I don't agree with people predicting when the rapture will happen, because the bible clearly state that only God knows that information....
But IF the rapture happened you wouldn't know it anyways.
Didn't Jesus give the example of Noah, where only 8 people were saved? Noah spent 120 years telling people about the coming flood until day God shut the door to the ark, and people continued on with their lives, not noticing a thing until destruction hit.
The 8 people who are saved in the ark, represent the 144,000 Jews found in Revelation, who go through the tribulation period but are protected by God. The "bride", NOT the church is taken in the rapture just before the tribulation period.
There is a difference between the bride and church.
If the 144,000 represent the 8 people in Noah's day, and the tribulation period represents the flood, who represents the bride being raptured before the tribulation period? That would be Enoch, who just one day disappeared.
Now according to this 8 to 1 ratio given in these examples (8 people in the ark and 1 raptured), 144,000 divided by 8 = 18,000. The world has an estimated population of 7.3 billion, do you think 18,000 people disappearing would be noticeable?
To be clear, I have no clue how many are to go in the rapture, I'm just using those numbers as an example. The Bible does state however, it will be a very small number.
But IF the rapture happened you wouldn't know it anyways.
Didn't Jesus give the example of Noah, where only 8 people were saved? Noah spent 120 years telling people about the coming flood until day God shut the door to the ark, and people continued on with their lives, not noticing a thing until destruction hit.
Quote:Luke 17
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
The 8 people who are saved in the ark, represent the 144,000 Jews found in Revelation, who go through the tribulation period but are protected by God. The "bride", NOT the church is taken in the rapture just before the tribulation period.
There is a difference between the bride and church.
If the 144,000 represent the 8 people in Noah's day, and the tribulation period represents the flood, who represents the bride being raptured before the tribulation period? That would be Enoch, who just one day disappeared.
Quote:Genesis 5
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Now according to this 8 to 1 ratio given in these examples (8 people in the ark and 1 raptured), 144,000 divided by 8 = 18,000. The world has an estimated population of 7.3 billion, do you think 18,000 people disappearing would be noticeable?
To be clear, I have no clue how many are to go in the rapture, I'm just using those numbers as an example. The Bible does state however, it will be a very small number.
