What About The Rapture?

[sheep wrecked]

(01-26-2010 06:29 PM)Saltyone Wrote:  I do not know if this is pre/mid/ post. I do believe that there is a rapture
in which I will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.

2 Thes 2:7

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

The Holy Spirit does not leave the earth. He is only taken out of the way
like when a tree is taken out of the way on a road. The tree is still there,
just moved to the side so the cars can now pass by. The Holy Spirit will still be there to draw people to Christ.

I am curious why you interpret verse 7 to imply the Holy Spirit?

If the Holy Spirit does not leave the earth, then what is meant by "taken out of the way"? What is it that the Holy Spirit is taken from? How can the Holy Spirit draw people to Christ if He is "moved to the side"?

Quote:Saltyone:
My other question is if the rapture and the second coming at the last trump are the same event; then when Christ returns -
all the believers are changed and all the unbelievers are judged. Who then populates the earth during the 1000 year reign and rebels against God?

That would depend on if the 1000 years is a literal time frame. Isn't satan already rebelling against God? Is he not already the prince of the air and the god of this world?

question: Is your position that Jesus returns once or twice more times? If the rapture occurs separate from the return of Christ, then how do you explain His return and gathering believers in the air with Him? Would that be His second return and the third return after the trib?


Vic posted this: Maybe you missed it - what are your thots?

Quote:Vic:
If Christ leaves heaven at the last trump, are the books closed so no more names can be added, and He no longer needs to be interceding because all who belong to Him are now gathered to Him? would that be a fair statement?