Could there have been one rapture already?

[jodycour]

Hey guys I know that many people on this sight do not believe in a Rapture because it is not written in the bible.I do pose an interesting Question that I would like to see debated here!Mathew 27:50-53Vs.50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.Vs.51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent:Vs.52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,Vs.53And came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.This was a very public event!Notice that the graves where opened.Why did they have to be opened if these where just spiritual bodies that arose.After all spirits can walk through walls!And by the way it does mention the word bodies here.Could this event have been a rapture type of event?

 

[Christina]

In a sense perhaps ? this is atype of what will happen at the 7th trump the body returns to dust of the earth the spirit body our true self will be with Christ this is the only changing. No flesh can enter heaven the term bodies here is spirit body it is not a ghost it has subtance After death, while Christ was in the prison of the tomb, He preached to all those that did not have the availability of salvation all the way back to the time of Noah, which is a figure of speech, which means to even Adam. That when that veil was rent, that salvation was offered to Israel and the Gentile, all the way back to the beginning of the flesh age. God is good and God is fair.At the end of this flesh age, at the close of the tribulation by the Antichrist, we shall all be changed into our new spiritual bodies, and then starts one thousand years of the Millennium age, which is the kingdom of Jesus Christ, as recorded in Ezekiel chapters 39-48. It is a time of learning and discipline. At the end of that age, will be the great white throne judgment, when Satan and all his followers will be turned to ashes.

 

[jodycour]

Interesting point of veiw.Glad we can agree on a little something!Hee Hee!

 

[Wayne Murray]

(jodycour;35517)
Could this event have been a rapture type of event?
No, the only rapture is at the seventh trump and ((ALL)) are changed, not just a select few because the flesh age is over. Sons of God will no longer tabernacle in flesh bodies.These things seen in public as you describe were a one time event, signs if you will, and the most important verse you did not give which is the reason for this event.Mat 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. This one time event with all the signs gave many conviction.Truly this was the Son of God.

 

[Wakka]

Yes, when Jesus rose, he did take some saints to heaven.