Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Rapture or Resurrection

Praise the lord everyone! I have a most interesting subject, it includes some future events in prophecy in the Bible.... Jesus said he was the resurrection! Emphatically , and with power. please read verse John 11:25. Look @ this , history of the so-called rapture......The rapture has its origins in the 19th century in scotland... Did you know that? Of course you didn't! Read this....The rise in belief in the "Pre-Tribulation" rapture is sometimes attributed to a 15-year old Scottish-Irish girl named Margaret McDonald (a follower of Edward Irving), who in 1830 had a vision that was later[11] published in 1861. Did you know that? Look @ this ....The popularization of the term is associated with teaching of John Nelson Darby, prominent among the Plymouth Brethren, and the rise of premillennialism and dispensationalism in English-speaking churches at the end of the 19th century. In 1908, the doctrine of the rapture was further popularized by an evangelist named William Eugene Blackstone, whose book, Jesus Is Coming, sold more than one million copies. The first known appearance of the theological use of the word "rapture" in print occurs with the Scofield Reference Bible of 1909.[12].... I know you did not know that! Well i want you to think how can the church be raptured? Do you know what rapture really means? OK i'll tell you, read this first ....Below is a brief list of interpolations that traditionally have been handed down throughout the church age through what is referred to as culture or tradition today! None, I repeat none of these words or traditions are written in the scriptures but are incorporated into the “Doctrine of Christ” why, why and why? —
“Deceptive Terminologies or Traditions”.........Time does not permit me to give a full definition of these deceptive interpolations! We must ask ourselves; do we defend truth or the tradition of men? However look @ this .........1. Rapture - the Latin “raptu”s, meaning, “seized and taken, kidnapped and “ rape”, or ecstasy ! How can this be correlated with Jesus? In closing ,......May this letter be given the utmost prayerful consideration and research! If you cannot Biblically prove your position then why are you worshipping God in idolatry? This is not a personal attack, but “a defense of the truth.” Scriptures supporting the resurrection lets start in Genesis 2:7,16,17 , Genesis 3: 21-24... I kings 17: 20-23(a resurrection) he was dead. ....... Job 19:25,26,27,.........Isaiah 26:19,20......ezekiel 37:13,.....Daniel 12: 2,13,.......hosea 13: 14,.....Matthew 27:50-53,......john 11:21-26,......john 5: 25-29,......john 6:39,40,........These are just some of the scriptures, and the bible is replete with the resurrection theme! What's your position ? Let me know scripturally, not according to how you feel or traditions . But biblically! The bible is right and somebody is wrong, so respectfully and prayerfully with godly love! Philippians 1: 17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel. In Jesus mighty name Elder Jamal Rozier