THE BIBLICAL RAPTURE: Exposing False Rapture Doctrine

 

When the disciples of Jesus asked him what would be the signs of his return and the end of the world, he preached the Olivet Discourse in reply, telling them about false Christs and spiritual deception, nations and kingdoms going to war, earthquakes, famines, and plagues that would come...the beginning of sorrows. He told them about armies surrounding Jerusalem and a man of sin desecrating the rebuilt Temple of God. He told them how believers must flee when the Antichrist revealed himself and of a terrible time of great tribulation for the saints of God that would be unrivaled in all of human history past and future. He told them how God's saints would be persecuted, hated, arrested and killed for His name's sake, and he even told them of the tremendous cosmic signs in the heavens heralding his return to put an end to the suffering of his faithful servants before unleashing his wrath upon the world. Jesus Christ answered his disciples questions and so much more, but out of all he told them about his future return he NEVER MENTIONED the Pretrib Rapture.

This supernatural gathering of God's saints unto Jesus Christ in the clouds of heaven will be one of the most important and amazing events in human history. Pretribbers tell us that Jesus does not rapture anyone in the events of the Olivet Discourse.

Doesn't it seem strange to say that Jesus left out the most anticipated event of all time, for Christians, when he described what would happen prior to his return?
Isn't it odd that we do not find one verse from Jesus telling Christians that he will come for them before the Antichrist arrives to persecute believers? NOT ONE WORD...

JAMES SOMERS goes head-to-head with Pretrib Rapture doctrine, comparing scripture with scripture and scripture with this dispensationalist teaching made so popular by its inclusion in the Scofield Reference Bible notes and the Left Behind books & movies. SE7EN DECEPTIONS examines in detail the lack of scriptural support for this view, the twisting and rejection of scripture contrary to this view, as well as its recent beginnings and lack of support by the early church. In contrast, SE7EN DECEPTIONS examines the Biblical Rapture presented by Jesus Christ in reply to his disciples during the Olivet Discourse sermon and compares it to teachings by Paul, John, Daniel, Joel and more. SE7EN DECEPTIONS includes a verse by verse commentary of the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 and commentary on Matthew 25. SE7EN DECEPTIONS also looks at the DANGERS of this view in the context of Christian expectations of Christ's return and the results when this view fails on its promises.

*SAMPLE: PERDITIONS GATE*

WRITING SAMPLE: "Perditions Gate: Escape from New Eden."

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It was a dreary day out, which in England was not an uncommon happening, but for Jason it was one of his worst days. Having to bury his closest friend was as depressing an event as he had ever experienced. The London Necropolis, Brookwood Cemetery, was the final resting place of many notable people, but that provided no comfort.
There was no one there to mourn Jerome Brown that day, other than his special ops team leader, Jason Night. Four H8 robot counterparts worked the coffin into its place using a lift. They had been the pallbearers for Jerome’s coffin, yet they cared nothing for their deceased cargo.
Alfred stood next to Jason at the gravesite. He appeared as the late fifty-ish butler with graying, wavy hair and a suit with overcoat. A pair of wire rim glasses completed the look. Alfred actually seemed more interested in the robots working the site than anything else.
“A newer model, but still inferior,” said Alfred in his human guise as the dark knight’s manservant. It was a favorite phrase of Alfred’s. Jason often wondered if Alfred really felt the pride he exhibited over his own advanced modifications and obvious superiority. It couldn’t be anything more than the nuances of his special programming, he thought. Maybe that’s all that makes up my personality over anyone else’s, a few variations in the chemical reactions of my brain, a little different pattern in the firing of neurons. Maybe Alfred isn’t much different from a real man in that respect.
The plain stone marker simply said, Jerome Brown, died 2094. It seemed so empty, he thought as he stood staring at the tombstone—nothing about his friendship, his bravery in countless highly dangerous secret missions. Nothing was left to the world of Jerome Brown as a man. After all of his courage and loyalty, countless hours of hard work had only earned him a cold piece of granite and a hole in the ground.
To the public, Jerome Brown was the owner of a bakery in London. He had been on vacation in New Rome and was gunned down by a common street thief. This was his epitaph. It was all the world was allowed to know. Jason held the Vellum in his hand that showed the news article pulled from a local newspaper’s world wide mind portal. He wondered what the news would report when he died. Local, New Rome coffee shop owner dies, perhaps?
Alfred remained by his side, as always. “Sir, we should be going. You don’t want to keep Ms. Cross waiting.” Alfred knew what no person, other than Jerome, had known. He knew about Sarah Cross.
“You’re right, Alfred, time to go.”
They both turned and left the H8 robots to their work, filling in the grave. As they passed other markers on the way out, Jason caught the phrase, Rest in Peace, on more than a few. To him, it seemed more of a question—after all; did anyone know if they really were resting, did they have peace? These were questions he didn’t have the answers to and had no idea where they might be found. Seeing Sarah again would lift his spirits.