Everyone ready for the Rapture?

[uscitizen]

Boner and Beck weep a lot. Who does the gnashing of teeth though?

 

[sinister59]

I just found out about this from another site, anyone know about this? What Bible reference are they talking about?
Second Coming of Christ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's in two weeks (obviously). I'm not trying to make fun of it, just wanna' know more about it.

remember true believers , a camel has a better chance in passing through the eye of a needle then a rich man has in going to heaven , so send me all your wealth before he gets here , I'll take your burden off you ,

 

[uscitizen]

I just found out about this from another site, anyone know about this? What Bible reference are they talking about?
Second Coming of Christ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's in two weeks (obviously). I'm not trying to make fun of it, just wanna' know more about it.

remember true believers , a camel has a better chance in passing through the eye of a needle then a rich man has in going to heaven , so send me all your wealth before he gets here , I'll take your burden off you ,

Ahh one of the most ignored verses in the bible.

 

[JackDan]

Harold Kampman is using this as an easy ploy to make money. Step A. put billboards in heavily populated areas. Step b. Watch radio station gain huge growth in listener base. Step C Watch advertiser profits grow. Wait fifteen years and repeat process. (he did something else like this in 1994 I believe)

 

[JackDan]

He previously predicted the end of the world in 1994. Obviously this is all about money.

Harold Camping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Big Fitz]

No where in that passage does it say no one will ever know. You can read that into it all you want. But it doesn't say what it doesn't say.

As a matter of fact, it is mentioned, (and no I'm not going to look it up right now) that as the time grows near, like a woman in labor, we will get an idea of how close it is. We may not know the Day or the Hour. That is scriptural. But nothing is said about the Month or Year. It all depends on how broad you wish to make that understanding.

 

[Big Fitz]

You are sure there will be no poop in heaven?

There have been revolting angels and wars there.

that group of troublemakers has been rounded up, and on trial. Pre-verdict buzz is that they will be convicted and sentenced to hell for all eternity.

 

[rdean]

Just talked to a friend of mine who is totally into that Jesus stuff.

He said that it's in one of the four gospels that Jesus, when asked, said only his father knew the date of the Apocalypse. Wonder how American right wingers found out?

True what your friend said. It's verse 36, in Matthew chapter 24. Amazing chapter; though all His Word is awesome.

Matthew 24
1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand..)

16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

25Behold, I have told you before.

26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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So how do these people seriously say they know the date?

 

[sinister59]

You are sure there will be no poop in heaven?

There have been revolting angels and wars there.

that group of troublemakers has been rounded up, and on trial. Pre-verdict buzz is that they will be convicted and sentenced to hell for all eternity.

says who ?

and if it happened before , then why not again ?
I can't see a christian doing without war or enemies for eternity , not even for one year .

 

[ROBESPIERRE]

We all know about Harold Camping out here in California. His radio show is based in Oakland. He has predicted the END several times and has been wrong each time, (Or so they say).

It seems there is a huge chuck of money to be made in the Doomsday Prediction business.

I can hardly wait till his dates have come and gone. Am I ready? Heck yes!

I will be celebrating annother victory for rational thinking on the 22nd of May !​

 

[Caroljo]

the term rapture is not in the bible.....its an invention of the late 1900s

People started calling it the Rapture instead of the word that is actually used. Guess because it was originally in Armenian? that the word is hard to pronounce, but it means to be "taken up". That IS in the bible....but you are right, you won't see that term in the Bible. Ok...todays lesson is over for now!

 

[Caroljo]

Just talked to a friend of mine who is totally into that Jesus stuff.

He said that it's in one of the four gospels that Jesus, when asked, said only his father knew the date of the Apocalypse. Wonder how American right wingers found out?

True what your friend said. It's verse 36, in Matthew chapter 24. Amazing chapter; though all His Word is awesome.

Matthew 24
1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand..)

16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

25Behold, I have told you before.

26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

.

So how do these people seriously say they know the date?

We know they can't...but we also know that people will try!! We're told we will know the "season" of the end, which many (me included!) think it's getting pretty close!

 

[Big Fitz]

You are sure there will be no poop in heaven?

There have been revolting angels and wars there.

that group of troublemakers has been rounded up, and on trial. Pre-verdict buzz is that they will be convicted and sentenced to hell for all eternity.

says who ?

and if it happened before , then why not again ?
I can't see a christian doing without war or enemies for eternity , not even for one year .

