THE GREAT SNATCH
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Great Snatch
a) The great snatching away (or caught up) of the saints to meet the Lord in the clouds is referred to as the "Rapture."
b) The Rapture is Christian belief that forms a major part of the current teaching and expectations of fundamentalist and other evangelical denominations. In its most popular current form, the doctrine involves Jesus Christ returning from Heaven towards earth. In violation of the law of gravity, saved individuals (both dead and alive) will rise up in the air and join Jesus in the sky.
c) A very brief description of the Rapture is found in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and is supported in other passages.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
13-14 And regarding the question, friends, that has come up about what happens to those already dead and buried, we don’t want you in the dark any longer. First off, you must not carry on over them like people who have nothing to look forward to, as if the grave were the last word. Since Jesus died and broke loose from the grave, God will most certainly bring back to life those who died in Jesus.
15-18 And then this: We can tell you with complete confidence—we have the Master’s word on it—that when the Master comes again to get us, those of us who are still alive will not get a jump on the dead and leave them behind. In actual fact, they’ll be ahead of us. The Master himself will give the command. Archangel thunder! God’s trumpet blast! He’ll come down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise—they’ll go first. Then the rest of us who are still alive at the time will be caught up with them into the clouds to meet the Master. Oh, we’ll be walking on air! And then there will be one huge family reunion with the Master. So reassure one another with these words.
d) Unfortunately, the Bible is ambiguous about exactly when the rapture will occur. Most believers in the rapture suggest that it will happen just before the expected seven-year Tribulation (Pre-Tribulation Rapture) - a time of great suffering, instability, the devastating War of Armageddon, and the largest genocide that the world has ever seen.
@1. A relatively new competing belief promoting a "Pre-Tribulation Rapture" was developed during the 19th century and has become a near universal belief among fundamentalist and other evangelical Christians. This belief has Jesus returning towards the Earth before the tribulation. Christian believers -- both dead and alive -- will rise in the air to meet him in the sky. It will occur without warning. Believers in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture have eagerly anticipated the event since the 1840s and have never given up the hope that it will occur in their very near future.
e) Some suggest that it will happen just after the Tribulation (Post Tribulation Rapture) when Jesus finally returns to Earth.
@1. The doctrine of the "Post-Tribulation Rapture" was taught by Christianity starting in the first century CE and was popular until the 19th century. It is still held by some Christians. It teaches that when Jesus Christ returns to earth after the tribulation, believers who are alive at the time will be changed into immortal glorified bodies.
The End ...
1. The Great Snatch
a) The great snatching away (or caught up) of the saints to meet the Lord in the clouds is referred to as the "Rapture."
b) The Rapture is Christian belief that forms a major part of the current teaching and expectations of fundamentalist and other evangelical denominations. In its most popular current form, the doctrine involves Jesus Christ returning from Heaven towards earth. In violation of the law of gravity, saved individuals (both dead and alive) will rise up in the air and join Jesus in the sky.
c) A very brief description of the Rapture is found in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and is supported in other passages.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
13-14 And regarding the question, friends, that has come up about what happens to those already dead and buried, we don’t want you in the dark any longer. First off, you must not carry on over them like people who have nothing to look forward to, as if the grave were the last word. Since Jesus died and broke loose from the grave, God will most certainly bring back to life those who died in Jesus.
15-18 And then this: We can tell you with complete confidence—we have the Master’s word on it—that when the Master comes again to get us, those of us who are still alive will not get a jump on the dead and leave them behind. In actual fact, they’ll be ahead of us. The Master himself will give the command. Archangel thunder! God’s trumpet blast! He’ll come down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise—they’ll go first. Then the rest of us who are still alive at the time will be caught up with them into the clouds to meet the Master. Oh, we’ll be walking on air! And then there will be one huge family reunion with the Master. So reassure one another with these words.
d) Unfortunately, the Bible is ambiguous about exactly when the rapture will occur. Most believers in the rapture suggest that it will happen just before the expected seven-year Tribulation (Pre-Tribulation Rapture) - a time of great suffering, instability, the devastating War of Armageddon, and the largest genocide that the world has ever seen.
@1. A relatively new competing belief promoting a "Pre-Tribulation Rapture" was developed during the 19th century and has become a near universal belief among fundamentalist and other evangelical Christians. This belief has Jesus returning towards the Earth before the tribulation. Christian believers -- both dead and alive -- will rise in the air to meet him in the sky. It will occur without warning. Believers in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture have eagerly anticipated the event since the 1840s and have never given up the hope that it will occur in their very near future.
e) Some suggest that it will happen just after the Tribulation (Post Tribulation Rapture) when Jesus finally returns to Earth.
@1. The doctrine of the "Post-Tribulation Rapture" was taught by Christianity starting in the first century CE and was popular until the 19th century. It is still held by some Christians. It teaches that when Jesus Christ returns to earth after the tribulation, believers who are alive at the time will be changed into immortal glorified bodies.
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