LAST DAY
Resurrection or Rapture? What did Jesus say?
LAST DAY, RESURRECTION, SECOND COMING
Seven times the New Testament refers to the resurrection of the last day. John 6:39; 6:40; 6:44; 6:54; 7:37; 11:24; and 12:48.
Never does the scripture mention a so-called “rapture” preceding the resurrection at the last day. “Rapture” is a term found in the Latin Vulgate and other Roman Catholic Bibles.
The last day refers to the second coming of Christ and the resurrection of dead and living believers.
John 6:40 reads, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that euery one which seeth the Sonne, and beleeueth on him, may haue euerlasting life: and I will raise him vp at the last day.”
And, Martha speaking to Jesus said, “…I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” John 11:24
Martha refers to Lazarus, and Jesus does not say to her, “no, he will be raised seven years prior to the resurrection.” Surely if there was a rapture before the resurrection of the last day, Jesus would have said something?
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17
14 For if we beleeue that Iesus died, and rose againe: euen so them also which sleepe in Iesus, will God bring with him.
15 For this we say vnto you by the word of the Lord, That we which are aliue and remaine vnto the comming of the Lord, shall not preuent them which are asleepe.
16 For the Lord himselfe shall descend from heauen with a shout, with the voyce of the Archangel, and with the trumpe of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
17 Then we which are aliue, and remaine, shalbe caught vp together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the aire: and so shall wee euer bee with the Lord
Comments (5)
You are right. Futurism originates with Cardinals Bellermine and Ribera, two Jesuit priests commissioned by the pope to create doctrines that would erode Protestantism. I would say it worked very well.
Matthew 23:13 . . Futurism/Rapture "shuts up the kingdom of heaven against men"
A rapture also makes Jesus a liar when he said "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Mat 24:13. The Jesuit-created gap between the 69th and 70th week of Daniel Chapter 9 also denies Jesus' completed work on the cross . . and directs people to seek anxiously after a future sign (3rd Temple; physical Israel; future antichrist breaking a covenant; etc.) rather than entering into the kingdom today by accepting the free gift of grace and repenting.
This really clarifies things for me. Thank-you!
Reg also has many ytube videos about this subject too. The great apostacy book is a great read too if you have not already downloaded it.