tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post3810405125570641624..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Rapture: "Where did all the people go?" What will the world say in explanation?Elizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-43661942398861222012014-07-02T09:54:10.229-04:002014-07-02T09:54:10.229-04:00" It would be easy, in those circumstances, t..." It would be easy, in those circumstances, to brush off the suggestion that the Christian rapture actually occurred, because, hey! most Christians are still around and some other people who weren't identified as Christians are gone,"<br /><br />Excellent observation. As I started to read your post, my mind wandered and I thought of romanists and 'orthodox' and other unsaved amillenialists promoting the belief that now is the moment to seize the opportunity to achieve world peace on earth through human efforts -- playing right into the Antichrist's hands. And then you said it.Hakam Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114741274619345717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-13720350978479151812014-06-30T10:56:02.665-04:002014-06-30T10:56:02.665-04:00Adam,
Obviously, this is just my opinion, but in g...Adam,<br />Obviously, this is just my opinion, but in general, I think it will be relatively few. My reasons:<br />1. if we are truly very close to the start of the 70th week, then I would think the world population would need to be rather large in order for ANYONE to be left after all of those horrendous judgments, and enough to enter the millennial kingdom to repopulate the earth. <br />2. I would think, that part of the great deception will be that after the rapture happens, there will be many, many "Christians" who attended churches that are still here. But, there will be a smattering of individuals who attended the RCC or Mormon churches that are gone, so that will really confuse the world. It would be easy, in those circumstances, to brush off the suggestion that the Christian rapture actually occurred, because, hey! most Christians are still around and some other people who weren't identified as Christians are gone, as well as people from jail, etc. It will really appear random and set up an explanation for something like alien abduction or just like a unknown virus or technology.<br />Or, the raptur4e could be camouflaged by something like world wide earthquakes or nuclear war or something, in which case, people disappearing wouldn't be a shock and no one will be looking for a pattern.<br />Just my 2 cents....<br />JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-51399272425520380522014-06-26T19:04:57.942-04:002014-06-26T19:04:57.942-04:00Well, don't forget the children.
10 million ...Well, don't forget the children. <br /><br />10 million would still be 1 in 10,000. I think that's reasonable as an extreme lower estimate. Although I'm speaking on this side of the Great Apostasy, as I say that. Presently there may be a hundred million believers, what do you think? Worldwide, I mean. Speculation. We don't have all the facts, but a good guess would place the US population of sanctified believers around 12-20 million, using church attendance, polls, voting records etc which are readily available.Hakam Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114741274619345717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-76380888037765013862014-06-26T17:26:51.307-04:002014-06-26T17:26:51.307-04:00Your comment: Personally, I don't believe ther...Your comment: Personally, I don't believe there will be so very many alive that will go./END Quote<br /><br />EXACTLY what I think!!<br /><br />Do we really know that "millions" are going to go?<br /><br />Maybe more like "thousands" ~ or "tens of thousands" maybe even hundreds of thousands?? .... P E R H A P S.....<br /><br />but "millions"???Revanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-23061834817467091242014-06-26T12:31:11.948-04:002014-06-26T12:31:11.948-04:00I haven't posted a blog entry on my blog yet, ...I haven't posted a blog entry on my blog yet, but it's in the indefinite pipeline of ideas. Namely, a multifaceted Beast. I figured I'd name it something like Eschatological Synergy. The idea is basically that whereas the Antichrist will initially be some man from a definite place and with a definite persona, he will undoubtedly attempt to be "all things to all people" (in an evil way, opposite of Paul's motive) in order to reach all the diverse people groups of earth. Wouldn't the muslims be more responsive to a man who claims to be the Mahdi? Wouldn't atheists be more responsive to a man who claims to be the spokesperson for an intergalactic alien confederacy--which removed all those religious folks to pave the way for a naturalist utopia, a la Star Trek's view of the 22nd century? Wouldn't unrepentant Jews be more responsive to a man who claims to be the archangel Michael, their defender--since the Antichrist will initially bring peace enough for the Temple to be built? Wouldn't Hindus be responsive to a Shiva-the-destroyer figure who is coming to aid humanity to nirvana through destroying all 'discordant' thoughts and people? Etc etc and many etc.<br /><br />Consider the world today. We don't get all our news from one place. One 'truth' can be told to America, one to China, one to Europeans and so on. I am nearly certain that the final Antichrist will utilize the world's-best-ever PR machine to present himself as the preferred messiah of each and every religious strain of thought on earth.<br /><br />Therefore, there will be several rapture explanations. Your above suggestion is attractive as a "conspiracy-theory" one. I'm certain many atheists, especially atheist spiritualists, will buy into the "Wiser Alien Civilization Removed Those Pesky Christians to Bring Peace and Science to the Galaxy" explanation. Muslims will cheer as they hear the Mahdi exclaim that the enemies of Allah have been destroyed and the global Caliphate can now be achieved. After all, isn't one of the most common descriptions of the unsaved in the end times as those who turn their ears every which way and who believe what they choose to to suit their desires, which are opposed to the truth?<br /><br />Synergy. I think the best eschatological predictions will all play out in the actual future, in some way, on some level. It will be a monstrous mosaic of malevolence.Hakam Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114741274619345717noreply@blogger.com