How Will the World Explain the Rapture?

[fl2007rn]

I believe there will be cars crashing everywhere, planes literally falling out of the sky, babies/ children disappearing, people just gone in the twinkling of an eye leaving behind one of the greatest world wide catastrophes in history.
I am talking extreme, insane and world wide immediate destruction.
World wide chaos will break out immediately... Chaos we can't even fathom.

I tend to agree with this. I know it is speculation but I think there will be utter chaos shortly after the Rapture. People will become panicked and will be mobbing grocery and department stores to stock up on provisions. Store shelves and gas stations will become empty just like it does when a hurricane is about to hit. Looting will commence in large and small cities. People will be frantically looking for missing children, mentally challenged persons, and loved ones who vanished. I am a believer that children below the age of accountability (only God knows that age for each person) and people born with mental challenges (such as Downs Syndrome) will be Raptured.

Just imagine a parent that is left behind and their 2 year old child vanishes - how will the parent react?) When the children vanish the entire world will moan and people will be running amok looking for their sons and daughters.

 

[Dave_97]

Oh yes they will. Undemocratic governments in the world have tried this before. It's a deliberate act impossible to confuse for anything else.

And in the countries or even regions where few (if any) Christians reside, you think they're going to turn the lights out too? We're not living in a one world government yet. Not everyone, everywhere, has the same policies or goals or even accountable to the same people.

They're not censoring us right now. You can post whatever you want on the Internet, in most cases within the discretion of the website or forum owner. There are no outside entities, including the government, dictating what we can and cannot say right here on Rapture Forums.

Satan, or any human agency, has never had that stranglehold on the truth that you guys keep saying they do. If they did, none of us, here, would know the truth, or capable of learning it, either.

Interesting take and response. As many have said all we can do is speculate honestly.

Here is the simple truth we can all know though. No matter how the world will look like after the rapture here is what will happen according to the scriptures

1. The one world government will rise and will have power over the whole world.

2. The Antichrist will arise and become the ruler of the one world government.

It doesn’t matter whether people will stand for it or not, or whether the internet will be censored or not. They will be forced to worship the beast or face beheading. That’s just the reality of a post tribulation world. We can speculate how things will play out, and it’s fun. However, scripture tells us the reality of things, and it’s that things won’t be looking good for those left behind.

HOWEVER, Thanks be to God because

3. Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords will come at the end of the tribulation to absolutely decimate the Beast and his kingdom and throw him and the false prophet in the lake of fire for eternity. Then the Lord will establish his kingdom for 1000 years, and eventually after that he will create a new heaven and new earth and we will enter into eternity!

 

[usoutpost31]

Interesting take and response. As many have said all we can do is speculate honestly.

Here is the simple truth we can all know though. No matter how the world will look like after the rapture here is what will happen according to the scriptures

1. The one world government will rise and will have power over the whole world.

2. The Antichrist will arise and become the ruler of the one world government.

It doesn’t matter whether people will stand for it or not, or whether the internet will be censored or not. They will be forced to worship the beast or face beheading. That’s just the reality of a post tribulation world. We can speculate how things will play out, and it’s fun. However, scripture tells us the reality of things, and it’s that things won’t be looking good for those left behind.

HOWEVER, Thanks be to God because

3. Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords will come at the end of the tribulation to absolutely decimate the Beast and his kingdom and throw him and the false prophet in the lake of fire for eternity. Then the Lord will establish his kingdom for 1000 years, and eventually after that he will create a new heaven and new earth and we will enter into eternity!

I'll just give an example of what I'm talking about here, because I think we can go beyond just speculation. We can use actual case histories of how real governments have behaved either in the present or in the past, to project how they might act in the future.

https://www.raptureforums.com/forums/threads/myanmar-leader-detained-by-military.175168/

Here is a thread from two years ago that we were trying to give live updates for. It's when the Burma military junta overthrew the government and reestablished their brutal reign over the country. You can read through the whole thread if you like, but I'll just summarize what happened after they took power and deposed Suu Kyi.

The move to overthrow the election was highly unpopular and the angry citizens of Myanmar started to talk about organized protests (which they did follow through with). The new government's first move was to block access to Facebook and Instagram. This was to prevent people from receiving news and communicating with each other. Within a week, they had imposed nearly a total Internet blackout across the country. Now this was to disrupt news coverage of the growing protests.

