Are you scared when the rapture happens?

well a lot of people know that
jesus is coming for his people that have served him and devoted their
lives for him <3 but
people are going to stay.. I mean arent people scared when the anti-christ comes
and rules and you have to have the 666 mark or else you wont be
able to eat...and all the stuff that Apocolipsis says in the bible?
and theres going to be CHAOS! in the world I really want to know what you think :/

Revelation is certainly different from
other books of the New Testament. It is also very different from any
kind of writing that is familiar to most people today. Unfortunately,
this has caused some people to shy away from the book; or on the other
hand, to misuse it in propagating wild and fanciful theories. Most
people conclude it is just too mysterious to understand. But it was
actually written to make things clearer! The word 'revelation' in the
Greek is apokalupsis, which means 'an uncovering' or 'unveiling.' It
is therefore a book designed to uncover or unveil, not conceal.

Part of the challenge in understanding the book is that it is written
in a style not familiar to modern man. It is an example of what is
called 'apocalyptic literature' which was quite popular from 200 B.C.
to 200 A.D. As such, it was a type of literature well known to the
Jews and Christians of the first century church. Features of
apocalyptic literature include the use of highly symbolic or figurative
language (cf. 'signified', 1:1). It was normally written in times of
persecution, usually depicting the conflict between good and evil.

There are other examples of apocalyptic literature in the Bible. In
the Old Testament, for example, the books of Ezekiel, Daniel, and
Zechariah each contain elements of this style of writing. In the New
Testament, Matthew 24 contains apocalyptic elements.

You can read the rest of this wonderful artical here
http://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/rev/rev_00.htm

And No the Rapture does not scare me. . .

I am not going to ridicule your religion, but in my opinion, its all a lie.
How do we even know that there's a christ and an anti-christ?

I mean, you have to be realistic. No one is going to just come down from the heavens and kill all the people who don't believe in him.

krittytang you will see when that day comes that you are wrong...God isn meant to be explained...thats what people has to realize...God isn meant for us to know ALL about our human minds is not able to grasp all of it and he knows that...there will come a day when ALL tongues will confess to him, how do we know he exists, listen to the birds, look at the trees, the dew in the morning, you'll see God, but you may not get that since you dont believe, its a blessing to know him and if you dont know him youre missing out on a HUGE blessing...now as you can see by what I have sai no im not afraid, I wont be here I will be with him to reign, I am sad for the ones who rejects him, I dont understand how you can reject someone that laid down his life for you, if anyone needs to talk bout this or anything please feel free to funmail me

lish54 I agree with you when you say it is a tremendous blessing to know God; I too believe and follow Him, and am looking forward to His second coming.

Unlike you though, I believe that God will not sneak back to earth and snatch His children out of this world while allowing planes, trains, cars...to crash, killing people.

When God returns 'every eye shall see Him'. The graves will open and the dead saints will raise to Him and we, who are alive and remain, will meet them in the air.

I am so very much looking forward to this day!

Cintia, that is a very good question. This is my view:
Believe it or not I am a Catholic. I was never taught to go to church every Sunday. This does not make me a bad person. I can pray and talk to God in other ways as well.
Now, the [rapture]. The coming of Christ?
Well, I've had a lot of experiences happen in my life good and bad. I'm sure everyone has. Of course, everyone would most likely be scared. But, I am not scared. As people say, you shouldn't be scared of God or Jesus in this matter. As long as your a good person you shouldn't have nothing to worry about. I promise you that. Now, I was taught some of the written materials in the bible are not fully correct. I tend to agree.

Im not scared, im very excited, and hope it comes when im still alive

I think its all rediculous

I'm far more concerned about the attitudes of some believers now (in all religions) who wish to push their views on society than I am in any mythical story about flying spirits.

The 'end times', beside being cartoonishly absurd, is not even Biblical. Revelation is an allegorical story about the demise of Jerusalem in 70 CE. It's not a prophecy about the future.

Charlatans have spun a bizarre combination of Revelation and Daniel into a tale that sells books to the naive.

...and 'The Rapture' is not even in the bible. It was a term coined by 'some guy' regarding literary imagery found in several places in the New Testament. Funny enough, there is no similar imagery in Revelation, where you'd think it SHOULD be.

And to answer the original question: Nobody knows, because nobody has ever been 'raptured' before...

