Rapture – Shortcut Revisited

Rapture – Shortcut Revisited
Our last post dealt with the possibility of the Rapture from an Old Testament viewpoint. Unfortunately, for the Rapture advocates, the Old Testament did not produce any evidence demonstrating that one could bypass death and then proceed to Paradise or the third heavens.

We will continue our quest to see if we can find that ever-so-elusive “Shortcut to Paradise” by next delving into the New Testament.

1 Thessalonians
One of the major proofs offered in the New Testament for a rapture of saved individuals off the earth devoid of death is contained in 1 Thessalonians:

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Rapture – Shortcut to Paradise?

Rapture – Shortcut to Paradise?
Needless to say there are a number of people that want to circumvent the rules by avoiding scriptural truth and the reality that all must suffer death at least once.

There is a popular saying that you might have heard which goes something like this, “Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.”

First, the truth is that no person is going to heaven regardless of dying. The one exception is the person whose name and title is Yahushua the Messiah. As all would know, his circumstances differed from the average person’s. (Another topic to be addressed at a later time.)

Second, all persons will, in fact, die before the Millennial Judgment Day whether they believe so or not. Even Yahushua had to submit to this reality.

Is there any merit to the idea that some select group of believers can actually take a shortcut to paradise by avoiding death?

Let’s begin our investigation to find out the truth of the matter.

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Grace. A Free Ticket? – Part 2

Grace. A Free Ticket? – Part 2
Now that you’ve read Part 1, one might still wonder if that “free ticket” to salvation is as good as it seemed. If any doubts linger, it is highly suggested that you proceed with Part 2 of our investigation.

Scriptures indicate that our Inheritance cannot be obtained without a sinless sacrifice. The process required that father Yahweh give Yahu Yahweh all things, even his sacred name, and then Yahu, in turn, would pass on these things as an inheritance in a conditional will.

Genesis 26:1-5 confirms that the covenant with Abraham was conditional when it reports that Yahweh told Isaak that he would fulfill the promises “BECAUSE Abraham listened to my voice and obeyed my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

Yet even Abraham was a sinner, for all have sinned. Like the rest of us, he must come into the Eternal Inheritance by grace and by means of the messiah.

Torah of Moses Brings Curse
Further requirements were attached to the promises given to Abraham because of transgression (Gal. 3:18-19). These conditions were given in the form of the Torah of Moses or Old Covenant made at Mount Sinai and the “works of the Law (Torah)” which were added thereto (Rom. 9:32; Gal. 2:16, 3:2, 5, 10), i.e., as found in the books of the Torah. The covenant at Mount Sinai and works of the Torah did two things:

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Grace. A Free Ticket? – Part 1

Grace. A Free Ticket? – Part 1
In our two previous posts, “Paul and the Law,” Part 1 and Part 2, the details were laid out regarding the Torah of Moses (the Law, Old Covenant) and its relationship to the Abrahamic Covenants of Promise.

In the New Testament, Paul also seems to stress the concept of grace and that we are no longer under “the Law.”

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law (Torah of Moses), but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? The deity forbid. (Romans 6:14-15)

Does grace provide a free ticket to salvation?

If you’re not sure about the answer, let us proceed to investigate the truth of the matter.

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The Millennial Judgment Day

The Millennial Judgment Day
It is apparent that there seems to be a widespread misunderstanding of the events occurring after Yahushua the Messiah’s death that lead up to the earthly arrival of father Yahweh.

The sequence of events expounded by many goes something like this:

• Just before the return of Yahushua the Messiah there will take place a period of time called the Great Tribulation.

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Sabbath or Sunday Resurrection? – Pt 2

Sabbath or Sunday Resurrection? – Pt 2
Assisting us in putting together the various facts pointing to Yahushua’s resurrection on the first day of the week (Sunday) is the important story found in Luke 24.

After giving the account of the women coming to the tomb of Yahushua on the first day of the week, just before daybreak, and finding the tomb empty (vs. 1-8), it continues by saying that the women immediately went to the apostles and other disciples to report their findings (vs. 9-10).

These people disbelieved the women, but Keph (Peter) rose up and went to the tomb to see for himself. Finding their testimony true, he returned home wondering about what had happened (vs. 11-12).

Road to Emmanus
We next read:

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Sabbath or Sunday Resurrection? – Pt 1

Sabbath or Sunday Resurrection? – Pt 1
Many present-day followers of Yahweh believe that Yahushua the Messiah was resurrected on the seventh-day Sabbath. For them, the idea of the Messiah being resurrected on the first day of the week (Sunday), which coincides with the Christian holiday of Easter, is too offensive to entertain.

Is it actually possible to determine the exact day of the week when Yahushua the Messiah was resurrected? After thoroughly considering all the evidence, this study will demonstrate that we can indeed ascertain the actual day of Yahushua’s resurrection.

Jonah
Yahushua tells the scribes and Pharisees that the only sign of his Messiahship that would be given to an evil and adulterous generation is “the sign of Jonah the prophet.”

For even as the prophet Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so will the son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. (Matthew 12:38-40; see Luke 11:29-30)

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