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Originally Posted by awareness
You're not the first to figure it all out. There's been plenty that were certain before you, that so far have been wrong.
If Jesus and the angels don't know the day or hour, how can I trust Nee and/or Lee to know anything at all about it? For that matter, how can I trust anyone on this matter, that is this side of the heaven. And even then, they don't know.
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Not sure your reply has to do with the rapture, does it? (seems more like it's about knowing the day of the 2nd coming . . .)
I started the thread because I thought Nee's write-up of the differing views of the rapture (Greek: harpazo - caught away), which I cited, was laid-out the best I'd seen. And along with it he presents the different authors who held the three basic rapture views. Regardless what you think of Nee, I thought it was well organized and informative, and a good place to start.
However, there are not any current theologians listed, as Nee wrote this some time ago obviously. It seems the overwhelming thought in Christendom these days is that "
Before the Great Tribulation Jesus will immediately rapture all Christians to be with Him in heaven for eternity." I don't think I've ever even heard a current preacher speak much on the possibility of something different -- perhaps once or twice in passing, and then any other ideas of the rapture that differed in the slightest were quickly dismissed as being obviously in error.
Lately, I have heard some brothers who participate in different groups around here, talk about how the church will go through the Great Trib. So maybe there are some other views out there starting to circulate.
Does anybody have a reference to TA Sparks and his take on the rapture? All I could find is this:
Sparks - Manchild In this he talks about how the manchild is composed of mature believers who will be raptured to the throne for a specific purpose.
Another Sparks piece on Overcomers