Well, I agree in the unusual but wonderful combination of orion, rnealw, toadaly and captainassassin! Biblical evidence for 'The Rapture' does not hold together. I believe Jesus will return but this whole notion of 'The Rapture' is little more than a distraction from loving Him and serving our neighbours right now.

toadaly, you must have never read Revelations..yes it is bout the end of time, if you have read it you would have known that and too al who dont believe you will see and you will beg for mercy which God will not grant you b/c you've had your chance and iam very sorry to you who dont you are really missing out on something great and I will be praying for you

lish...

You're still young. And before you become too set in your ways, you need to understand one very critical issue:

'Dangling ETERNAL DAMNATION over other people's heads, will NOT make you more credible, and it won't make people want to listen to you.'

*** 'toadaly, you must have never read Revelations..yes it is bout the end of time,'

Wrong. I have read it. Just as importantly, I've studied the history of the people who wrote it, and period writings that express similar allegorical symbolsim, so I actually know the context. ...something the scam artists pushing 'end times' books have not even bothered to do.

Live in your little fantasy world. It's funny, in a tragic sort of way, that adults believe such nonsense and waste their lives devoted to lies.

...and its 'Revelation' not 'Revelations'

As usual toadaly's exactly right. Revelation is not prophecy. And the rapture is not a Biblical event, but a 19th century interpretation based on piecing together several verses out of context.

Also, one reason Revelation had to use all that symbolism was because it was so anti-Roman that it's authors and audience feared the Romans would persecute them for its content, should it be discovered.

I agree with orion.

I never MEANT to say that I didn't believe in God. I just highly doubt hes going to come and kill all the nonbelievers.
And besides, rapture wont happen for many, many years (if it ever happens at all) because, don't we need world peace, and for all of the bad things going on in this world to end for rapture or the apocalypse to happen?

Whilst the prophecies of Revelation (and of Jesus too) clearly do refer to the demise of Jerusalem in AD 70, it's accepted Christian belief that God can 'multi-task' on prophecies, and that whilst some elements of the visions are of the end of Judaism in Judea followed by the diaspora, others refer to events which have not yet happened.

You know, it really saddens my heart, truly, that highly educated and intellectual people who have all this 'head knowledge', but not the 'heart knowledge'.

I mean, they can analyze things (Bible) to death, soaking every bit of information out of it, being able to quote verses, hold their own with Bible students and teachers...but will miss the mark entirely. How? you ask...

It is because their heart isn't in it. Some even read the Bible looking for flaws so they can argue with Christians, hoping to convince them God isn't real.

God sends His Holy Spirit to each of us, but only those who are searching ('truth-seekers') will be taught by the Holy Spirit to understand what our Lord is all about.

***It is because their heart isn't in it. Some even read the Bible looking for flaws so they can argue with Christians, hoping to convince them God isn't real. ***

We don't LOOK for flaws, they're blatantly obvious. And most of us don't care WHAT you believe. We know that you're deluded beyond reason; you're existing with a tinge of insanity, because it somehow makes your life better, makes it feel more worth while, makes you feel special and happy, which is something you CAN'T seem do on your own. Its a common problem among theists.

You've been given several opportunities to strengthen your faith, but you choose to be deaf and blind to new information about your religion. Do you REALLY think that knowing so little about your own god, is the best way to serve him? You view ANY words or literary findings that challenge your God to be a THREAT, and you cast it aside without a second thought (plugging your ears and humming). Because your faith is weak and you're afraid that you might falter. Instead of learning about the flaws of your religion (Yes, it has flaws, it was written by men; whether God wrote through them or not... in the end... written by MAN). There is NOTHING perfect in this world... including really really old books.

Maybe then, if you could learn about and accept those inconsistencies, you could at least UNDERSTAND why many people don't buy into your religion. Instead of acting so bewildered & insincere. You know, its okay to believe in God, even though there are some flaws in the literary history. But blinding yourself to those flaws, is a discourtesy to yourself AND God.

You're faith would be stronger in the end, if you were a little more courageous.

'it's accepted Christian belief that God can 'multi-task' on prophecies, and that whilst some elements of the visions are of the end of Judaism in Judea followed by the diaspora, others refer to events which have not yet happened.'

I think all of the visions in Revelation can be explained by 1st century events. As discussed, part of the book refers to the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. Other parts of the book refer to persecution of early Christians by the Emperer Nero, after the great fire of Rome.

Reading the language of Paul and other early Christians, it's very clear they believed the return of Jesus would be within their lifetime. The notion that their words are prophecies referring to events hundreds, or even thousands of years into the future is not supported by the language of the scripture.

Every generation of Christians has believed they were living in the end times. We're still waiting.