Left Behind Movie

Will you see the Left Behind movie with Nicolas Cage?

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What is the rapture of the Church?

1 Thess 4:16-18 (right click, open) J. Vernon McGee

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Wouldn't it be awesome if the rapture happened before thats in the theater?"

That'd be wonderful (Re 22:20, 1 Jn 2:28, 1 Pe 1:13).

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Why do you make the word "quickly" mean 1,900+ years and counting?"

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen [Rev. 22:20–21].


"He who testifieth these things saith, Yes: I come quickly. Amen: Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

“Yea: I come quickly”—not soon, but when these things begin to come to pass, He is even then at the door.

“Come, Lord Jesus” is the heart cry of every true believer.

“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” The Old Testament ends with a curse; the New Testament ends with a benediction of grace upon the believers. Grace is offered to all, but if any man (regardless of his merit) refuses the offer which is extended, he must bear the judgment pronounced in this book.
Grace is still offered to man. It is God’s method of saving sinners.

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

—John Newton" McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Prophecy (Revelation 14-22) (electronic ed., Vol. 60, p. 201). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Response to comment [from a other]: "It's fiction guys..."

As if the cockpit would be empty.

Response to comment [from a Christian]: "I do not believe in the rapture..."

What you talkin' 'bout Willis?

Not all will sleep (1 Cor. 15:51; 1 Thess. 4:15, 17), dead in Christ will rise (1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thess. 4:13, 14, 16), living to be transformed (1 Cor. 15:51–53), saints caught up (1 Thess. 4:16, 17). Thomas Nelson Publishers. (1996). Nelson’s quick reference topical Bible index (p. 519). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Response to comment [from a Christian]: [1 Thess 4:16] "This is the scripture I put on my mother's funeral pamphlet.  However this is the second coming of Christ.  Not some precursor event.  Those of you thinkin' they get to fly away before the son of perdition shows up are in grave danger of worshipping him."

Nothing needs to happen before the rapture. It is the next event to occur in God's plan.

Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not [Luke 12:35–40].

"Although this parable primarily applies to Israel and the second coming of Christ to set up His Kingdom on earth, the principle applies to the church as we anticipate His coming at the Rapture.
In the Orient a groom had a wedding supper with his friends and then went to claim his bride at her home. The servants of the groom were expected to be dressed for work and have their lamps lighted for the return procession. The attitude of the believer to the return of Christ is to be one of the readiness, having "the loins … girded"—doing all we can for Him, and living in expectation of His return.

When the figure changes from the "bridegroom" to the "thief," it is to emphasize the element of an unexpected appearance. Paul used the same figure of speech for Christ’s second coming in 1 Thessalonians 5:2 which says, "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." However, the Lord does not come as a thief to Rapture the church. Rather, we shall arise to meet Him in the air." McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Gospels (Luke) (electronic ed., Vol. 37, p. 163). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

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The Final Judgment (right click, open) by Charles Stanley