Bill Gray August 20, 2011 8:10 PM
Our Liberal Christian brethren either deny the Rapture altogether (Roman Catholic, etc.) or believe that the Rapture will occur in the middle of the Tribulation period (MidTrib) or that it will occur after the Tribulation (PostTrib).
We know that our Roman Catholic brethren deny the Rapture -- because it conflicts with their church's teaching of Purgatory, which cannot be supported from Scripture.
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First--Billie-jo, you shouldn't lie about what people believe about the Rapture if you don't really
know. Don't fill in what you want people to believe, someone else believes. It's not your call.
Second--Purgatory is supported many time in the Bible.
This is what I believe about the Rapping Rapture, A hugh silver train full of beer will
come to a secret catholic place,unknown to Billie-je, and take all the other forum people
to Heaven.
My second belief, I might go with this one, would be if I died in the state of grace,
my body goes into a grave but my soul goes to either purgatory or heaven.
All this is detemined by the particular judgment, which my soul faces immediately
upon death.
OK, I'm at the end of the world when the general judgment takes place, if I'm in heaven
I won't be judged again. Rather my body will be resurrected to meet my soul.
and await the creation of the new heaven and new earth. ( 2 Cor 5: 8-9 )
The only people who will be judged at the general judgment are those who remaon
on earth at the second coming of Christ, which will amount to billions of people.
( Apoc 20: 11-15 )
If I'm a true Christian who sees the coming of Christ will first be raptured into the air,
body and soul, and await the creation of the new heaven and earth.
( 1 thess 4: 16-17 -- 2 Pet 3: 10-13 )
All others will remain on earth momentarily until they are called for the general judgment.
( John 5: 28-29 -- 12: 48 )
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