But there was a darker motive behind this, which the people of Myanmar knew about. This was also a sign that a bloody crackdown against the protestors was coming. Also so the outside world couldn't see what was happening in the country. They blacked out the Internet a second time, and I remember the last videos to come out before that, were of convoys moving into the cities and soldiers firing on unarmed civilians.

The military granted amnesty to tens of thousands of prisoners they were holding and had many of them infiltrate the protestors movement, so they could start fires and commit other acts of violence. Give them a pretext to move in and "restore order".

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The one thing that jumped out at me, while I was watching all this, was the Myanmar people. They were not fooled, not for one minute, by the junta and these tricks they were trying to pull. Blacking out the Internet, employing thugs to stir up the populace, the steady dose of state propaganda. The people knew what their new, unlawful government was doing. It's because it had happened before, and their fathers and grandfathers had lived through similar experiences and could shed light to their children on what was happening.

This is kind of the point I'm trying to make. If the Rapture happened tonight, virtually of the people of Myanmar would still be here. It's a Buddhist majority country, Christianity is a minority religion there. But if their government shut down the Internet again....you can see why their people wouldn't trust them.

Not everyone has their experience, but there are a lot of corrupt governments in the world, sowing ill will among the people they are governing over. You couldn't get that level of trust where people are just going to believe whatever they're told, because there's too much history there and they are too familiar with their tactics.

I just can't think of many governments in the world today where they have such sterling reputation among the people that they could cut the power and black out the Internet and no one would question it.

 

[Dave_97]

This is kind of the point I'm trying to make. If the Rapture happened tonight, virtually of the people of Myanmar would still be here. It's a Buddhist majority country, Christianity is a minority religion there. But if their government shut down the Internet again....you can see why their people wouldn't trust them.

Thank you for the detailed response.

I see the points you’re making, all very interesting.

As Andy said I think it’s fun to speculate how governments will react, and I believe to some degree we all have different forms of ideas how people and governments around the world will respond to the chaos after the rapture.

Sometimes I feel like the “specific speculative parts” are going to turn out in ways none of us here could ever had perceived. In the end however, we can rest assured it will lead to exactly how scripture outlines the events in Revelation playing out and the Lord winning at the end!

 

[Jaybird]

Thank you for the detailed response.

I see the points you’re making, all very interesting.

As Andy said I think it’s fun to speculate how governments will react, and I believe to some degree we all have different forms of ideas how people and governments around the world will respond to the chaos after the rapture.

Sometimes I feel like the “specific speculative parts” are going to turn out in ways none of us here could ever had perceived. In the end however, we can rest assured it will lead to exactly how scripture outlines the events in Revelation playing out and the Lord winning at the end!

Dave _97 hit the nail on the head! We all know that the Scripture does not give us every detail, but we try to speculate and apply logic to what we think will happen. Perhaps we will all have a front row seat post Rapture to see how events actually unfold. Then I will have the opportunity to say "I told you so."

 

[Mommasince99]

Aliens, for sure!!!

 

[daygo]

I tend to agree with this. I know it is speculation but I think there will be utter chaos shortly after the Rapture. People will become panicked and will be mobbing grocery and department stores to stock up on provisions. Store shelves and gas stations will become empty just like it does when a hurricane is about to hit. Looting will commence in large and small cities. People will be frantically looking for missing children, mentally challenged persons, and loved ones who vanished. I am a believer that children below the age of accountability (only God knows that age for each person) and people born with mental challenges (such as Downs Syndrome) will be Raptured.

Just imagine a parent that is left behind and their 2 year old child vanishes - how will the parent react?) When the children vanish the entire world will moan and people will be running amok looking for their sons and daughters.

Good one agree with most, especially children bit. Will cause so much anxiety and worry searching for their children, asking questions etc, answers would have to be thought of quickly so complete lies will be thought up and believed.

 

[Jaybird]

Good one agree with most, especially children bit. Will cause so much anxiety and worry searching for their children, asking questions etc, answers would have to be thought of quickly so complete lies will be thought up and believed.

I really believe that they already know what lies they are going to tell the world when the Rapture occurs. They are planning for this. I do believe aliens will be one explanation, this is why they are releasing all these videos and having hearings in Congress. They are "greasing the wheels" for the propaganda. What amazes me even more is that if they believe that the Rapture will happen then you also know which side wins in the end, but I guess their hearts are so hardened by thoughts of taking over the world that they would rather have the power than save their own soul. Mind boggling to me!

