I think it was on facebook, yea, it had to be a facebook post, someone put up a youtube video of a man talking about the Rapture. He said one day millions of people will be gone from the Earth, they will be floating up to the clouds to be with God. There will be empty buses, trains, schools, offices, parks etc...millions will have simply disappeared!
BUT, wait a minute, the earthly body won't float away into the clouds, that's not reasonable, so if the spirit leaves the body to float away then the body will be left behind, millions of dead bodies empty of spirit will be littering the streets? Ewwww..... make sense to you?? Me neither...But I've been fed this story for longer than 45 yrs!
So, those who profess Jesus Christ as their Saviour get to go up in the Rapture, those who claim to be a good Christian get to miss out on the horrific Apocalypse?, how lucky for them. But what about those who never went to church as a child, never were preached to, didn't know the rules, yet lived a clean life. What if these people lived as Jesus preached, took care of the poor, the downtrodden, loved their neighbor, did not kill or commit adultery?? What about all the Third World countries who have never touched a Bible, let alone went to church to hear you must be baptised and accept Jesus as your Savior or you will be left behind? This world does stretch farther than just the USA ya know!
Then we have the End Times crowd who claim IT'S NEAR, IT'S NEAR!! Look at all the horrific things happening in the Middle East, scary Muslim stuff must mean Jesus is coming soon, right? What about the GOOD in the world, the beauty, the countries that do not live their whole lives looking for the second coming? Look at the beautiful snowcapped mountains in Switzerland, look at the green rolling hills of Ireland, look at the beautiful people and glorious lives of those all over the world, why do they have to die just because some of the world is in turmoil? Why do some people raise their families to always be looking towards the clouds, waiting waiting waiting....Little kids believing they will never get the chance to grow up and have a family of their own, because Jesus is coming SOON....
This is what I was taught, the Rapture will take those who are baptised, UNDER WATER IS A MUST, then you must accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and live a Christian life as close to pure as possible. The Anti Christ will come, then the Apocalypse, but I think after that all those who died will be raised from the grave, and those who were Raptured will come back down, then we will all live for a thousand years before the Earth is then destroyed forever...Did I get that right?? probably not....Does it all make sense? NO, but you are also taught not to question ANY of it, to believe with all your heart the Bible for it is the living word of God.....ok...,
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/robertson-boy-scouts-welcoming-predators-and-pedophiles-changing-anti-gay-policy
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/swanson-predicts-future-homeschooled-children-will-be-given-pedophiles-gays-will-burn-christ
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pastor-school-shooting-gracious-judgment
