From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   >   
   > Short answer: yes—according to the Bible’s own   
   > warnings, a deceptive figure could convincingly   
   > stage something that looks like a rapture to   
   > many people.   
   >   
   > The Bible repeatedly warns that the end times   
   > will involve powerful deception, including false   
   > christs and “lying signs and wonders” capable of   
   > misleading even the faithful (Matt 24:23–24;   
   > 2 Thess 2:9–10).   
   >   
   > Because Scripture never teaches   
   > a secret rapture but does teach one visible, public,   
   > and final return of Christ,   
      
   No, the Bible teaches one time when we will meet Jesus   
   in the air, and another time when Jesus will return all   
   the way to Jerusalem. Those are two different events.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)