Poll: How long till the rapture...just a personal opinion

[god_chick3]

Not trying to play God...just curious to see where everyones thoughts are on this based on the earth pains and current events that Jesus told us to watch out for...this is not to be a serious poll where you sell everything and pack your bags...only God knows the hour and day.

[light4mypath]

SOON :)..........So keep watching 2:

[SisterNChrist]

SOON :)..........So keep watching 2:

:iagree ... and I hope 'n' :prayer that Jesus comes VERY soon too!!! 2:

[TexasThunder]

I had to vote for "less than a year." Could be longer, but I hope not!

[moss]

I'm a baby boomer and I just think it will take longer that I have to live my full days. I've seen in the past how God delayed events when a lot of us felt we didn't have five years. My thinking changed when we went into the year 2000.

[mattfivefour]

I couldn't answer because I couldn't find the answer I was looking for. (I was never good at multiple choice. )

The answer I was looking for is:

"It could be one second from now; it could be a hundred years. But I hope it is soon. We think we are indeed living in the last of the last days. But sincere and earnest Christians have thought that before and have been wrong. We think we're right. But we might not be. I truly pray the Rapture is soon ... VERY soon. But if it is not, it makes no difference: for I have determined to follow Him until the day He takes me home ... by Rapture ... or by death. And following Him means I serve Him. The Biblical "watching" is keeping your eyes on Him regardless of what is happening around you; the Biblical "waiting" is patiently serving Him until the hour He says "Well done, welcome home."

Yes, this is an evil world and I, too, would like to escape. But I am not my own. I serve the One who bought me. And what a price He paid!!! Therefore if it please Him to keep me here a thousand years longer, then a thousand years longer I will gladly serve Him.

So if you too are like me, then comfort yourselves with His Word. And, too, with the words of His faithful servants, such as Charles Spurgeon:

“The day will come, dear Friend, when your cheeks, all befouled with weeping, shall be washed and made fair to look upon. Your eyes may be weary with waiting and watching, and red with weeping, but that weeping shall endure only for a night. ‘Joy comes in the morning,’ as surely as the morning comes after the night! Bear your sorrows bravely, for they are appointed of your Heavenly Father in supreme wisdom. Bear them joyfully, for they will bring forth to you the peaceable fruits of righteousness.”—1897, Sermon #2508

[TexasThunder]

matt, as always, you are the voice of patient understanding and faithfulness when it comes to scripture and these times.

[bghtnpd4]

I had to vote for "less than a year." Could be longer, but I hope not!

Me too...:prayer

[bghtnpd4]

I couldn't answer because I couldn't find the answer I was looking for. (I was never good at multiple choice. )

The answer I was looking for is:

"It could be one second from now; it could be a hundred years. But I hope it is soon. We think we are indeed living in the last of the last days. But sincere and earnest Christians have thought that before and have been wrong. We think we're right. But we might not be. I truly pray the Rapture is soon ... VERY soon. But if it is not, it makes no difference: for I have determined to follow Him until the day He takes me home ... by Rapture ... or by death. And following Him means I serve Him. The Biblical "watching" is keeping your eyes on Him regardless of what is happening around you; the Biblical "waiting" is patiently serving Him until the hour He says "Well done, welcome home."

Yes, this is an evil world and I, too, would like to escape. But I am not my own. I serve the One who bought me. And what a price He paid!!! Therefore if it please Him to keep me here a thousand years longer, then a thousand years longer I will gladly serve Him.

So if you too are like me, then comfort yourselves with His Word. And, too, with the words of His faithful servants, such as Charles Spurgeon:

“The day will come, dear Friend, when your cheeks, all befouled with weeping, shall be washed and made fair to look upon. Your eyes may be weary with waiting and watching, and red with weeping, but that weeping shall endure only for a night. ‘Joy comes in the morning,’ as surely as the morning comes after the night! Bear your sorrows bravely, for they are appointed of your Heavenly Father in supreme wisdom. Bear them joyfully, for they will bring forth to you the peaceable fruits of righteousness.”—1897, Sermon #2508

See, I don't think it could possibly be a hundred years from now based on the scripture that says, "This generation will surely not pass away" before Christ's return...The generation that saw Israel become a nation again is at 60 years old. A Biblical generation (Genesis) is 70 years and at the outset, 80. So, according to scripture the most it could possibly be is 20 years from now. Unless, of course you use the date that they took back Jerusalem in 67 (which some scholars do). But I see no solid scriptural proof that city has any meaning in the prophecy, only the country as a whole. So, I believe that rules out 1967 as the starting point. Just some thoughts to ponder, brother Matt...

[sirrap1]

I truly pray the Rapture is soon ... VERY soon. But if it is not, it makes no difference: for I have determined to follow Him until the day He takes me home ... by Rapture ... or by death. And following Him means I serve Him

:iagree....triple time

[snowfox]

Honestly, I believe that it will be very, very, soon!

[mattfivefour]

See, I don't think it could possibly be a hundred years from now based on the scripture that says, "This generation will surely not pass away" before Christ's return...The generation that saw Israel become a nation again is at 60 years old. A Biblical generation (Genesis) is 70 years and at the outset, 80. So, according to scripture the most it could possibly be is 20 years from now. Unless, of course you use the date that they took back Jerusalem in 67 (which some scholars do). But I see no solid scriptural proof that city has any meaning in the prophecy, only the country as a whole. So, I believe that rules out 1967 as the starting point. Just some thoughts to ponder, brother Matt...

