Unraveling the Mystery of the Rapture
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- Опубліковано 2 січ 2014
- Join Dr. Ankerberg as he interviews theologian Dr. Renald Showers and Middle East journalist and prophecy scholar Dr. Jimmy DeYoung in a fascinating discussion of what the Bible teaches regarding the Rapture, its timing, and how it impacts our lives today.
I REALLY WANT TO GO HOME AND BE WITH THE LORD ASAP. THIS WORLD HAS NOTHING FOR ME.
Me too. We are now near to happrnd sooon.
Folks, remember, whether you believe in a pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib or no 'rapture' at all...this is not a 'salvation' issue. Your salvation is based on your relationship with our Lord, Jesus Christ.
We are just passing through until we go to our real home to be with The Lord! Come Lord Jesus your Bride awaits ;)
This is going to happen. It is. Not if. IS. The LORD keeps his promises. Join us. Repent. Accept the Lord. Obey his commandments in love and freedom. Do not get left behind.
Thank you for posting more shows on UA-cam. The John Ankerberg show is quickly becoming one of my favorites.
The pre-trib rapture true,literal, consistent and logical.
Pastor Starks The pre-trib rapture, false, misinterpretation, inconsistent and illogical.
I totally agree with you Pastor Starks....it is definitely Biblical
Pastor Starks , was Noah rescued through or Raptured from? Were Hebrews rescued through Egypts plagues or raptured from? Is it man is destined to die once or some men are destined to die once? ULTIMATE TICKLE OF THE EAR BECAUSE WE ALL WOULD LOVE TO BE RAPTURED FROM! SATAN DECEIVES " THE WHOLE WORLD" or is it just some? Don't twist Gods word!
Thank you for posting. I am looking for the IMMINENT return of CHRIST for HIS blood-washed redeemed ones. I find that we live in a society that don't take GOD'S WORD to heart. They LOVE THIS PRESENT WORLD and if CHRIST will come then they want HIM to come after they attend their son/daughters wedding or graduation, after their loved gives birth to their first grandchild, after the family reunion and the young people the comment is let CHRIST return after I graduate from high school/college & get married, have a family and on, on, on & on. This is so sad too. They are not looking for CHRIST's return. My mother used to say, "OH MAY THE LORD COME FOR HIS CHURCH SOON FOR THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US FOR SOONER OR LATER IT LAY WASTE OUR POWER". And ain't that the TRUTH.
God bless you John Ankerberg. I have learned a great deal through your books and ministry. You are a blessing to the people of God.
You have learned NOTHING from this man but LIES and deceit!!!!
David Paul Sure I have. Mr. Ankerberg is a great teacher. Watch his show or read some of his books. You will learn a great deal.
+Randy Pacchioli No thank you. He is a FALSE teacher. You will understand soon enough.
David Paul Dave. He is spot on.
David Paul As a bible teacher , I present the various views by Christian scholars. Response is wonderful. God bless in the journey. The main point is that we believe Jesus Christ is coming back someday. Bible believing Christians can be divided on the timing of the rapture.
John Ankerberg Show - Thank you So much for your amazing guests, Renald Showers, and Jimmy DeYoung! Totally enjoyed their Wonderful Teaching, On the "Pre - Trib Rapture"...(Our Blessed Hope.) I have been a Christian, for many years...... And have been recently "gutted" , By Watching So many Pastors, and Bible Scholars, attacking The Concept of the "Pre - Trib Rapture", In their Churches....And On - Line. It has been "Soul - Destroying", For Me! And Such a Huge Challenge to My "Faith"..... To Continue to Stand Firm, and to keep believing in the "Pre -Trib Rapture" Doctrine.....This Show, with your fantastic Guests, has Strengthened Me, In my Faith! For that, I am extremely greatfull......Food for thought, .....There is an Amazing Pastor Called "Dr Mark Hitchcock"....He is American, and gives "The Best" Sermons On " The Rapture", That Ive ever Heard! He has his Own U.Tube, Videos..... Can you please get Him Onto, your Show?? He is Such a Blessing, To So many Christians.... His Teaching, is excellent! Anyway, God Bless you John, And your Show! From Viewer in Australia.... 8 )
Real bible scholars, awesome show
I just love that opening score/theme song
LOVE THIS SHOW...
