We often speculate if we will be given a 10 day, 7 day, 3 day or even day before heads up warning when the rapture is about to occur. I am on the fence about this and think it could go either way according to God’s purpose, but there is some Biblical precedent so I do think it is possible - whether we get one or not I don’t know - but for the purposes of this thread and what I would like input/ opinions on is this: If we do get a rapture warning - what does that look like? When Billy Graham died a few years ago many took that as some sort of a warning and if we saw Damascus destroyed tomorrow - many I am sure would see that as some kind of warning. Damascus would carry more weight because it is Biblical prophecy - but the point I am trying to get at is if we look to the Bible for our example - the Biblical example does not appear to be anything like what we speculate on today. The Biblical example always seems to be a direct warning through a prophet, not a sign to speculate on. But what would that look like today? Most of the time when someone claims to be a prophet today they are summarily dismissed as a quack or nutter. If someone claimed to be a prophet and said that the rapture was going to happen in 7 days we would all feel pretty certain that person was nuts I think. With one exception. The only way I think that this would be valid is if such a person could perform a sign like the Old Testament prophets did to validate thier message - do you agree? I don’t even know if we could rely upon another correct prediction to validate a rapture warning. What if someone came foreward and said “one week from now Damascus will be destroyed and 2 weeks from now is the rapture” and supposed it came to pass that one week later Damascus was destroyed - does that make that person a prophet or just good at “reading the tea leaves” of military intelligence. So what do you think it looks like if we get any sort of a heads up? What should we even be looking for if anything? :feedback As I have often said and long maintained, an unarguable divine disclosure deposited into our spirits simultaneously! For each and every saint to be raptured! A divine disclosure of knowledge! Bypassing any individual lest any be exalted above another! Accommodating God’s heart of disclosure and crowning the spirit of prophecy (Christ)! As has long been God’s m. o. Also being a loving and personal gift to the Bride of Christ! TR Also imitating traditional Jewish wedding scenario! An entourage escorting the bridegroom towards his bride with much celebration and with joyful noise! TR Well … I picture the rapture happening this way (but I’m not dogmatic about it) The twinkling of the eye is only the changing of the bodies and the flying away is much slower process for ALL to see … just like in this passage … Acts 1:11 Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 1. The Lord Jesus will descend from the clouds 2. He will give a shout out 3. The dead in Christ rise first … the graves will be opened … just like at the time of the crucifixion and there was an earthquake … but the bodies of the believers didn’t rise until AFTER Jesus rose from the grave. Then … they walked about and appeared unto many (to the people they knew). 4. Notice the colon symbol after the word first: That means there is a pause of how much time? :unsure: 5. So I’m wondering if our relatives suddenly appear at our door and actually ring or knock on our doors and say its time to go! 😉 Then we are instantly changed too and we rise together to meet Jesus in the clouds? 6. Or when its our time (alive and remain group) we are quickly changed and fly up to meet each other in the clouds. Either way … let’s go! Matthew 27:52-53. And the graves were opened — Some of the tombs were shattered and laid open by the earthquake, and doubtless continued open all the sabbath, since the law would not allow of any attempt to close them on that day: but the dead bodies which were in them did not come to life till Christ’s resurrection had taken place, and they appeared unto many (those they knew personally). (Benson Commentary -Fair Use -) I Thess 4:16-17 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Again also, Israel was given marching orders 3 day before crossing over the Jordon! Any advance warning from God would not alter events of the Rapture!!! But only enhance them! Yet it is still a great wonderment to me that as we chase knowledge of the Rapture in the smallest of details and dissect the word and history of God that this concept of an advance warning provided by God himself, has garnered so little attention and even disdain! Again, I am at a great loss in my Spirit to reconcile the level of fear and belief!!!!! TR
3 days in the belly of a whale! 3 days was Christ in the grave! Lazerus was dead 3 days and raised on the 4th!!
