Questions About the Rapture

[Drich]

That's what I was getting at. I assume ALL Christians believe in the resurrection (it's definitional), but when I asked "do you believe in the rapture" surely you knew that simple resurrection wasn't what I had in mind. Most denominations don't refer to resurrection as the rapture. And some that do mean the final resurrection. What I'm asking about is pre-trib rapture.

I'm assume you are in the pre-trib camp?

I'm in the IDK camp. There is scripture to support Pre- Mid and Post trib..I believe in the rapture, but as to how or when I don't need to know. I like the Idea of a pre/Mid trib Because I don't want to be made to endure a "This Is The End"/movie. eitherway it will not change what I do. I will not teach one over another. i will simply lay out what the bible does say and maybe explain why people think the way they do.

I like to think I would be pleasently suprized eitherway. Unless I was to be considered one of the 'reminant.' who's job it is to bring the last of the fold home. (Which doesn't look too good given my choice of ministry. )

Now there's an answer that makes some sense, though I'm glad you put prophet in quotes because I wouldn't call Martin Luther or Calvin prophets. Nor do the churches they created look back to their teachings as the definitive word on how to interpret scripture.

Indeed. They are men like the rest. God gave them great revelations into his word, but those who follow them have changed and augumented to fill answers to questions they did not orginally answer. turning a good teachers work into the 'holy words of a prophet.'

The point of the protestant movement was to use the Bible as the primary source of knowledge and to remove the requirements of priestly intervention.

:Thumbsup:

The exception being the Anglicans of course. Europe has lots of protestants who have no prophets. But if you substitute tradition for prophet we maybe getting somewhere.

Blindly following Tradition is worse than following a 'phrophet.'
At least with those who seek the truth and follow a 'phrophet' the bible can sometimes be used to talk sense into them. Those who seek to follow tradition are only looking to recreat the faith of their fathers. To do so is not what God outlines in the NT.

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In the U.S. christianity is not tied to any one prophet/pope/doctrine. Which means we are free to go where ever the bible leads.

Which is why, given the the bible is so clear, all US Christians end up with the exact same beliefs. Oh wait....

Allow me to finish your statement.

Oh, wait....
Christianity is unlike any other religion in that their isn't meant to be a single core doctrine (exact same beliefs) outside the gospel.