Twinkling of an eye
It’s quicker than a second AND sooner than right now”
Maranatha!!!
Isaiah 26: 19 to 23 is the ressurection when Jesus come back
100 % pretrib its Gods only truth on the matter!
Something to ponder: Many Christians use Matthew 24 verses 37-41 to be the rapture, but if this is taken in context with verses 37-39a
[For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all *away... Jesus then continues with what will happen when He returns to the earth (Second Coming) - ...so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be *taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be *taken and one left.] *taken in judgement
It is unbelievers who are taken away in judgement. For as the whole world in the days of Noah it was business as usual, buying, selling, marriage and given in marriage; they were unaware until the flood came and took them. It was Noah and his family (8 in all) who were left behind.
The same in Matthew 24 verses 37-41 which Jesus says happens after the tribulation of those days (prophecy unfulfilled) and after the sun is darkened and the moon turns to blood(verses 29-31) then after this two men will be in a field, two women at a mill... - That one is taken (in judgement) and the other left. The people who are left are tribulation saints who have persevered and held on these are they who in their physical bodies will go into the millennium to populate the earth during this time.
The church is not mentioned in the Olivet discourse, seeing that Jesus spoke these words before the church was even born. Does this take away the pretrib rapture, not at all. Seeing as the church was a mystery (something that was not known in the Old Testament, but revealed in the New Testament: Ephesians 3 verses 8-13). Indeed the church was hidden not known by the Old Testament saints. There is no mention of the church in the Old Testament neither the rapture.. which was not revealed until Paul mentions it in 1 Thessalonians 4 verses 13-18. However both the tribulation and the *second advent/coming of Christ (which the Jews are waiting for) are mentioned both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. :0)
The verses where Jesus talks about two men in a field, one shall be taken and the other left. Two women at a millstone, one will be taken the other left...the parallel passage in Luke 17 verses 20-37 in verse 37 the disciples ask where the ones will be taken. Jesus replies where body is there the eagles (or vultures) will gather. As I said this event happens after the tribulation and at Christ's Second Coming. Plainly the taking and leaving behind has nothing to do with Jesus coming for His church. There will be many during the tribulation who will come to know Jesus. These as I explained are tribulational saints and are not part of the church who will be raptured (caught up to heaven) before the 7 year tribulation. This is not my interpretation but reading the whole of Matthew 24-25 in it's plain simple language. The problem is when prophecy is over spiritualized or taken allegorically and not literally.
Tim Muggy JESUS NEVER SAID HE SNEAKS BACK AND LEAVES TO COME BACK AGAIN A THIRD TIME! MAN IS DESTINED TO DIE ONCE.WHEN JESUS DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN AND IS IN THE CLOUDS, EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM, THEN THE RAPTURE (INSTANT DEATH,NO PAIN OR SUFFERING) WHERE OUR SOULS DEPART FROM OUR FLESH! BLINK! secret rapture is ULTIMATE tickling of the ear!
There was no Church at that time.
The translation from the Greek really does not describe fully the quickness of how Christians (Bible believing not so called professing) will change.. the term twinkling really does not do it justice... I heard that it would be even quicker than the single (not the continous buzzing) buzz of a gnat.. the single twang (one vibration) of a harp string.. in fact even faster than an atom of time.
Approx 1/16 of a nanosecond. Some engineers say it's even faster than that.
Why do you think this group of believers would be zipped out if here before things start to heat up? Is it something special that we have done as compared to say, the early church that went through their own kind of tribulation? It makes no sense to me. I don't really look forward to the tough times ahead but I know God will impart grace to us and see us through.
No, it's time for the Lord to put His judgements against those who Hate Him. We are not included with those who Hate him, so we will be SAFE WITH HIM. MARANATHA!!!
Ankerberg, in January 2014 implies that Iran is "two months away" from obtaining a nuclear bomb. It's July 2014; what does he say now?
