There is NOT going to be a “Rapture” as such – this is Scofieldism and part of the Elite agenda to destroy the faith of genuine Bible believers – and this false belief is just one of many ways of doing just that.

The term “Rapture” appears nowhere in the Bible. Of course, neither does the word “trinity.” But the concept of a triune God does appear throughout the New Testament. While the idea of believers being “caught up in the air” is mentioned, it is metaphorically describing the Second Coming – The “Parousia.”

Paul is not claiming, nor even remotely implying that Christians will disappear before all hell breaks loose on earth.

In fact, (and this is probably the second biggest reason the great thinkers of the church ever seriously discuss the topic) the very idea of the rapture is antithetical to the narrative of scripture.

Why?

Because the Bible is a story about a God who journeys with His people through hard times even when it is God who has unleashed the judgment. He doesn’t pluck them out of danger. Whether that danger is slavery in Egypt, wandering in the wilderness, exile in Babylon, the travails of Job, oppression under the Romans, or the persecution of the early church, God walks with HIS people through the valley of the shadow of death. He doesn’t snatch them out of it – because he wants them to grow through the experience.

If that is indeed true, then our longing for the rapture reveals a lack of love for the very world Jesus came to save. The very idea of the church abandoning the world in its time of need is endemic of an American Christianity that is more focused on the self than the needs of others, more gnostic (concerned with conforming with current ideas) than actually Christian Truth, and hyper-focused on a comfortable hereafter to the detriment of the tough here and now. Yes, the Second Coming is important — but so is everything that happens before.

But perhaps the most important thing to remember is the book of Revelation is not a road map to the future. It is the declaration that Jesus will return, justice will be granted to the oppressed, and all things will be made new. But it is not attempting to give precise details on how that will happen – this is deliberate.

Rather than an apocalyptic road map, Revelation is a book of worship. It exists to declare the glory, power, and grace of God. It is not a guidebook to the apocalypse – It’s all about SPIRITUAL GROWTH.

Now, I absolutely believe that Jesus will return one day to wipe away every tear from our eyes and make all things new – this is a Scriptural certainty.

But that is at the Second Coming, not the “Rapture.” Those are two very, very different things. One allows us to neglect the present world and let it crumble away, while we focus on our own eternal glory. The other beckons us to participate in God’s restoration of creation by loving His people and showing them how to live the life God intended until He does return to bring that work of redemption to final completion.

We are absolutely living in the last days, but we have been ever since Jesus walked out of the tomb on Easter morning.

So, let us live as if these truly are the last days, not by running around telling the world “Good luck, we’ll see you later!” But by incarnating the love of God to a world desperately in need of His grace.

By doing that, we affirm the truth and hope of the resurrection while showing the world that the return of our Lord is not something to be feared. God’s word says . . .YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION!!

i’m ready …let’s rock n’ roll !!