The Reveation of the Rapture: Myths in the Church

Today’s Topic: The Revelation of the Rapture: Myths in the Church
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51,53

Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Now I have to lay out this foundation about this because what you have heard in the past from past teachers and pastors can interfere with what God says is the truth. So, like I always say, please pray before you read and allow the scriptures to tell you the meaning and show you the truth instead of what you have heard. Now if the scriptures confirm that what you heard is the truth, then great! But for those who have questions and are unsure then these next few messages will shed some light on the darkness.

Growing up in the church, I have heard many things about “the rapture”. I have heard 1 Corinthians 15:51,52 about how we will be changed in the twinkling of an eye. I have also heard that God will gather the saints out before the tribulation hits the Earth. Now as I was hearing these things I felt confident based on what I heard that “hey, we as the church will be out of here before the tribulation hits”. But since I have started my study on this vital issue in the church, the scriptures tell another story and one that must be told and must be taught. It is one thing to be confident, it is another thing to be unprepared and neglect preparing people as leadership. So in the next set of messages we will look at myths and the truth about the rapture and I know someone will read the scriptures for themselves and allow God to confirm what is about to be said.

In the church, there are some, including past and present day teachers, pastors, bishops, prophets, apostles and evangelist are going around saying that we will not have to worry about the tribulation period because the church will be raptured before this tribulation hits. And some even say the tribulation is only for the Jews. Now if you have been studying with us in this series then after seeing what tribulation lies ahead, I would not blame you, I would want to be out also. The fear of reading and seeing these terrible things spoken of in the book of Revelation has prescribed and developed a doctrine about the rapture that says we will be out of here before the tribulation. Now what this also leads us to is believing that we do not have to prepare for this because it really does not matter, we will be gathered out anyway. I want to say this and I pray that you heed this warning because I have said it before and shown you throughout the scriptures in this series:
“We will be here during the tribulation times”
So one of the questions we will answer in these next few messages is: Will we escape before the tribulation?

Some people, and I have seen it in various movies, will prescribe to the notion of separating themselves from society. So they become recluse and almost subterranean, separating themselves from society. Now this also would be a good notion looking at the tribulation coming and thinking to ourselves that if I separate myself and move to some distant area of the world that I will survive during this perilous time. Once again that would work if Satan’s Kingdom, The Global Kingdom, the Beast was a kingdom that ruled by geographical territory. The problem is, that kingdom is ruled systematically, or on the order of controlling various systems of life that man depends on for life. So unless you plan on not breathing or needing anything then this notion of becoming separated from society will not work.

Another myth in the church and of course movies have been made about this myth is that at one moment in time all of the Christians will be raptured out. This will result in planes in midair without pilots, cars driving along and eventually without drivers and so on because the Christians will be taken up in a twinkling of an eye. After that, the world will just continue on and millions of people upon the Earth will be just left wondering what happened to all the people, they just disappeared. The reality is this is fundamentally and scripturally wrong and I have to leave it at that because I will show you this in scripture.

In order to quail all of this and simplify this because every answer to these following questions can and will be answered in the scriptures. We will see how crazy myths can become after this series. Here are the questions that will be answered in this mini-series on the rapture:

1. Will We Escape Before the Tribulation Hits the Earth?
2. When Will the Rapture Happen?

I have talked to various people who want to know what happens after death and the answers to these two vital questions. I am excited because the truth sets you free from stress, worry and deception. Please continue to study with us, the Revelation of the Rapture.

At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.