Unanswerable Questions

Unanswerable Questions

Who will be raptured?

Well we know that those who are alive in Christ will be changed from our mortal bodies to immortal ones. This implies that we will not leave our body behind when we go. Interesting thought – how many missing persons reports will that generate? How many insurance claims will that set off? Will this sudden disappearance of millions of people completely collapse the worlds monetary systems? If we do leave our earthly body behind, then there are even more questions.

Then what about babies, born or unborn, and what about little children who have not reached an age where they can decide for themselves about Jesus? What about those children in non-Christian lands who have never heard of Jesus? In the case of unborn babies, does this mean that mothers will all lose their unborn babies?

Then we come to the question of those who have already died in Christ being resurrected first? Why? If they died in Christ, then they will have their new immortal bodies already and will already be in heaven – yes/no??

We are “quite reliably” told that Holy Spirit will be withdrawn at the rapture. Yet surely He will still have work to do here among those who will be saved in the tribulation period of seven years? Maybe His work as restrainer will cease but His work as convicter and teacher will still be operational?

Utterly fascinating.

OK – I know what the Bible says, and I believe it, but it’s the unanswered questions that fascinate me. When you follow the logic through – that’s when it gets very complex. Yet a friend of mine has it just about right. He takes the following stance on end-times - Is the rapture happening now? No – then there is still work to be done without worrying about what and  when it’s all going to happen. We’ll find that out soon enough.

Puts it all into context quite nicely I think.