APOCALYSE or ARMAGEDDON? by Archie Facey - HTML preview

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IS THE RAPTURE STORY TRUE?

Many Christians believe that Christ will whisk them away to Heaven, before, or during the Great Tribulation at the end of the Age of Man. Is this belief based on the Bible though? A few people have made a lot of money out of the rapture story, but unfortunately, it’s another deceptive teaching. It’s a craftily designed doctrine which could prove to be very damaging to those who believe it. This fabricated myth is easily dis-proven, if one does some basic research instead of blindly swallowing whatever a human tells them. Many millions are counting on this lie being true. Could this be the cause of the ‘falling away’ when it’s realized that they won’t be raptured away from the Tribulation? Will their faith be shattered? Will they give up on GOD?

If this teaching is not from GOD, it must be from the Enemy, so it calls for diligent research. “Prove all things” and “Test the spirits.” If someone is teaching something contrary to the Bible, they are being deceived by a lying spirit, so watch for more lies, and check out their fruits also. It doesn’t matter how much they smile, or how eloquent, charismatic, funny, or personable they are, if they are teaching lies and refuse to see, maybe separate from them? Just a few facts we should note: - “On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.” Zechariah 14:4 This is the Day of the Lord, at the end of the age/era of man’s rulership. Verses 1-9 are all discussing the same event.

• “For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.” Matthew 24:27 It won’t be a secret coming, and there’s not two second comings either! “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. All the people on earth will cry in agony when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds in the sky with power and great glory. He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and from every direction under the sky, they will gather those whom God has chosen.” vs 30-31. GWT An unmistakable visible entry that everyone on Earth will witness. This is when His chosen are gathered, not before!
• “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised immortal, and we will be changed.!” 1 Cor 15:51-52 The dead in Christ are raised first, so no one is in Heaven having been raptured before the dead. No one has gone to Heaven, except Christ. “No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man.” John 3:13 “No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.” John 1:18 GNT These are Christ’s own words-how can so many ignore this?? Gullible people are open to all sorts of lies, especially in this era. Maybe they should write their own Bibles because they don’t seem to believe this one?
• “For we believe that Christ died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so, we will be with the Lord forever.”  1 Thessalonians 4:14-17

“Then people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. He will send out his angels, and from every direction under the sky, they will gather those whom God has chosen.” Mark 13:26-27. GWT. The chosen are not gathered until His return. Notice in Christ’s own words, His chosen are on the Earth! And people will see His coming. It won’t be a secret. There is nothing that Christ has written that could be construed to indicate that He will come and ‘rapture’ some to Heaven. It is a figment of deceived minds, led by Satan. It lulls them into thinking they don’t have to watch and prepare because Christ is going to whisk them to safety away from the Tribulation. They’re asleep like the foolish virgins.

http://beginningandend.com/what-did-ancient-church-fathers-believe-about-the-rapture/

https://www.ucg.org/search?query=is the rapture real

http://www.babylonforsaken.com/rapturelie.html **

http://www.secret-rapture.com/