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from the Harvest Team at New Foundation Publications
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The Theory of the
Rapture
An article by James G. Cammarata
The theory of the rapture is held in high regard to most professing Christians. Is the rapture biblically sound or is a myth propagated by Christendom? Upon completion of this study we will come to realize that the rapture is not scripturally true, but is in fact a lie. Some may shrug this letter off as as the work of Satan, while others will read for themselves in the Holy Word of God the information we have provided and let the Holy Spirit guide them in spirit and truth. We pray in Jesus' name that you take to heart what is written here and ask God for His Spirit of discernment. The purpose of this writing is not to show animosity to the body of Christ but, to expose the falsehoods taught by the Christian clergy through the last couple of hundred years. When studying the Bible, Let God be true, and every man be a liar. (Romans 3:4) Yes,this includes us the writers of this letter. Let us be the liar until you sift our words Through the Holy Word of God.
Remember: And we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, that we may know the things freely given to us by God; which things we also speak, not in words taught of human wisdom, but in words taught of the Holy Spirit(1 Corinthians 2:12,13) And again, But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit which the Father will send in My name, that One will teach you all things and remind you of all things which I have said to you (John 16:13). First let us establish the fact that God is consistent in His dealing with humanity. God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of a man, that he should change his mind. (Num 23:19) He who is the glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for He is not a man, that He should change his mind. (1 Sam 15:29) and lastly, I the Lord do not change...(Mal 3:6) Now that we have established the Lord is consistent in his ways and does not change his mind, let us begin our study of the rapture.
If the rapture is not true how will God deliver Christians in what is known as the end times? First let us study incidents through out the bible and see how God has delivered his people from his wrath. Since, he is consistent in his ways we will be able to conclude how Christians will be delivered from the wrath of God in the end times.
And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.' .. haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar. (Genesis 19:17,22) Here is an example of how God has delivered one of his own. Lot a man of God was not plucked off the Earth by our Father but given specific instructions to flee the place where God's wrath would soon come. here is another example: ...and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent; and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river, and the land did help the woman, and the land did open its mouth and did swallow up the river, that the dragon did cast forth out of his mouth; and the dragon was angry against the Woman, and went to make and the dragon was angry against the woman war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:14-17). In the end times God will deliver Israel, from the wrath of Satan, not by removing them from the Earth, but providing them a safe place of refuge. Here are 2 instances where God's chosen are delivered from wrath in the same manner. This method is simply God providing a means to escape.
Another instance of God delivering his people from His wrath is the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.. We will begin with Jesus' prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem and his instructions to the Apostles on how to be delivered from the coming wrath, in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 24. Please Read:
In this passage we have read that the gathering of the Lord's elect is not until after the tribulation. How than can today's clergy teach that the gathering of the elect will take place before or at the mid point of the 7 year treaty Israel will sign with the Antichrist? They simply can not teach such a falsehood! Here are the words of the Lord spoken through the prophet Isaiah how to be delivered during the time of tribulation: Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over. For, Lo, the Lord is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!' (Isaiah 26:20,21) This method of deliverance is consistent to the way the Lord delivered Israel from the judgment he executed on Egypt. See Exodus 12:22,23
These instructions from the Lord are quit simple, in the end time people who live in Judea are to flee to the mountains, while Christians around the world are to stay in their homes until God's wrath is complete. How can the clergy teach a rapture after reading these simple instructions? Many of today's clergy preach that the Body of Christ will be removed from the Earth at the signing of the 7 year treaty the antichrist or at the mid point.
These scenarios are utterly false We have provided ample scriptures to show the body of Christ will not Receive their resurrected until the wrath of God is complete.The 24th chapter is a two fold prophecy, part of it applying to the time of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. and the time prior to the second advent of Christ. According to Jewish Historian Flavious Josephus during the time prior to the destruction of Jerusalem there where many who listened to the instructions of the clergy instead of the Lord. Let us now read the account of the destruction of Jerusalem given to us by the historian Flavious Josephus: A false prophet was the occasion of these people's destruction, who had made a public proclamation in the city that very day, that God commanded them to get up upon the temple, and that they shall receive miraculous signs of their deliverance. Now, there was then a great number of false prophets suborned by the tyrants to impose upon the people, who denounced this to them, that they shall wait for deliverance from God; and this was in order to keep them from deserting, and that they may be buoyed up above fear and care by such hopes. Now, a man that is in adversity does easily comply with such promises; for when such a seducer makes him believe that he shall be delivered from those miseries which oppress him, then it is that the patient is full of hopes of such deliverance. Thus were the miserable people persuaded by these deceivers, and such as belied God himself; while they did not attend, nor give credit, to the signs that were so evident, and did so plainly foretell their future desolation; but, like men infatuated, without either eyes to see or minds to consider, did not regard the denunciation that God made to them. Thus there was a star resembling a sword, which stood over the city, and a comet, that continued a whole year. We have just read a historical account of the destruction of Jerusalem, in the last days before the return of Christ such will be the condition of today's church. It is sad to say that many will follow the falsehoods taught by today'sclergy, they will reject the signs of our Father and embraced the false prophets.
Today's churches are teaching the same falsehoods that were taught by the the false prophets just before the destruction of Jerusalem. Those who put there hope in a pre tribulation, mid tribulation rapture will be greatly disappointed. We are told by the Apostle Paul that after he left savage wolves would attack the church with false teachings. "I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them." (Acts 20:29,30) For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.(1Tim 4:3,4) Yes, today's clergy is evidence to Paul's words almost 2000 years ago.
From the exodus of Israel out of the country Egypt, to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. the means of protection that God has provided for his people has been consistently the same. The following verses will confirm what God shall do in the end times to deliver his people from his wrath :
"Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the Lord's wrath." (Zephaniah 2:3)
"Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast." (Psalms 57:1)
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." (Psalms 91:1)
"He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge." (Proverbs 14:26)
"Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil." (Jeremiah 17:17)
"The Lord is a sure protection in time of trouble, and cares for all who make him their refuge" (Nahum 1:7 )
If these are in fact the last times, as many feel, it is extremely important to be in tune with the Spirit of God. One's life is based on whether we head the warnings of God or follow the instructions of the false prophets like many of the Israelites had done in 70 A.D.. We are told in the book of Daniel in the last days that there will be great distress through out the world. Daniel states that during this time of distress that the saints will be delivered. We are also told that the wise will have an understanding and there would be people who would lead many to righteousness. Let us read the account of the last day given by God through the prophet Daniel.
`And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book.`And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches -- to abhorrence age-during. And those teaching do shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars to the age and forever. And thou, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the book till the time of the end, many do go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied.' ( Daniel 12:1-5 )
When our God and Savior Jesus walked the face of this earth he chose ordinary men to be servants of his ministry. Jesus was unable to use the so called "religious leaders" of that day because of their inability to preach the truth of the gospel. without adding their foolish notions and traditions , thus tainting the simplicity of his message. The religious leaders of the time where not entering the Kingdom of God and prevented the laymen from entering also. (Matthew 23:13) With much regret such will be the same in the days before the return of the Lord. People who put hope in a Rapture during the end times will be greatly disappointed. This disappointment will cause many to fall away. This falling away will start with the pre-tribulation believers, next the mid-tribulation believers and so on. We are told by our great God and Savior Jesus Christ He who endures to the end will be saved, not he who endures to the beginning, middle, or just before the end in Jesus' name. Amen
"My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." John 17:15
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