Dr. Van Impe Flawed Rapture Theory Blinded Pharisee
Dr. Van Impe, you look to be raptured at any moment but we are not even close to the scenario that needs to be in place in order for that to happen. If the rapture were to happen today, it would be impossible for the entire story of Revelation to play out over the next seven years. The political setup is not in place, the Dome of the Rock still sits over the Temple site, and the United States is still the reigning superpower and sworn protector of Israel. These are just a few samples that make your claim for an “any moment rapture” unworkable. We would be at least a half century away to be in position for rapture under your teachings.
The other problem is that if there were a rapture, say tomorrow, you would have the whole world not noticing the missing of millions of people. How could the world continue to operate if the Christians suddenly evaporated? The ensuing chaos would be an apocalypse in and of itself, bringing the world to a standstill. Nothing could happen never mind all the events written in revelation.
John in his revelation does not see a rapture catastrophe. In fact, he sees the contrary, peace. Peace comes first then disaster, not the other way around. I think you and others who promulgate the rapture are preaching a story with holes in it. Something is wrong. Pieces of the story are missing.
Still I think we are at the end, and we should not be caught off guard because we can’t piece the scriptures , as we have them, to work the way we need them to in order to be at the end. We need to look at current world circumstances to fill the gap missing in the written text.
End time scholars look for a one world system, a Babylonian mystery religion, the whore of Babylon, a seven headed beast but have failed to interpret John’s visions in a way that they could see that all these things are already here. While they struggle to interpret the ancient text they are missing the whole event as it transpires before their eyes. They know it’s here; they just can’t reconcile scripture with reality.
The rapture will be of spirit and soul, but the physical body will remain. There will be no missing people. Christianity may evaporate but their soulless bodies will still be here. The protector of Israel will be gone in spirit but not in person. This is a critical point. Something will have been removed from the world that will allow the attack on Israel that cannot happen today. If the United States turns against Israel politically we will know the rapture has taken place. You will still be here but your spirit will be gone. Your body has no worth anyway since it will turn back into dust whence it came. These soulless Christians will either convert to the mystery religion, or be a voice that condemns this religion.
There are two stories in the bible I want to conclude this chapter of my discussions on this subject. One of them is the story of the three wise men. I have always been fascinated by these guys. They were not Jews, but they could interpret the time of the birth of the Messiah when the biblical scholars could not. The parallel for today is the same. The wise will understand not the scholars. The wise men acquired their wisdom from empirical evidence along with the text. So it is today, we have the text, but we have to look closely to what is taking place around the world as well.
The other story is when Jesus says it will be as in the times of Noah. Everything is normal until the crash. Nobody sees it coming. But the thing that intrigues me about the times of Noah is that some form of human behavior was so repulsive to god, that He regretted creating mankind, and went ahead and destroyed it. We humans are doing the same thing Noah’s people were doing. The thing that got them all killed. What is that act that we may all be committing that will lead to our doom? Look around, ask yourself that question. What is this crime that we share with the people of Noah’s time that will cause god destroy His creation on earth for a second time.
That is all for now. Much more to be discussed later. Just remember, the wise will understand.