What is said in the video is, " IRAN'S leaders believe they will have the bomb with in 2 months " and since the Koran tells the Muslim to lie to the infidel. , the Christian can not believe all that they say, because much of it is lies.
So will our mortal bodies be left behind? If it happens in the middle of the night, will there be "dead" bodies in the beds of Raptured Saints?
No, our bodies ARE CHANGED, like Christ's Glorified Body. 1Corinthians 15:51-53.
Will our clothing be left behind? Not that it makes a big difference...just wondering.
The bible doesn’t say we are raptured before tribulation and Jesus never taught that either,it’s the believers who are here at the time of the end Jesus isn’t coming then coming again that’s twice coming the bible states Jesus won’t return until the man of perdition is revealed,you’ve got the timing of the rapture all wrong it’s talking about the end of the age after the tribulation are we more special that we shouldn’t suffer tribulation when Jesus suffered this is a new age teaching 😇
A clue to when the rapture takes place is in the title of this video. The word mystery.
Revelation 10:7 ESV
[7] but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
The mystery of God is Christ in you the hope of glory, Col 1:25-27.
The scriptures set the timeline for when the rapture takes place in the book of Revelation, and sets various sign posts and events along the way that mark when the rapture takes place. In regards to the Revelation timeline it is important to know that the three woes are linked to the last three Trumpets.
Revelation 8:13 KJVS
[13] And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
According to Apostle John and Paul the Saints meeting the Lord in the air takes place at the seventh or last trumpet.
Revelation 10:7 ESV
[7] but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
The mystery of God is Christ in you the hope of glory, Col 1:27. Apostle Paul was given a dispensation by God to preach the revelation of the mystery of God which fulfill the word of God, Col 1:25. Paul writes of this mystery in the often quoted verses in the 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 KJVS
[51] Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, [52] In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
A interesting aspect of the mystery of God, mystery of Christ is that God has to make known to a individual what is the riches of the glory surrounding this mystery. So many bible experts do not understand this mystery because it is not given for them to know.
Colossians 1:27 KJVS
[27] To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
The last trump/trumpet that sounds is the seventh trumpet and that is when the mystery of God is finished.
Revelation 11:15 KJVS
[15] And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Many try to take the 12th chapter of Revelation and place it at the beginning of the tribulation or at the sixth seal. But the three woes that are linked to the last three Trumpets, makes that impossible. Most all agree that the man child is the body of Christ. The three woes are linked to the 5th-7th Trumpets, Rev 8:13. The first woe is when the bottomless pit is opened, 5th trumpet, Rev 9:11&12. Second woe takes place when the great earthquake occurs in Jerusalem following the death and resurrection of the two witnesses.
Revelation 11:13-14 KJVS
[13] And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. [14] The second woe is past; and , behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
Always keep in mind the three woes are associated with the last three Trumpets even though it is not always apparent in the narrative of the 8th-12th chapters. Notice the third woe comes quickly after the second, Rev 11:14, and the third woe is when Satan is cast down to earth after the man child is caught up to the throne of God, Rev 12:5&12. The man child being caught up to the throne of God coincides with the seventh trumpet, Rev 11:15, and takes place between the second and third woe in regards to the passage of time. There are two seed of the woman mentioned in the 12th chapter of Revelation. The man child who is resurrected at the seventh trumpet, verse 5, and the remnant of the woman's seed, verse 17, who Satan makes war against during the last 3 1/2 years of the tribulation.
Revelation 12:17 KJVS
[17] And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
So you have two seed of the woman, one group resurrected/changed at the middle of the tribulation and another group that are on the earth during the final half of the tribulation. The woman flys into the wilderness for three and a half years. The wilderness is a place where one is tested and tried by God. www.justifiedfreely.com/?p=724
Revelation 12:14 KJVS
[14] And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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In everything, folks, when someone ask you to make one mile, make it for two. If you don't understand or you have some interrogation, in order to answer yourself a little more, go further. So, about here, when they suggestion you to look at 1 Corinthians, 51-52, don't stop there. Even further or a little before it also. So, go read from 35 'till 58. Have your own bible. Don't expect anyone to answer all your own questions properly; and if you think they do, go further and find a little more questions for yourself.
