We are going to stay with our own narrative that suits us. I’d said earlier I grew up southern Baptist. Big rapture teaching instilled in me. But that one word “snatched” out of the fire. Was the only place I could find a link to raptured out from and it wasn’t like (Imo) how I’d been taught.
the word rapture is a word that means to be caught up. not snatched out. It comes from a latin word raptura, which is used in
the word is found in scripture here.
1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we who are alive
and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
In the latin, That word caught up is raptura. hence where we get the term rapture.
Jesus also promised he would raise us up, those who believe, which is the same concept.
Jesus said in John 6,
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life.
He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and
he who believes in Me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and
the one who comes to Me I will [f]by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39
This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Jesus promised he would raise his children. those who believe. on the last day.
If you look. those at the great white are not raised by Jesus, they are delivered to him
Rev 20: 11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And
I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is
the Book of Life. And
the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The
sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And
they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then
Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
You see
1. They were delivered not raised
2. Death and hades were delivered
3. Death and hades were cast into the lake of fire.
There are not children of God at this judgment, we are raised by him, an will be spared this judgment. All because of Christ. and the cross.. Apart from the cross. we would all be here. and we would all be dead.