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Catholic Apologetics: "The Ruptured Rapture" Friar Joseph Mary, F.I.
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Evangelical Christians and Christian Fundamentalists eagerly look forward to the day when they (the elect) will be taken (raptured) from the earth before the Great Tribulation. Only non-believers in Jesus Christ will be “left behind” to suffer the persecutions of the Antichrist.
Although their concept of “a rapture” is Biblical, their interpretation -- and their timing of it -- is erroneous. The elect will be on the earth during the Tribulation. And like the Apostles and the martyrs before them, they will not be spared their trials, pain and suffering.
“I do not ask that You (Father) take them out of the world but that You keep them from the evil one.”(John 17:15)
“Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.”(John 15:20)
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The doctrine of a “secret rapture” to occur before the Tribulation was first conceived in 1827 by a Fundamentalist minister (Ex-Anglican priest). Known as the father of dispensationalism, John Nelson Darby invented this (heretical) doctrine claiming there were notone, buttwo “second comings.”
The Rapture of the Church and The Second Coming of Christ
Are the Same Glorious Event to Occur After the Tribulation.
For the Lord Himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars (or flaming meteors resembling stars) will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then the sign (The Cross of Christ) of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send out His angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. (Matthew 24:29-31)
For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. In [those] days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be [also] at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.(Matthew 24:37-42)
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
“Are You Rapture Ready?”
The question should be:
“Are you ready to come before the Face of God?”
We need to be in a “state of grace” and “Sacramentally” fortified. (We need to be free of mortal sin through frequent Confession and, when possible, daily Mass.) We need to live according to God’s will. (We need to obey the Ten Commandments, submit to rightful spiritual authority, and follow all the teachings of the Catholic Church.) We need to pray more, and fast. (Prayer changes things, and the Rosary is a Powerful weapon against the enemy.) We need to forgive -- everyone. (Un-forgiveness is a block to receiving God’s grace.)
Every moment we must be ready
to go to God.
The storm is here; there is no escaping it. Tribulation is on the horizon, and there will be no rapture -- only purification.
“The essence of God is existence, and He defines Himself as: ‘I Am Who Am.’ The essence of the Devil is the lie, and he defines himself as: ‘I am who am not.’ Satan has very little trouble with those who do not believe in him (those who deny that he exists); they are already on his side.” _ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Great evil has been unleashed… There is great darkness upon the earth. And the existence of the Devil is no longer denied -- it is celebrated!
Horns of Satan
Virtue is abandoned. There is no longer any reason to practice restraint… “Do what thou wilt.” …Fully satisfying the lusts of the flesh, evil spirits (demons) seduce people away from God, and lure them deeper into the darkness.
Fallen Lucifer, now Satan, is the god of the entertainment industry. Satanic rituals are performed on stage for the world to see. Christ is blasphemed; Christianity is mocked; Christians are persecuted… And we can’t even watch a movie (or a TV program) without seeing the “all-seeing eye” of Lucifer staring back at us!
Pop stars and movie actors freely admit to the selling of their eternal souls to the Devil for fame and fortune -- and talent. They even describe how they become possessed by “spirits” while on stage or in front of the camera. And these are the celebrities who are idolized and adored by millions of people around the world.
Eminem, Famous Rapper
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Madonna at The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards
Everywhere I go, I see young people wearing ear plugs, listening to music that is cursed -- music performed by pop stars who have sold their souls to the Devil. The music is cursed and the lyrics are diabolical. (Examine them for yourself!) Shutting themselves off from the world around them with their noise-cancelling ear plugs, young people are filling their minds with cursed music everyday. They are being brainwashed -- conditioned to accept a Godless (Luciferian) New World Order.
All-Seeing Eye of Lucifer
Fallen Lucifer, now Satan, is the god of the New World Order which is beginning to rise “like a phoenix.” While we see symbols of secret societies appearing everywhere, Hollywood continues to spread disinformation about them. But no longer do secret societies hide their ultimate purpose -- which is, the overthrow of a world influenced by Christ and Christian morality, and the rising of a totalitarian New World Order founded on naturalism.
