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You’ve come pretty far in your study of the rapture from a Catholic perspective, Louemma!For those of you who have been with this thread from the start must realize that God certainly works in mysterious ways.For instance,let’s look at the amount of veiws this thread has had.Receiving a three star rating.
Now when I started the thread I had assumed that all Christians were aware of the Rapture.I soon found out that the word Rapture was associated with the Left Behind series and most here believed it to be a new and false teaching.So to lessen the confusion I switched to the word Paul used which is “The Catching Away”! With the use of the word Catching Away I still had die hard Catholics and a couple of Protestants call the Catching away a new and false teaching.One poster called it Fortune telling another stated it came from a woman who was a seer(witch)
Alas I stood firm on the word of God patiently trying to show the ones here that are closed minded where the word of God teaches on the Catching Away.After much explaining some finally understood that the Rapture the Bible speaks of is not a new or a false teaching.
So I feel like the subject of the Catching away may have opened up some to the understanding of The Catching Away and this is a true teaching straight out of God’s word.For those who see it as a Left Behind Movie then shame on you for confusing God’s word with an Holly Wood movie and shame on those who claim it to be a false and new teaching.
The time may or may not be at hand but as Jesus tells us in his word to look for the signs and lift up our eyes and know that our redeemer is near.
So maybe the subject of the Rapture has brought new understanding to those who believe “They Know It All” in God’s word.We all need to keep an open mind and we need to continue to let the Holy Spirit teach us in the word of God.When folks become puffed up,believing they know God’s word better then others,watch out because the narrow minded folks will not be able to continue to grow in God’s word for the Holy Spirit can not teach a prideful know it all.
I hope the catching away has enlightened some on the wonder of God’s word and how and whom he reveals to those who are willing to accept the truth.
At the least the Catching Away has been exposed as the true word of God and not a new or false teaching.
I would make one important comment regarding interpretation. It’s OK for anyone to study the ins and outs of Scripture. In being Catholic we’re able to ensure that (by syncing our personal understanding to the Church’s interpretations, which they’ve done for 2,000 years) that we as individuals don’t “read too much” into any particular item. It’s like driving on a road. Everybody can choose what lane to drive, but we’re all on the same road. That may sound restrictive, but I don’t see God being relative–that is, giving us the Word to make many differing and (often) misinformed assumptions.
In short, the Catholic Church (and I’m sure other Christians as well) relies on the Holy Spirit to guide it now as in the past, and its people as they read.
Else, we as individuals become authorities to ourselves on what means what–and that’s bound to lead us into trouble.