The strange new religion of Rapturism (The Rapture Cult)
Jan 30, 2024 1:15:44 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Jan 30, 2024 1:15:44 GMT -5
Candance has done it again - she describes the Rapture Cultists perfectly!
Rapturists/Rapture Cultists aren't normal Christians who are well-versed in Scripture and are occupying and going about the Lord's business as they await the rapture; rather, they're the nuts and crackpots who are obsessed with the rapture and spend hours trying to figure out when it will take place - or who follow the false prophets and teachers who do - despite the fact that the Bible is clear that the timing of it is unknowable. That's called the Doctrine of Imminence, which means that the rapture is - and always will be - imminent until it actually takes place.
They claim to love Jesus, but to many of them He's just the means to an end, i.e., the rapture. In their quest to figure out what they call "the rapture puzzle" (there's no such thing), they engage in various practices, all of which are forbidden by the Bible: numerology, quasi-astrology, mysticism, seeking of omens, false dreams and visions, etc. Many of them claim to hear voices which they're certain is God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit; this attributing to Him things He never said is blasphemy. It doesn't take much to set them off and claim it's a sign or a warning or a confirmation: a song coming on the radio, a license plate, a sound they hear (or imagine_, the score on a football game...their phony "signs from God" are endless!
Sadly, they're living in anticipation of the rapture, but I suspect that few of them are actually saved, so most aren't going anywhere on that day. Indulging in forbidden practices while trying to calculate what the Bible says is unknowable isn't pleasing to God, nor is blasphemy. They claim to receive messages from "the Holy Spirit," but if they were genuinely saved you can be certain that the Holy Spirit would correct them: "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth." - John 16:13. Also, the Lord corrects those who are His: Hebrews 12:6, Job 5:17, Psalm 94:12, Jeremiah 10:24, Proverbs 3:12, etc.
Realistically, does any genuine, serious student of the Word learn from people on YouTube with names like God-A-Minute, blue heaven, Kool Cat, repoman, etc. who rely upon almost anything but the Word for what they teach (which is invariably incorrect), or do they lean from genuine, well-trained teachers like Andy Woods, Charlie Garrett, Jack Hibbs, Barry Stagner, etc.? That right there tells you all you need to know about that crowd!
The strange new religion of Rapturism (Rapture Cultists)
Rapturists/Rapture Cultists aren't normal Christians who are well-versed in Scripture and are occupying and going about the Lord's business as they await the rapture; rather, they're the nuts and crackpots who are obsessed with the rapture and spend hours trying to figure out when it will take place - or who follow the false prophets and teachers who do - despite the fact that the Bible is clear that the timing of it is unknowable. That's called the Doctrine of Imminence, which means that the rapture is - and always will be - imminent until it actually takes place.
They claim to love Jesus, but to many of them He's just the means to an end, i.e., the rapture. In their quest to figure out what they call "the rapture puzzle" (there's no such thing), they engage in various practices, all of which are forbidden by the Bible: numerology, quasi-astrology, mysticism, seeking of omens, false dreams and visions, etc. Many of them claim to hear voices which they're certain is God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit; this attributing to Him things He never said is blasphemy. It doesn't take much to set them off and claim it's a sign or a warning or a confirmation: a song coming on the radio, a license plate, a sound they hear (or imagine_, the score on a football game...their phony "signs from God" are endless!
Sadly, they're living in anticipation of the rapture, but I suspect that few of them are actually saved, so most aren't going anywhere on that day. Indulging in forbidden practices while trying to calculate what the Bible says is unknowable isn't pleasing to God, nor is blasphemy. They claim to receive messages from "the Holy Spirit," but if they were genuinely saved you can be certain that the Holy Spirit would correct them: "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth." - John 16:13. Also, the Lord corrects those who are His: Hebrews 12:6, Job 5:17, Psalm 94:12, Jeremiah 10:24, Proverbs 3:12, etc.
Realistically, does any genuine, serious student of the Word learn from people on YouTube with names like God-A-Minute, blue heaven, Kool Cat, repoman, etc. who rely upon almost anything but the Word for what they teach (which is invariably incorrect), or do they lean from genuine, well-trained teachers like Andy Woods, Charlie Garrett, Jack Hibbs, Barry Stagner, etc.? That right there tells you all you need to know about that crowd!
The strange new religion of Rapturism (Rapture Cultists)