Bible Questions Answered:
“...so my question is will believers
see revelation destruction or not...?”
Bobby/ Salmon Creek, Washington U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
It would help one
and all, if the answer were to be taken from “thus saith The Lord,”
and not from what one person theorizes.
Many religious
teachers with Doctors degrees all, teach one thing or another, and
how can there be such division?
Disposition:
The predominant or
prevailing tendency of one's spirit.
Emotional outlook
or mood; characteristic attitude:
state of mind
regarding something; inclination:
(Dictionary.Com)
Inclinations and
attitudes vary by a persons...
Temperament:
The combination of
mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural
predisposition.
(Dictionary.Com)
So, let's hear The
Word Of The Lord, and leave personal speculation aside.
The word
"rapture," is not found in scripture. The word is taken
from the Latin word "rapturo" meaning to be "caught
up."
The
Rapture Of The Church Of Jesus Christ:
I Corinthians 15:51-58 NLT
51 But let me
reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will
all be transformed!
52 It will
happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is
blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be
raised* to live forever. And we who are living will also be
transformed.
53 For our
dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our
mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
54 Then, when
our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never
die,[j] this Scripture will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in
victory.
55 O death,
where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
56 For sin is
the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.
57 But thank
God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
58 So, my dear
brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work
enthusiastically for The Lord, for you know that nothing you do for
The Lord is ever useless.
*Raised-Greek: Egeiro (Eg-i-ro): Lift (up), raise (again, up),
Rise (again, up), Stand, take up.
I Thessalonians
14:13-18 NLT The Hope of the Resurrection
13 And now,
dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to
the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who
have no hope.
14 For since we
believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe
that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with Him the believers
who have died.
15 We tell you
this directly from The Lord: We who are still living when The Lord
returns will not meet Him ahead of those who have died.
16 For The Lord
Himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the
believers who have died will rise from their graves.
17 Then,
together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth
will be caught* up in the clouds to meet The Lord in the air.
Then we will be with The Lord forever.
18 So encourage
each other with these words.
*Harpazo
(Har-Pad-zo): To seize; catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by
force).
Here are two Old Testament stories that do show conclusively,
judgment could “not,” come until, God's people were in a place of
safety!
NOAH'S DAY:
Luke 17:26-27
KJV (Jesus speaking)
26 And as it
was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of The Son Of
Man.
27 They did
eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and
destroyed them all.
LOT'S DAY:
Luke 17:28-29
KJV (Jesus speaking)
28 Likewise
also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they
bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
29 But the same
day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from
heaven, and destroyed them all.
NOAH'S DAY:
The flood waters of destruction, could not start to fall, until Noah
and his family were "SAFE," inside the ark, and God shut
the door.
Genesis 7:13-20
KJV
13 That very
day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem,
Ham, and Japheth—and their wives.
14 With them in
the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild,
large and small—along with birds of every kind.
15 Two by two
they came into the boat, representing every living thing that
breathes.
16 A male
and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah.
Then The Lord closed the door behind them.
17 For forty
days the flood waters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting
the boat high above the earth.
18 As the
waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated
safely on the surface.
19 Finally, the
water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
20 rising more
than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks.
21 All the
living things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals,
small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people.
LOT'S DAY:
The fires of destruction and death, could not fall, “until,” Lot
and his family were "SAFELY" outside of the city, destined for
judgment.
Genesis 19:12-25
NLT
12 Meanwhile,
the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in
the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your
sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else.
13 For we are
about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place
is so great it has reached The Lord, and He has sent us to destroy
it.”
14 So Lot
rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of
the city! The Lord is about to destroy it.” But the young men
thought he was only joking.
15 At dawn the
next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to
Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out
right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”
16 When Lot
still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of
his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the
city, for The Lord was merciful.
17 When they
were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for
your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley!
Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
18 “Oh no, my
lord!” Lot begged.
19 “You have
been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such
great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would
catch up to me there, and I would soon die.
20 See, there
is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t
you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.”
21 “All
right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not
destroy the little village.
22 But hurry!
Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.”
(This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means
“little place.”)
23 Lot
reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.
24 Then
The Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom
and Gomorrah.
25 He utterly
destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the
plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.
I Thessalonians 5:9 KJV (Apostle Paul)
For God hath
not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord
Jesus Christ,
Certainly apocalyptic judgments are the product of God's wrath!
Revelation 3:10
KJV
Because thou
hast kept the word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the
hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them
that dwell upon the earth.
Revelation 3:10
NLT
Because you
have obeyed My command to persevere, I will protect you from the
great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test
those who belong to this world.
A Point Noted:
Revelation chapters 1-3, there are references to the church, but
from chapter 4-19, where the tribulation is described in no uncertain
terms, the church “does not appear.” And this is because The
Church Of Jesus Christ has been caught up to heaven.
Dear friend, the winds of change are beginning to howl, do you have a
place of safety?
Psalm 27:5 KJV
For in the time
of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His
tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon A Rock.
ROCK OF AGES
Rock Of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy wounded side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save from wrath and make me pure.
Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone;
Thou must save, and Thou alone.
Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyes shall close in death,
When I rise to worlds unknown,
And behold Thee on Thy throne,
Rock Of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
Augustus M. Toplady, 1776
