Do you believe in the Rapture?

Yes I believe in a pre tribulation Rapture. There are verses in the Old Testament that support this as well. (In Isaiah and Joel).

I don't Believe in The Rapture. The Second Coming I believe. Rapture it's not really on The Bible, It's a new concept around 100 years old. Catholic and Orthodox Churches Don't believe it's going to happen Mainly because that would mean the greatest Miracle in History, Just in the Eve of The Antichrist and its rise, So The Nobody will believe Antichrist effectively stopping the Apocalypses. Also, For something this Big It's to Vague (Even For the Book of Revelations). Although Orthodox and Catholic Churches don't believe it, It is Widely spread in the Protestant Churches.

I believe in the Rapture. Many are going to say that "Rapture" isn't found in scripture, but they are looking for the literal term and not the actual passages that talk about it.

I believe it is going to be Pre-tribulation. Someone made a good point on a question I read before:

God always provides a way out for his faithful.

He provided a way out for Noah and his family during the flood.

Lot before Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed.

Wouldn't he also do the same for his people? This is the wrath of God we are talking about. Why would God want to pour His wrath on those who are trying to be faithful to His Word? Doesn't make sense to me.

Nope

The Rapture theory is only 150 years old and makes Christianity into an escapism religion {and a death cult IMO} and this is where the theory came from.

The Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 12, 1966 issue, pages 648-649,describes Edward Irving and the controversy over his teachings in Scotland and England in the early 1800's.

He was a member of the Irvingite movement; also known as the Catholic Apostolic Church and he was excommunicated by the London presbytery, and in 1833 was condemned and deposed from the ministry of the Church of Scotland because of his teaching concerning "the sinfulness of Christ's humanity". He also began to teach a new theory: the "rapture/ taking out of the Church", after a young Scottish lass by the name of Margaret MacDonald went into a trance and described a vision in which she said she saw the saints leaving the earth at the return of the Lord, before the tribulation.

Her trance and vision took place in the spring of 1830, while living in Port Glasgow, Scotland. Her "revelation" was recorded in a book written by R. N. Norton and printed in London in 1861. Prior to this time, the Church, clear back to the Apostles, had always preached that the Church would go victoriously through the tribulation. There is no record of the "escape rapture" theory being preached before 1830.

On April 30, 1831, a Mrs. J. B. Cardale, who later joined Irving's church, had uttered a personal revelation in a home prayer meeting, echoing Margaret MacDonald's revelation of a pre-tribulation rapture.

It was from this supposed revelation that the modern doctrine and modern phraseology respecting it arose. It didn't come from Christian Scripture, but from that which falsely pretended to be the Spirit of God.

Edward Irving accepted this teaching, and it was taught at prophetic meetings at Powerscourt House in Ireland, attended much by Plymouth Brethren organizer John Darby. Irving's views influenced Darby, C. H. Mackintosh, and C. I. Scofield (whose Bible notes popularized this new theory).

So it was a young Scottish girl who originated this idea, and is so recorded on page 15 of Norton's book on the Catholic Apostolic Church. Darby, Scofield along with Clarence Larkin and his charts began to teach this new theory, and in the early 1900's it reached a peak in popularity.

So Christians are following the teachings of soothsayers.. amazing!!

Sounds fun, but no I don't believe in it. Though there are days when the Wal-Mart line is REALLY long when it would be handy for all the folks in front of me to rocket to heaven on a beam of light. But if that happens, watch me be in the line with all the other heathens and still have to wait. ;)

Yep

No, I do not believe in the rapture. What a silly concept.

It depends. Are you talking pre or mid tribulation rapture which has no support in historical interpretation?

No I don't believe in that.

so, it contradicts itself? is it a trumpet? or a shout? make up your mind... and all the little minds that follow you.

editors! when they wrote that book, where were the the editors?

continuity, people! how do you expect to get a phony bologna religion off the ground if you don't keep your stories straight?

No. It's BS. Plus it was written by John, who was a Roman... now you can put 2 and 2 together.