From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   > 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.   
      
   I think Jesus will have it figured out. Don't worry too   
   much about it, Mike.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)