What the Rapture Might Look Like & How It Already Does (pt1 & p2)

[alkemical]

What the Rapture Might Look Like & How It Already Does (pt1) (http://cadeveo.wordpress.com/2007/06/07/what-the-rapture-might-look-like-how-it-already-does-pt-1/)


What the Rapture Might Look Like & How It Already Does, pt. 2: Creating a Techno-Rapture (http://cadeveo.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/what-the-rapture-might-look-like-how-it-already-does-pt-2/)


Are we creating a self fulfilling prophecy? Or we were warned and failed to notice our own actions?

[mhgaffney]

The so called rapture is a bunch of nonsense.

It has no scriptural support whatsoever. The looney idea that God will intervene in history and lift up the true believers into ecstasy -- heaven -- while everyone else is destroyed in the final apocalypse

is very similar to the psychotic belief of the Jewish zealots in the days of Rome. They also believed that YHWH would come down from heaven and slay the Roman enemy -- while lifting up the brave hearts.

This fantasy almost brought about the extinction of Judaism. In the end where was YHWH? Even when the Romans breached the walls -- YHWH was a no show.

There was nothing in the teachings of Jesus about any rapture.

[Bronco Bob]

The so called rapture is a bunch of nonsense.

It has no scriptural support whatsoever. The looney idea that God will intervene in history and lift up the true believers into ecstasy -- heaven -- while everyone else is destroyed in the final apocalypse

is very similar to the psychotic belief of the Jewish zealots in the days of Rome. They also believed that YHWH would come down from heaven and slay the Roman enemy -- while lifting up the brave hearts.

This fantasy almost brought about the extinction of Judaism. In the end where was YHWH? Even when the Romans breached the walls -- YHWH was a no show.

There was nothing in the teachings of Jesus about any rapture.

Most of this rapture stuff comes out of the book of Revelations, which ironically
many of the early church leaders didn't even want in the Bible because
it contradicted Jesus's message of hope, love, and forgiveness.

[RMT]

If I'm going to "err," I prefer that it be on the side of caution.

[Deva]

Some believe that the book of revelations is actually talking poetically about the process of waking up the kundalini energy and all the crazy emotional and psychic turmoil one has to be prepared to go through when that happens--something that very much would feel like the world is ending, at least for the person going through the experience.

I tend to think there is something to that theory. I don't think all the church fathers must have been against including revelations; obviously not since it won enough votes at the council of nicea to get included. why the "yay" votes were cast and why those fathers felt the book was important to keep, I don't know.

That's interesting though, that for the inspired word of god to be decided at Nicea, it was basically a very human voting process. If one vote had gone the other way, Christians would to this day believe the doctrine of reincarnation!