Does your ministry believe in the rapture?

We do not believe in the rapture as is commonly taught. Scripture confirms that Yahshua’s coming will occur at the end of the Great Tribulation (Matt. 24:29-31), at which time we will meet Him in the clouds (1Thess. 4:17) as He returns to the Mount of Olives (Zech. 14:4). Once Yahshua returns His saints will dwell on earth (Rev. 5:10, 20:6).

The pre-tribulation rapture idea was first introduced by John Nelson Darby in 1827 and popularized by the Scofield Reference Bible (1909). Until that time the teaching of a rapture preceding the Second Coming of the Messiah was largely unknown.

One passage often used to support a rapture is Matthew 24, where the Messiah stated:

“But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left” (Matt 24:37-41).

This passage is not referring to a pre-tribulation rapture, but to the destruction that will follow the return of Yahshua the Messiah, the same kind of ultimate destruction that occurred in the days of Noah.

For an in-depth study on the rapture read our booklet: Is There a Coming Rapture?