Play skeptic with someone else. I've no interest in educating you.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

I just found out about this from another site, anyone know about this? What Bible reference are they talking about?
Second Coming of Christ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's in two weeks (obviously). I'm not trying to make fun of it, just wanna' know more about it.

remember true believers , a camel has a better chance in passing through the eye of a needle then a rich man has in going to heaven , so send me all your wealth before he gets here , I'll take your burden off you ,

Ahh one of the most ignored verses in the bible.

And one of the most misunderstood.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - Jesus gonna come back an' put all dem lefty lib'rals inna lake o' fire...

Is The End Nigh? We'll Know Soon Enough
May 7, 2011 - Brian Haubert grabs some pamphlets and marches toward the flea market in Palmyra, N.J. Armed with a poster that trumpets Judgment Day on May 21, 2011, he braces for rejection. Announcing God's wrath is not always a popular message.

"I've been called a heretic," says Haubert, a 33-year-old actuary. "I've been told I read the wrong Bible. And then there's the occasional person who seems to be genuinely interested," he says. His friend and fellow believer, Kevin Brown, uses a gentler approach, not confronting people or engaging in conversation, just politely handing out Judgment Day pamphlets. Brown, who owns his own nutrition and wellness business, is soft-spoken and polished, not someone you'd imagine giving away doomsday tracts. But he says the clock is ticking. "People need to know," Brown says, "and God commands us to share the Gospel about the end of the world. He says if we do not share the Gospel then their blood will be on our hands, whether they believe or not. God's been moving me to do this."

Spreading The Word

Haubert and Brown are two of a small — or not so small, who knows? — army of Christians sounding the alarm. They drive caravans and put up billboards, hand out tracts and try to convince friends and family that Judgment Day is upon us. Brown says this message is laced throughout the Bible, but only some can decode it. It will happen this way:

On May 21, "starting in the Pacific Rim at around the 6 p.m. local time hour, in each time zone, there will be a great earthquake, such as has never been in the history of the Earth," he says. The true Christian believers — he hopes he's one of them — will be "raptured": They'll fly upward to heaven. And for the rest? "It's just the horror of horror stories," he says, "and on top of all that, there's no more salvation at that point. And then the Bible says it will be 153 days later that the entire universe and planet Earth will be destroyed forever."

Most Bible scholars note that even Jesus said he had no idea when Judgment Day would come. But May 21 believers like Haubert are unfazed. "I've crunched the numbers, and it's going to happen," he says. Haubert says the Bible contains coded "proofs" that reveal the timing. For example, he says, from the time of Noah's flood to May 21, 2011, is exactly 7,000 years. Revelations like this have changed his life.

MORE

 

[Mr Natural]

When the Rapture comes, do people float up to heaven or are shot up there like little rockets?

 

[Lonestar_logic]

When the Rapture comes, do people float up to heaven or are shot up there like little rockets?

Does it really matter?

 

[Cal]

I've been seeing billboards and hearing radio ads for the last few weeks, declaring that the Rapture will occur on May 21st of this year, followed by the End of the World on Oct. 21st.

May 21, 2011 - Judgment Day!; October 21, 2011 - The End of the World
Judgement Day is May 21, 2011 - The Rapture is Coming!

It seems to be the work of this guy: Harold Camping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thoughts?

I thought Jesus came in the 90's?

 

[Wingsofwind]

I've been seeing billboards and hearing radio ads for the last few weeks, declaring that the Rapture will occur on May 21st of this year, followed by the End of the World on Oct. 21st.

May 21, 2011 - Judgment Day!; October 21, 2011 - The End of the World
Judgement Day is May 21, 2011 - The Rapture is Coming!

It seems to be the work of this guy: Harold Camping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thoughts?

I thought Jesus came in the 90's?

Nope, just more people blinded by Harold Camping's predictions.

 

[Care4all]

I've been seeing billboards and hearing radio ads for the last few weeks, declaring that the Rapture will occur on May 21st of this year, followed by the End of the World on Oct. 21st.

May 21, 2011 - Judgment Day!; October 21, 2011 - The End of the World
Judgement Day is May 21, 2011 - The Rapture is Coming!

It seems to be the work of this guy: Harold Camping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thoughts?

may 21st is my birthday! i got plans and nothin is gettin in the way of them, ya hear me?