#89. Knowing where not to be during the rapture.
Mar 29th by JonMy grandma is cooler than me. She takes tai chi, reads blogs and goes to see movies once a week. One of the movies she went to was “American Beauty.” She made it through about 2 minutes of the film because it opens with Kevin Spacey doing something grandmas shouldn’t see. So she left and got her money back. She says she wouldn’t want Jesus sitting next to her during that movie but I also think she wouldn’t want to be caught there in case of rapture. I have friends that will say that every now and then. We’ll be at a bowling alley or a night club and they’ll just kind of lean over and whisper, “Ugh, I wouldn’t want to be here when the rapture comes.” A girl named Sandra said that when she was in youth group they used to keep a mental list of “rapture proof buildings,” places that the rapture would not effect. I think that’s funny but I also think it reveals something about our faith. We want to believe his love and grace is unconditional but it is so hard not to put little, tiny, not so important conditions on what he thinks about us. But that’s wrong. And the best example of that is the thief on the cross that Christ forgives. He didn’t have time to go to seminary or learn some verses or put a Jesus fish on the back of his Accord, or whatever the Hebrew equivalent was back in the day. He decided to side with Jesus and Jesus said that was enough. So today, know that wherever you are, God is not watching to make sure you don’t go inside a rapture proof building.
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Yeah for your Grandma. I walked out of that movie, too.
And I have totally used the Rapture Caution in my own life. The truth is, based on the stats, I will most likely be at Target when He comes back.
A friend of mine that went to a Christian college said they used to “play rapture” as some sort of prank…set out all their clothes and such as though they had just disappeared. The point was obviously to freak out the person left behind. Apparently entire dorm floors would participate.
I have completely avoided this (after many years of abject fear)phenomenon as of late…
the solution? simple… I just don’t believe in the rapture. I don’t not believe in it either, i just don’t find enough proof either way…
And thank God because when ever I am home stateside I have to woo all those supporters… and the best place to do that is at a bar giving gifts of Slavic Vodka and Cognac… and Ukrainian Marlboros… don’t worry I bring candy filled with liqueur for the kids and the Sunday school classes. Drunk kids can be very persuasive to their father’s pocketbooks… Ok i’m kiddig…
But at least there is a place where the rapture is not ab issue of concern… its called the former Soviet Union… and really its kinda nice… i mean eschatology is a hard word to translate… but who cares about the antichrist when you’ve lived under Stalin!
Rapture Caution is just more safe boring Christianity. What, God can’t enter a building? “Is the arm of God too short?”
The truth is, based on the stats, I will most likely be watching a movie when He comes back… and I don’t think he’ll really care which one.
One time it was late at night and TBN was showing this news program that was saying the world was ending. It was a simulation of course but it really freaked me out. They should not be allowed to do that!
I was taught to believe in the rapture as a kid, even watched the “Thief in the Night” series. As an adult though, I have some serious doubts about it once I began doing some research.
Isn’t the rapture a newer concept in Christianity? As in the idea of a Rapture came about in the 19th century?
My sister's biggest fear is being at a cemetery when the rapture takes place. The dead in Christ will rise first. Can you imagine how scary that would be?
Also, everyone in my family has had that moment when the house just seems too quiet so you walk upstairs to make sure the rapture hasn't happened and you've been left.
Haha! I wonder the same thing sometimes when I can't find my husband around the house. He usually ends up being in the garage.
I hope God lets me finish my beer first.
Thankfully, I did have time to put a Jesus fish on the back of my Accord.
I'm with the guy saying that he doesn't believe in the rapture, nor does he not believe in it. I was raised to believe in it, but it's one of those things that doesn't need to be a point of contention between me and other believers.
I try and be prepared for both, not saying I've got it figured out, but the opposite. I hold to this because I do not have it figured out. . Believing truth comes completely outside oneself makes being prepared for both easy. It doesn't matter if I believe in it or not…it'll either happen or not when it does or doesn't. If that makes any sense…
I am prepared if I'm here, the rapture doesn't happen, and the end of the world as we see it begins. If that is the case, I know where I stand, and where my God is. My faith remains unshaken.
If it does happen, what is there to be angry about? Nothing. "Oh crap, I'm caught up in the sky with JESUS." I don't think anyone would say that.
I just hope no one's faith would be shaken no matter what happens, especially if the rapture doesn't come. For in at that moment it would be the most important time to have an unshakable faith.
But hey, the rapture would be wonderful if it is true!
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