Me, I found one more question or a kind of other answer:
1 Corinthians,
50. I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed- 52 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. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 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.”[h]
We have to be transform first because our flesh "cannot inherit the kingdom of God,..."
So, here is the question: what type of transformation is it going to be? And/Or (for some more scientific way to say it.... like if you could prove it "scientifically or physically"), what could transform our flesh "to light being". Well, maybe as Jesus took Peter, James and John (Matthew 17:1, Mark 9:2, Luke 9:28), with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.
Jesus had this transfiguration before dying. Although, He had to die first to pass through the resurection.
Maybe this would be a way, We all believers are going to be transformed and then, our flesh are going to transform as for Jesus at His resurection.
Eventhough some thought a lot about it and made it interesting, there are still people who won't stop thinking about it as the answers aren't going to be really found. Only God knows when and how.
What? No Matthew 24 - the most clear scripture passage on when the rapture happens.
Matthew 24:29-31 speaks of the Lord gathering Israel, also known as the elect, from the earth. This is not the church. The church will have already been taken by then.
Why is there always an agenda to collect money included with God's word 🤢
The popular prophecy teachers below are taking away from the Revelation of Jesus Christ by sowing the deception the resurrection must come before the Beast wars against the saints. (Rev. 13:3-7, Mat. 24:15, 30-31)
“The rapture could happen at any moment.” Jimmy Swaggart
“The Rapture could happen today!” Tim LaHaye
“The Church will never face the Beast!” Perry Stone
“The rapture is imminent!” David Jeremiah
“Believers will be caught up before the Antichrist!” John Hagee
“His coming could take place at any second.” Charles Stanley
“The Bride is taken, then the Man of Sin is revealed!” John MacArthur
“The rapture is so close!” Grant Jefferies
“We are Kings Kids; the Beast won’t see us!” T.D. Jakes
“There no events left to be fulfilled, let’s be looking up!” Jack Van Impe
Yes this is a testing ground to see if you will follow Christ or Satan, Jesus gave us a choice and He made the choice easy but most people want what they see that is why GOD say put your mind and heart on heavenly things not on things in this earth.
yu dont get it
7 YEAR PEACE TREATY SIGNED OCT. 22, 2014
RAPTURE MARCH 31, 2018
I don't think so
Oct 23 2016
PLO want the 2 State Solution which will lead to 7 year peace leading to Armageddon.
Where did you come up with those dates? You are sooooo wrong.
wait and see brother
You never did answer my question. Where did you come up with those dates?
The verse that prots use 2 back up the "rapture" (we who are live on earth will B caught up in the air 2 meet the Lord) is actually mean for JUDGEMENT DAY, not a rapture. Want proof? Read the preceding verses: It says "The dead shall rise first" There will be no rapture, instead we will pass through the 3 days darkness. Matt 24:29-30 After the darkness all will return to the one faith & one shepherd. No more Protestantism.
NO not John Ankerberg
I just read Matt. 24: 29-30 and there is NOTHING said about 3 days of darkness. I don't know where you pick that up but it was not in the Bible. You are believing a lie
TheDrummerman1951 One verse among many others that speak about DARKNESS as a sign preceding the return of Christ is Matt 24:29-30. It does not say 3 days but saints from other centuries as well as modern day visionaries tell us it will be three days (Prophecy) and the Bible says "Despise not prophecy" It matters not whether protsaccept this as a real event. It will happen
Paul is writing to CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS, NOT pagans.
No, judgement will be for the. Haters of Christ who are left down here. We are separated from the UNBELIEVERS, we will be In Heaven WITH THE LORD. MARANATHA!!!
(Jesus) Immediately after the tribulation (Paul) when the Lord himself DESCENDS from heaven (John) where multitudes that no man can number come out of! Jesus NEVER said he comes back twice... Secret Rapture is a lie. false doctrine. Rapture is death,BAM in twinkling of an eye your at the judgement!Rapture happens when the Lord is in the air as he is returning! MAN IS DESTINED TO DIE ONCE!
Jesus didn't have to. He told our Apostle Paul.
