Objections To The Rapture (Part 3)
Objection : 1Thessalonians is deploying a metaphor in which the people leave the city to greet the king & escort him into the city. They do this in a time of great judgment & travail on the Earth. Reply : It’s hard to see how this is refutes the concept at issue. According to your own logic, the people leave the city. They escort the king to his rightful home, the city. At its core, that’s precisely what the rapture entails. From the perspective of Christ Himself, it’s the Ascension all over again, but this time, He enters the plane of the Earth, returns home to the Earth itself, & moves the seat of His power directly to the Earth from its location above. Objection : In Matthew 24, Christ refers to people marrying & being given in marriage being swept away in the judgment whereas Noah & his people survived in the ark. Reply : In Genesis, the difference between Noah & his people & those killed is the ark. Everyone w...