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Originally Posted by Melody
Wishful thinking?
Like you, I'd heard and read about this "Rapture" where everyone disappears prior to the trials and tribulation (Left Behind series has really banked on this), but have never found biblical proof to back this up.
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And you won't, because the concept only came about with the Plymouth Brethren in the 19th Century - and they claimed to receive the news as a direct revelation of God, not from Scripture! Since then, of course, people have tried to read the Rapture into Scripture, but the verses used are dubious at best. One, for instance, relies on the fact that the KJV translates a Greek word meaning (more or less) chosen as taken - it's always a bad sign if your theology depends on the translation you use!
James
05-31-2005, 03:18 AM
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