Anyone who is post tribulation rapture needs to carefully read and study these scriptures.
Ezekiel 38 ; 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
This war begins the 7 years of Jacobs trouble. this 7 year period is NOT for the church. This coming of Christ in Ezekiel chapter 38 verse 20, could very well be the rapture of the church.
Daniel 9 ; 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Good news.The church will not be here for the 7 years of great trouble.
Revelation 2 ; 18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. Revelation 3 ;10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Now if the whole church were to here for the 7 years of great trouble, then God would have no need to tell the church of Thyatira that it will be sent into GREAT TRIBULATION unless it stops listening to Jezebel.
God does NOT make mistakes when writing His Word.
***** The last trump in Cor 15;51 is NOT the same trump as the one in Revelation. The 2 letters were written about 40 years apart. The last trump that Paul was writing about is the last trump that the Israelites used to blow before they moved camp during the wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. Which means they were moving to a new place just as the church will be at the beginning of the 7 years of tribulation. How could the first 69 years of Daniel 9-24 be for Jerusalem and the Jews and the 70th week of 7 years suddenly change to be for the church.? Use some logic , instead of following the traditions of men.
***** Have a careful look at the scriptures YOU posted, He shall gather the elect from the 4 winds of HEAVEN. That means those people already have their resurrected bodies. There is NO ONE to be raptured alive at the end of the 7 years of tribulation. All those alive at the end of that period , go into the 1000 year reign of Christ on earth, to repopulate the earth. All the unbelievers go to hell.
So to put it bluntly YOU are arguing against the very scriptures YOU posted.
YOU say there is only ONE coming then please explain the coming in Ezekiel chapter 38 verse 20?
Please get out of the cult you are in. Their doctrines certainly did not come the Holy Spirit.
***** I expect nothing less than abuse by someone who has been clearly brainwashed by the cult they attend. Bit of advice for you! Throw out all the teaching from the cult you obviously attend and get a KJV bible and read for yourself.
***** Confusion over Confusion: 2 Thes 2:1-6; To quell the Thessalonian's misunderstanding that they had somehow entered the tribulation, Paul told them the Antichrist must first be revealed. By telling them they had no reason to panic, Paul is clearly disputing the idea that the Thessalonians could someday find themselves facing the tribulation hour.
Sorry to see you so confused. Better check your history. Paul the apostle came BEFORE Darby. Better go and ask your cult leader about that major error of history.
And I must say your language is quite vulgar for a supposed Christian.
Have a nice day.
These guys need to have their brains checked as every verse they site clearly is referring to the 2nd coming of Christ and the RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD IN CHRIST, which Revelation 20, 1 Corinthians 15, 2 Thessaloninians, etc all state takes place AT the 2nd coming. Then the mystery is about the resurrection and those who are alive when Christ comes. These guys seem to be in need of some Focus Factor.
Revelation 20 Resurrection is for those Going to the Great white throne judgment that's for unsaved people
+Heidi K. Sadly, it's you that is mistaken.
+Heidi K. I do and it works. You need to try it!
Tony Eaton
No sir, that is not correct. You do not understand what is going to happen. Jesus comes as a thief in the night first. For sure. On the last day of the 7 year tribulation/start of the 10 Days of Awe (think and understand this), the Feast of Trumpets..He and God perform judgement here on earth for 10 days...THOSE 10 days...in which the sheep and the goats are separated...the sheep are gathered into the sheepfold...the dead rise...the trumpets ALL play out in these days IN the sight of men...climaxing on the Day of Atonement when He REVEALS Himself to the rest of the world coming on the clouds in great glory for the battle of Armageddon and Gods bowls of wrath. You need to study Teshuvah!!! The books are opened on the Feast of Trumpets...names are entered into whichever book they are judged to be..books...plural..of the righteous or life, and the book of the intermediates, and the book of the wicked...and then the BOOKS are close on the Day of Atonement. All you people out here trying to figure all this stuff out without incorporating the Jewish writings in together with the Christian!!! Good luck!!! Study BOTH!! Do this for a while before you comment back please.
+Heidi K. how am I mistaken?
fake
Hahaha!! Rapture that's a hoax!!