Daniel 9:27
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(1) Daniel 9:27: “And He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”
Again, due to the muddled prophetic understanding of rapture theorists, they claim the phrase “one week” refers to the last seven years, or seven “prophetic days,” of mankind’s society. This is false!
This verse actually references the abomination of desolation when occupying forces stop the Jews’ daily sacrifice in Jerusalem. It also addresses the final week of what is called the 70 weeks prophecy(of Daniel 9:24-27) about the Messiah and that Jesus Christ would be cut off in the middle of the week, after three and a half prophetic “days”—three and a half years—of His earthly mission. Daniel 9:27 is simply not a prophecy about how the antichrist will turn on the Jews halfway through the Tribulation.
Matthew 24:36; 40-42
(2) Matthew 24:36 and 24:40-42: “But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but My Father only...Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.”
Comprehending any difficult scripture begins with knowing its context. Beginning in Mt 24:40, Jesus explains the condition of society in the last days. People will be “in the field” and “at the mill,” carrying on daily activities. They will also be “eating and drinking” and “marrying and giving in marriage.” In other words, life will seem normal just before destruction—just before the snare takes them. Mt 24:42 confirms that this will come unexpectedly. This is just before famine, pestilence and military invasion claim two-thirds of the population of the modern nations of Israel.
John 14:2-3
(3) John 14:2-3: “In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”
The question becomes: Where will Christ be?
One of the greatest problems with the rapture is that heaven is not, and has never been, the reward of the saved. Jesus said, “The meek shall inherit the earth” (Matt. 5:5). He was quoting Psalm 37:11, which says the same thing. Now add this passage: “And has made us unto our God kings and priests: and we [Christians] shall reign on the earth” (Rev. 5:10). These verses explain why He also said, “No man has ascended into heaven” (John 3:13). So then, not only are God’s people not raptured to heaven before Christ returns, they are not going there later. Further, no one is in heavennow. God has a salvation infinitely greater in store for His people, and this book has only begun to hint at it.
Jesus’ coming again in John 14:1-31 will be to Earth. Remember, His kingdom is coming here! He will behere. The word translated “mansions” means “rooms, abode or residence.” The Temple held rooms for various priests who administered there. Different rooms signify differing positions of authority. Jesus’ parable of the pounds, in Luke 19:11-27, makes these positions over cities easy to understand. “Mansions” simply refers to offices—or positions of authority.
I repeat, true salvation is infinitely greater than going to heaven. John 14:1-31 reveals that, after His Return, Jesus’ faithful servants will work under Him as kings and priests. Just the truth of salvation—rulership over cities beside Jesus Christ on Earth—reduces the rapture to a pile of scrap. (To understand the much bigger picture here, read another of my books, The Awesome Potential of Man. The millions who worry about being “left behind”—due to the popular fiction book series—never hear the truth about salvation. This inspiring book brings it.)
I Corinthians 15:50-52
(4) I Corinthians 15:50-52: “Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed…”
There is no proof—or even hint—of a rapture here! Notice the phrase “last trump.” Recall that this refers to the seventh trumpet, which announces Christ’s Return to the whole world. This last trumpet is also referred to in Revelation 11:15 and I Thessalonians 4:15-16. It sends an immense—piercing—and reverberating—sound that all inhabitants of Earth will hear.
Notice this in Matthew: “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shallall the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man [nothing secret here] coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet [this has to be the last one], and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other” (Mt 24:30-31). This references the saints wherever they are, either buried or alive on Earth. This becomes more clear.
Nothing “secret” is being described! This trumpet blast announces Christ’s Return, and it is thenwhen He gathers His people. At this point, His true followers will be changed into perfect, immortal beings. This is the time of the Resurrection, when the “dead in Christ” are raised to spirit-born immortal life. They first meet Him in the clouds, not as a rapture—not so that they can U-turn with Him for a return trip to heaven—but so they can return with Him to begin rule of Earth.
I Thessalonians 4:15-17
(5) I Thessalonians 4:15-17: “For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught uptogether with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
But where will the saints “be with the Lord”? We read earlier Zechariah’s answer: “And [Christ’s] feet shall stand in that day [not three and a half or seven years later] upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east...and the Lord my God shall come [recall John 14:1-31], and all the saints with [Him]” (Jn 14:4-5).
What could possibly be plainer?
These verses obviously describe Christ’s only additional coming, which is announced by the seventh and last trumpet blast. There can only be one last trumpet—one seventh trumpet! To state Christ will return a secret additional time suggests He misrepresented His Second Coming to Earth! If Christ returns to Earth a third time, there must be another trumpet blast, which would make it the “eighth trumpet,” and the seventh and last trumpet really the “second-to-last trumpet.” This is of course ridiculous! The rapture idea makes Jesus a liar—and the perpetrator of confusion!
After examining the plain words of the Bible, the above supposed “proof texts” actually prove the falsehood and deceptiveness of this doctrine!
The Bible states, “God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints” (I Cor. 14:33), and adds a little later, “Let all things be done decently and in order” (1Cor 14:40). There is nothing orderly or peaceful about millions of human beings suddenly vanishing from beds, buses, workstations, automobiles, airplanes, etc. This is a picture of chaos and confusion! If the rapture were true, this disorder would not be the work of men, but of God.
Let’s state this plainly for effect! The rapture is a doctrine of chaos, and makes God and Christ the authors of this confusion.