The So-Called Rapture
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“Futurists/Dispensationalists” say that by “Air” Paul refers to Believers meeting the Lord somewhere in the upper regions of sky. However, Paul would have used the word “Ouranos” if this is what he meant! Yet Paul uses the Greek word “Aer” which has no reference whatsoever to the “upper sky or atmosphere.” In fact as we can see “Aer” is the opposite of “Ouranos.” While “Ouranos” refers to the heavens above, “Aer” points to the immediate earth, the “Air” around us! To interpret Paul as saying that the “alive who remained” would “fly up” to join together in the clouds in the sky to meet the Lord is unbiblical! The beginning of this damaging interpretation in the KJV of course were the “Futurists” theologians who gave us the Authorized Version in 1611, (Personally I use the KJ, I love it, but you have to delve into the Greek and Hebrew original to discover the actual meanings of the writers. It’s not that difficult, you just have to get your head out of the “ouranos.”
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About the Book
Simply put, The So-Called Rapture is a study of the event Paul tells in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 of “meeting the Lord in the air.” There is a traditional explanation of this event called “the Rapture,” which has believers, sometime in the future, physically going up and being changed as they go. This explanation is thrilling to the soul of evangelicals, who also see a future tribulation, and this “rapture into the air” is the escape mechanism. The problem with this traditional explanation is that it is not biblically correct. The So-Called Rapture reveals methodically, Scripture by Scripture, what “meeting the Lord in the air” was and why it was necessary. Moreover, The So-Called Rapture brings to light the reason for “heavenly places in Christ,” how water baptism was brought about, being crucified with Christ Jesus, and why these spiritual acts were necessary. The revelations taught here are not what common, so-called sound doctrine is today.
About the Author
Saul Cortez was born into a migrant and semipagan family in Texas. After a stint in the US Army and some ten odd jobs, he responded to the call of Christ and to the ministry at age twenty-eight. He is married to the beautiful Eulalia Castillo, a life-time Christian and is the father of three sons and one daughter.