…And then the lawless one [the one doomed to perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship, so as to seat himself in the temple of God -- claiming that he is a god] will be revealed… the one whose coming springs from the power of Satan in every mighty deed and in signs and wonders that lie, and in every wicked deceit for those who are perishing because they have not accepted the love of truth so that they may be saved… (2 Thessalonians 3-12)
GREAT EVIL HAS BEEN UNLEASHED…
Many Christians do not recognize the “spiritual war” raging all around us, and against us. Many people come under demonic attack and do not realize what is happening to them. It has happened to me -- and it has happened to you!
For many Catholics, spiritual warfare is something new. But ignorance is something we can no longer afford -- for we now live in a day when great evil has been unleashed upon the earth! Great evil has been unleashed against the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church… against all that is good and holy… against the family, the pillar of society… and against the innocent unborn.
It is the end of an era, and the beginning of sorrows.
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At Fatima (1917) and at La Salette (1840s), the Blessed Virgin Mary was sent by God to warn that all humanity will suffer an increase in natural and man-made disasters, a Great Apostasy, God’s Justice and Divine Wrath, due to the increase of sin in the world. Our Lady comes to urgently call us to repentance, conversion, prayer and penance, that some of God’s Justice may be averted. But time is running out.
Cova da Iria, Fatima (July 13, 1917) _ Three shepherd children “saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice:‘Penance, Penance, Penance!’…”
_ From the third part of the “secret” of Fatima, committed to paper by Sister Lucia (January 3, 1944)
Question: Is it within God’s permissive will to allow the use of weapons of mass destruction (“man’s inhumanity to man”) to punish mankind?
Answer: “The angel with the flaming sword represents the threat of judgment which looms over the world. Today the prospect that the world might be reduced to ashes by a sea of fire no longer seems pure fantasy: man himself, with his inventions, has forged the flaming sword.”_ Pope Benedict XVI
“And let us not say that it is God Who is punishing us in this way; on the contrary it is people themselves who are preparing their own punishment. In His kindness God warns us and calls us to the right path, while respecting the freedom He has given us; hence people are responsible.” _ Sister Lucia, Fatima visionary, in a letter to Pope John Paul II (May 12, 1982)
This threat of judgment loomed over the world in 1917. We have been given almost one hundred years -- a century of Divine Mercy. But we now live in the darkest of days. We now live in a world begging for purification…
“I (Jesus) do not want to punish aching mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to My Merciful Heart. I use punishment when they themselves force Me to do so; My hand is reluctant to take hold of the sword of justice. Before the Day of Justice I am sending the Day of Mercy.” (1588) “He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice…” (1146) _ From the Diary of St. Faustina, “Divine Mercy in My Soul”
“And so the Church has a profound need to re-learn penance, to accept purification, to learn on the one hand forgiveness but also the necessity of justice. And forgiveness does not substitute justice.” Pope Benedict XVI, During his flight to Fatima (May 11, 2010)
Today, the earth groans under the weight of man’s sins and cries out in a loud voice:“Purification, Purification, Purification!”It is now midnight; it is the end of an age, when man begins to reap the full harvest of what he has sown. The Purification has come, and there is terrible Chastisement on the horizon.
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the Antichrist was coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. Thus we know this is the last hour. (1 John 2:18)
The current “global climate of fear” is understandable. For those who do not have faith in Jesus Christ, there is only fear. Fear is all they know.
It is the beginning of sorrows... as global and regional chastisements befall us:“Prepare, Prepare, Prepare!”
We need to be in a “state of grace” and “Sacramentally” fortified. (We need to be free of mortal sin through frequent Confession and, when possible, daily Mass.)
We need to live according to God’s will. (We need to obey the Ten Commandments, submit to rightful spiritual authority, and follow all the teachings of the Catholic Church.)
We need to pray more, and fast. (Prayer changes things, and the Rosary is a Powerful weapon against the enemy.)
We need to forgive -- everyone. (Un-forgiveness is a block to receiving God’s grace.)
“An age is coming to an end, not just the end of a remarkable century but the end of seventeen hundred years of Christendom. The greatest apostasy since the birth of the Church is clearly far advanced all around us.” _ Dr. Ralph Martin, Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
Let no one deceive you in any way… the apostasy comes first and (then) the lawless one is revealed… (2 Thessalonians 2:3)
