Bible Questions Answered:
“...what will the world say when
millions of christians are raptured out?...”
Sally/ Preston, United Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Several scenarios are possible. First,
the rapture of the church of Jesus Christ may come at a time of war,
or natural disaster. Under such circumstances, missing individuals
would not, be noticed.
Second, if the missing are noticed, the
ant-Christ, may very well state that he has cleansed the earth of
individuals who would block a paradigm shift to a new world order
(namely his-godless rule).
II Corinthians 4:3,4 KJV
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is
hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world
(Satan)
hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest
The Light Of The Glorious Gospel Of
Christ, who is The Image of God, should shine unto them.
II Thessalonians 2:8-12 KJV
8 And then shall that Wicked be
revealed, whom The Lord shall consume with The Spirit Of His Mouth,
and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after
the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the
love of The Truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who
believed not The Truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Coming Evil,
And Its Reward:
Daniel 9:27 NLT
(The anti-Christ, in the new Jewish Temple.)
The ruler will make a treaty with
the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this
time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a
climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious
object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this
defiler is finally poured out on him.”
Matthew 7:21-23 KJV
21 Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
21 Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew 24:21-26
KJV
21 For then shall be great
tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake
those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto
you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For 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.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore 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.
John 3:19,36 KJV
19 And this is the condemnation,
that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than
Light, because their deeds were evil.
36 He that believeth on The Son hath
everlasting life: and he that believeth not The Son shall not see
life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Romans 1:18 KJV
For the wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who
hold The Truth in unrighteousness;
II Corinthians
11:13-15 KJV
13 For such are false apostles,
deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of
Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself
is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if
his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness;
whose end shall be according to their works.
Ephesians 4:18
KJV
Having the understanding darkened,
being alienated from The Life Of God through the ignorance that is in
them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Ephesians
6:11,12 KJV
11 Put on the whole armor of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places.
I Thessalonians
5:2-9 KJV
2 For yourselves know perfectly that
the day of The Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a
woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of Light,
and the children of The Day: we are not of the night, nor of
darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do
others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the
night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of The Day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an
helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to
wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
II Timothy 3:1-7
KJV
1 This know also, that in the last
days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their
own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, truce
breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those
that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, high minded,
lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but
denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which
creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led
away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to
come to the knowledge of The Truth.
Revelation
12:7-9 NLT
7 Then there was war in heaven.
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels.
8 And the dragon lost the battle,
and he and his angels were forced out of heaven.
9 This great dragon—the ancient
serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole
world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
Revelation
13:1-18 NLT
(The Beast out of
the Sea.)
1 Then I saw a beast rising up out
of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its
horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God.
2 This beast looked like a leopard,
but it had the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion! And the dragon
gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority.
3 I saw that one of the heads of the
beast seemed wounded beyond recovery—but the fatal wound was
healed! The whole world marveled at this miracle and gave allegiance
to the beast.
4 They worshiped the dragon for
giving the beast such power, and they also worshiped the beast. “Who
is as great as the beast?” they exclaimed. “Who is able to fight
against him?”
5 Then the beast was allowed to
speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do
whatever he wanted for forty-two months.
6 And he spoke terrible words of
blasphemy against God, slandering His name and His dwelling—that
is, those who dwell in heaven.
7 And the beast was allowed to wage
war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And he was given
authority to rule over every tribe and people and language and
nation.
8 And all the people who belong to
this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were
not written in The Book Of Life that belongs to The Lamb Who Was
Slaughtered Before The World Was Made.
9 Anyone with ears to hear should
listen and understand.
10 Anyone who is destined for prison
will be taken to prison. Anyone destined to die by the sword will die
by the sword. This means that God’s holy people must endure
persecution patiently and remain faithful.
(The Beast out of
the Earth.)
11 Then I saw another beast come up
out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke
with the voice of a dragon.
12 He exercised all the authority of
the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to
worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
13 He did astounding miracles, even
making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was
watching.
14 And with all the miracles he was
allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the
people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a
great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then
came back to life.
15 He was then permitted to give
life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the
beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.
16 He required everyone—small and
great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the
right hand or on the forehead.
17 And no one could buy or sell
anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or
the number representing his name.
18 Wisdom is needed here. Let the
one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast,
for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.
Revelation
16:13-16 NLT
13 And I saw three evil spirits that
looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and
the false prophet.
14 They are demonic spirits who work
miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for
battle against The Lord on that great judgment day of God The
Almighty.
15 “Look, I will come as
unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for Me, who
keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked
and ashamed.”
16 And the demonic spirits gathered
all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name
Armageddon.
Revelation
19:19-21 NLT
19 Then I saw the beast and the
kings of the world and their armies gathered together to fight
against the one sitting on the horse and His army.
20 And the beast was captured, and
with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the
beast—miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the
beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false
prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
21 Their entire army was killed by
the sharp sword that came from the mouth of the one riding the white
horse. And the vultures all gorged themselves on the dead bodies.
Revelation
20:7-10 NLT
7 When the thousand years come to an
end, Satan will be let out of his prison.
8 He will go out to deceive the
nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. He
will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless
as sand along the seashore.
9 And I saw them as they went up on
the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the
beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies
and consumed them.
10 Then the devil, who had deceived
them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the
beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and
night forever and ever.
Revelation 21:8
KJV
But the fearful, and unbelieving,
and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers,
and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Dear Christian:
Luke 21:33-36
KJV
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but My Words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest
at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you
unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on
all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray
always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things
that shall come to pass, and to stand before The Son Of Man.