 

[daygo]

I really believe that they already know what lies they are going to tell the world when the Rapture occurs. They are planning for this. I do believe aliens will be one explanation, this is why they are releasing all these videos and having hearings in Congress. They are "greasing the wheels" for the propaganda. What amazes me even more is that if they believe that the Rapture will happen then you also know which side wins in the end, but I guess their hearts are so hardened by thoughts of taking over the world that they would rather have the power than save their own soul. Mind boggling to me!

Good one.

 

[Jaybird]

I do think there will be multiple explanations given for the Rapture depending on your worldview. For example, if I were a New Age adherent I might not believe in aliens, but would certainly believe that some cosmic force finally removed these people who could not evolve to a higher level (or whatever they call it). If I were Catholic I wouldn't believe in the New Age stuff, but if a Marian apparition appeared and told me a different lie I might believe that (only the Catholics tend to see the Mary appearances and we all know Satan is an Angel of Light). I can go on and on, but my point is that people can believe in a lot of crazy explanations based on their worldview. Will it be one big lie or numerous lies? We can speculate all we want. I'm just glad I won't be around to actually hear the lie(s).

 

[katt]

If they claim only those who refuse to be enlightened were taken, how will they explain the children and the dead?

 

[JoyJoyJoy]

really believe that they already know what lies they are going to tell the world when the Rapture occurs. They are planning for this. I do believe

Interesting take.

I can see this. I don't know a lot about the workings of govt and security. I have seen tv shows (sorry that TV is my source) that indicate there are multiple scenarios for many events.
For example..if a high govt official dies, or is kidnapped or there are nuclear bombs detonated, for multiple types of storms...many protocols in place already.
Hadn't considered a Rapture protocol.

 

[usoutpost31]

I really believe that they already know what lies they are going to tell the world when the Rapture occurs. They are planning for this.

But how would they know the timing of Jesus return any more than we do? How could they know if he was coming back today or 1000 years from now? We know they're not watching as we were instructed to do.

Their knowledge should be less than ours.

 

[Andy C]

But how would they know the timing of Jesus return any more than we do? How could they know if he was coming back today or 1000 years from now? We know they're not watching as we were instructed to do.

Their knowledge should be less than ours.

Agree. Plus, unless were talking about demonic control of some individuals, all are unsaved, and not aware or care about any signs. However, some in leadership may already be planning what excuse to give, just in case those bothersome Christians were right about a rapture.

 

[Jaybird]

I see your point, but just because they are not Christian doesn't mean that they don't know about the Rapture. These are minions of Satan in very high places. Satan may not know the exact time like us, but he knows the Scripture and that is why he is working overtime in the present course of events as he knows his time is limited.

 

[SJ129]

They will be forced to worship the beast or face beheading. That’s just the reality of a post tribulation world.

I just pray for the saints that are left (or rather, those who’ll become saints) here during the tribulation period. What a horror to endure! God will give them strength, but what terrors to go through on earth!

 

[Mr Hill]

I really believe that they already know what lies they are going to tell the world when the Rapture occurs. They are planning for this. I do believe aliens will be one explanation, this is why they are releasing all these videos and having hearings in Congress. They are "greasing the wheels" for the propaganda. What amazes me even more is that if they believe that the Rapture will happen then you also know which side wins in the end, but I guess their hearts are so hardened by thoughts of taking over the world that they would rather have the power than save their own soul. Mind boggling to me!

They are being deceived too, so they may not understand all of the details. They may not understand what the rapture is, or how it will all play out. They certainly don't believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. Satan in the one pulling the strings and he is deceiving them too.

 

[alisani]

Anyone ever dream the rapture is happening but you get stuck in the ceiling on the way up? Or your pants get snagged on a tree?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

(crickets chirping)

Just me then? OK.

 

[Mr Hill]

Anyone ever dream the rapture is happening but you get stuck in the ceiling on the way up? Or your pants get snagged on a tree?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

(crickets chirping)

Just me then? OK.

That's a very interesting thought!

 

[Len]

Mr Hill asked: "Anyone ever dream the rapture is happening but you get stuck in the ceiling on the way up?"

No I am always left behind looking up and sighing ( but I will be walking around picking up wallets, handbags and key rings) ..... my get rich plan just in case!