Thanks, bghtnpd4. I definitely ponder them constantly. See, back in 1973 preachers and eschatologists were telling us a biblical generation was 40 years. So we were all expecting the Rapture by May 15, 1988! And the looming menace of Russia and Red China, and then Israel surrounded by enemies who were actually making—not just threatening—war on her at that time just made that seem even more likely. So how could we be wrong? But we were.

You refer to 70 or 80 years as a generation; but 70 or 80 years is a Biblical lifespan, not a generation. "The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." —Psalms 90:10

In fact scholars have always—at least until recently—claimed 40 years as a Biblical generation. They base this on a number of OT references including, chiefly, the following:

"And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the lord, was consumed." —Numbers 32:13.

Then there is : "Forty years long was I grieved with this generation." —Psalm 95:10.

And then we have NT references: "When your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation." —Hebrews 3:8-10.

One extremely compelling NT verse is this one: "For David, after he had served his own generation, by the will of God, fell on sleep and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption." —Acts 13:36. How long did David serve "his own generation"? 1 Chronicles 29:26-27a gives the answer: "It is written, thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years." This is also confirmed by 1 Kings 2:11a "And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years.

So, you see, I hear what you are saying ... but while what is happening today is certainly somewhat more compelling than back then —now that we can look at it with hindsight— still I can assure you that back then it was all pretty darn compelling!!!

So please forgive me if I am not jumping on the Rapture bandwagon wondering every second if this or that is the trigger. I can only repeat what I wrote in my earlier post: 'Biblical "watching" is keeping your eyes on (Jesus) regardless of what is happening around you; Biblical "waiting" is patiently serving Him until the hour He says "Well done, welcome home." Yes, this is an evil world and I, too, would like to escape. But I am not my own. I serve the One who bought me. And what a price He paid!!! Therefore if it please Him to keep me here a thousand years longer, then a thousand years longer I will gladly serve Him.'

Just keep yourself before Him each moment of each day so that when He DOES call us up to meet Him in the air, you will always be ready.

Yours in Christ.

.

[Suzanne]

Me too...:prayer

I voted 1-5 years, but I sure hope that I'm wrong. I would love to be raptured before the election. I don't want to sound like a pessimist, but I think it's all going to be downhill from that point no matter who gets elected.

[NoDoubts]

I don't have an answer but I hope that I am alive when it happens.

[Suzanne]

I don't have an answer but I hope that I am alive when it happens.

Welcome to the board.2:

[LivnForChrist]

I voted 5 to 10 years. I don't why, I just did. I realize that it could be any day
though. I sure hope it's soon but I'm just gonna keep my eyes on Jesus and keep
working while it's day.

[anath]

I'm going out on a limb.... this is just my personal opinion. Less than 1 year.

[SearchingforTruth]

Hoping and :prayer that it is in less than a year.

[JesusIsLord]

I see so many things going on in the world today, and everybody shouting Doom and Gloom. It is still amazing to me that barely anyone alive is able to see the "Sign of the Times". I, for one, believe it is soon. VERY soon. But "VERY" when taken into perspective of God's time clock can mean much more time than my time clock.

Taking that into consideration, and the facts and prophecies in the Bible, I cant see having the Rapture take place before 5 years pass. Here's why:

The way the world is set up right now, it seems is definitely not set up as it is described it will be in the Bible during the Tribulation.

- The alliances that are being made right now are very young; Iran and Russia, European Union, etc. Also, the Rapture is said to happen almost right before the G.T. (Great Trib.).

- You have the Mark of the Beast, which we can see starting to become a reality, but only in hypothetical instances......nothing NEAR the manufacturing stage, no institutions pushing hard for this to become a reality, etc.

- There has been a falling away, but not an "Apostasy" as the Bible says. I still know plenty of Christians who are very faithful in their duties to God. The degredation in our country's morals has been a very slow process. I dont believe that the Great Apostasy will happen overnight.

- Technologically, the world has the means to a carry out all the things spoken in the Bible ("The whole world will watch their bodies in the streets" [Two Witnesses]....referring to the ability to watch Live TV, instantaneous news, etc, the Mark of the Beast and RFID technology, Wireless connectivity for a constant connection to "The System" of the Anti-Christ, Travel by flight and cars, and many other things). HOWEVER, many countries are still lagging behind in technology because they cannot afford it. The Bible says that NO ONE will be able to buy and sell if the dont have the Mark of the Beast during the G.T. Can you imagine people in Africa in the poorest, most indigenous and primitive parts, using RFID to pay for things?

All these things have to take place almost immediately after the Rapture, and it just seems that it will take quite some time to put these things into the AC's establishment. The Rapture will bring about world-wide calamity on a catastrophic level! Depression, death, fear, lots of clean-up, etc. I know, I know.....the Lord will "send them a powerful delusion", which WILL speed things for the AC, but i just dont think it's set up so perfectly for him yet.



Anyways, I have to go. But to sum it up, I feel that, unfortunately, much has to come together for the timing of the Rapture to be "Right around the Corner". I do want to say this though.....My thoughts are not His thoughts, nor are my ways His ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). Therefore, I will ALWAYS look for my Blessed Hope to leave this sinful place to be with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and my Father in heaven. I recognize that His timing is perfect and good, and I dont presume to know any better. I surely do hope it is "Right around the corner".....and what a glorious day that will be, Amen?

Christ be with all of you!

Ryan

[Glory to God]

I had to vote for "less than a year." Could be longer, but I hope not!

:iagree