From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-10 18:11, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   As I indicated in another post, up for some will be down   
   for others because the Earth is a sphere.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)