‘Mid-Acts-ers’ believe that ‘any moment’ Jesus will appear in the clouds, for a ‘mystery resurrection’ they call the ‘rapture’ .... several years before the 70th week of Daniel’s prophecy begins .... for ONLY those saints that were saved through PAUL’s ministry. They think the rest of the world will be left behind to ‘wonder’ why these people are suddenly ‘missing’. They say that unbelievers will be completely unaware of the Lord’s coming .... even though it will be a 'NOISY event':
1 Thess 4:16-17 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:
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.
During Sunday Evening Story-Time on June 27, 2010, with the IL teaching elder, he made a repeated point that the (so-called) ‘rapture’ will be a NOISY event. He said, "There’s this VOICE of a trumpet that God will sound. You’re going to have a shout, a voice coming from the archangel Michael, and then the trump of God - you’re going to have God’s voice. So it’s going to be a NOISY event, with 3 unique sounds."
So how in the world does the Cunning Royal Jester think that NOBODY else in the world, except the ‘few’ that trusted Christ through PAUL’s writings, will HEAR such loud NOISES?
Rev 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds;
and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ DIVIDE-OUT everything that is not written by Paul, and they think the verse is talking about ANOTHER coming of the Lord .... years AFTER the (so-called) ‘secret rapture coming’.
‘Mid-Acts-ers’ teach that just the folks who have believed ‘Jesus died for their sins, was buried, and rose again the 3rd day’ THROUGH PAUL’s epistles .... will be the only ones that to see Him or to hear all this noise.
According to his theology, a ‘SHOUT’ would have the effect of a ‘WHISPER’.
This is David Dowell saying, "Think about it!"
