictive as possible via dopamine-driven apps and 24/7 subliminal programming.
My "view point" counts for nada. Rather, a simple inspection of the fruits of wireless addiction will reveal a mega can of worms...
I hope you have an understanding, on whatever level, that you are under electromagnetic attack. Interesting, too, that Satan is "the prince of the power of the air" - IOW, he has authority over the airwaves (for a season). Most importantly, I hope that you have
sanctified yourself worthy of God's service in that area of RF avoidance so that he can best use you to further his kingdom (IOW, you asked him and he told you and you obeyed him). That's why we're all still here yet, because each of us has not yet fulfilled God's will for our lives. *Most ppl don't even know what their calling is! (because they don't ask)
Come out from among them and be separate; touch not the unclean thing.
