[TheRealThing]

That is an interesting thought! I just have a few questions 1. Where is the idea of the rapture come from? Can you point me to a verse saying there will be a rapture?( I am not trying to be a smart guy or anything like that, just again asking).

The second question: If Glen Beck or this other gentleman was around during the fall of the Persian, Greek, Roman, British Empires (end of the Renaissance period), the Great Depression, could they not have said the same thing that they are predicting now?

I picked each of these events to show that nothing has ever really changed (my opinion) and that cycles do happen. I think that these two gentlemen have understood their history books and studied. What do you think?

For question #1- Rev 3:10 " Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." This verse promises to deliverance to all the saved of the earth from the time of Jacob's trouble otherwise known as the Tribulation Period.

If you want to see the sign of his coming as described by Christ in the book of Matthew you will need to read vs 29-44. I would note here for clarity the following two verses from the above noted passage in Matt vs 40 & 41
vs 40-"Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left." and verse 41-" Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left." These two verses clearly describe the time of his coming when people will disappear. The word Rapture means to be caught up and this disapperance of the 'saved' of humanity will be caught up to forever together with Him. This is stated in I Thesslonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. So people use the word RAPTURE when speaking of this time when folks will be caught up in the air to be with Him forever. It's just much easier.

Question # 2 You're right that the argument can be made that historical events in the record could be mistaken for what we are talking about, the Second Coming, but, it's getting harder and harder to pooh pooh the prophetic onrush of current events. There is one verse that does come to mind to that end however, 2 Peter 3:4 says-" And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." After all, it will be in an hour when you think not.