Catholics DO Believe in the Rapture. Sort of. 

I grew up protestant and whew boy! My mind was blown when I came to the Catholic church lol especially when it comes to the rapture

Great video, Father Casey! I am currently converting to catholicism in a region of Ukraine where it's uncommon, and i thank God for the work He has done through you. Please pray for our country!

If the life of Christ on Earth has taught me anything it is that the percentage of people who will recognize any prophecized events as they happen will be so close to zero as to make those who do statistically insignificant. As for me, I hold to Christ's word that no man knows the hour, and will therefore spend no time wondering if we are in what stage of this process.

Father Casey, please, pray for me. I just talked to my aunt about being a Catechist. She is going to talk to her parish secretary to see if I can have an opportunity. I feel that the time has come for me to act like a member of the Church for something. I am tired of being comfortable with my Faith.

I am an evangelical Protestant, and I think your analysis of the second coming makes sense. The whole rapture business was invented by a 19th Century theologian/evangelist named John Nelson Darby.

Thank you Father Cole for this enlightening presentation into the various beliefs surrounding eschatology, and specifically the Rapture. What I find particularly disturbing about the premillennial view of the End Times is that it has engendered people to support foreign policies which they believe will expedite the process. It has encouraged people to spend their time looking for signs and wonders that point to Jesus' imminent return, instead of doing what they should be doing, which is living out the truth of the Gospel. While all this talk about the apocalypse is interesting, people should be more concerned with living lives that reflect holiness, rather than fixating on how an age of holiness will be ushered in through some series of cataclysmic events.

Thank you. As a pastor and biblical scholar I fight this crowd regularly, trying to draw their attention to the large discrepancies between their doctrines (in particular Darbyism) and the Scriptures. I have appreciated the mostly biblical doctrines of the Catholic Church on these matters, and do realize that they are also informed by extra-biblical traditions. Knowing this sourcing I do not say anything against them. And besides, Protestantism is the biggest monster in the room at this point! Thank you for carefully espousing the differences between Catholic doctrine and the Protestant perspectives.

Very nicely and precisely explained. One thing not elaborated on in your video is that the teaching of the Rapture was very much a 19th Century invention, pushed even further by the onset and aftermath of the American Civil War. Splinter groups and separatist groups like that founded by the Millerites, Charles Taze Russell and others emphasized the Rapture and The Book of Revelation heavily if not almost exclusively. Thanks for having posted this and all your discussions. Very helpful and informative. Much appreciated!

In my all cradle Catholic family, in this predominantly Catholic society, we only heard about Rapture theology when a cousin converted to Baptist, after her bro migrated to the US and became staunched Baptist himself. They kept on attacking us about our faith and telling us that we will not be saved because we did not "accept Jesus as our personal Lord & savior". We were always confused by their words because even if we studied in Catholic schools for years, these are new concepts for us. Anyways, come pandemic, she is extremely anxious about the Rapture because in our family, she is the only one left among those who "accepted Jesus as her personal Lord & savior" and did not receive the "mark of the beast". According to her, her bro with his family will not Rapture because even if they "accepted Jesus as their personal Lord and savior", they received the "mark of the beast". Some of us, her Catholic Church active cousins, who did not receive the "mark of the beast" will not Rapture too, because we did not "accept Jesus as our personal Lord and savior". She is busy preparing for her Rapture, that she became a butt of a joke in the family because after months, she wasn't sucked to heavens yet. During parties, cousins will ask her, "Why are you still here? God did not favor you?" And everybody will laugh at her. Praying this pride she has been keeping for years will wane and she will soon realize and be enraptured by the many gifts the Church and her loving and accepting Catholic family gave to her.

He is coming every hour of the day undercover, appearing as bread and wine. We but have to receive after the showers of reconciliation, penance then nourishment ❤

Let me say something that may surprise most Catholics: In my experience as an evangelical pastor, about 2/3 of evangelical clergy DO NOT hold to a pre-tribulation view of the rapture - for all of the reasons Fr Casey gave. It is not really supported in Scripture - in which there is only one coming of Christ. In at least 1700 years of searching the Scriptures, no one saw it there, it was not even a minority viewpoint. Furthermore, the history of the doctrine I was taught is that it began with a "revelation" to a 13 year old Scottish girl in 1830 - not even with someone searching the Scriptures and somehow finding it there after 1800 years..... It is also interesting that the whole premise of the 'Left Behind" series is what? Christians during the tribulation! If the Lord wants to continue evangelizing during the tribulation, why would He remove the church???? FYI, I have not kept me views to myself - I have taught them in my ministry.

I've always wondered about the differences in beliefs about this. Thank you for the clear and educational explanation!

Love that this series is back!

Great vid! The issue makes a lot more sense now. Keep up the great work!

I’ll never forget going to church at midnight New Year’s morning with my family waiting for the rapture for the year 2,000 lmao it took me years to realize what we were doing there and why

Thank you - I saw the rapid growth of the "Rapture" theory when Hal Lindsay published his book "The Late Great Planet Earth" in late 60's or early 70's

Oh thank God; finally a nice video summary of this that I can study! Yay! GBY, sir Friar!

Awesome video, Father!

Thank you! I was looking for such explanation for almost last 3 years!

I was raised Southern Baptist. My parents were obsessed with the rapture and Later Great Planet Earth. I was sick of the teaching. I converted to Roman Catholic a decade ago. My parents think I’m lost.

Thank you for the clarity, Your Reverence. This was part of a discussion I had with an Evangelical friend and we agreed these teachings are common to non-Catholic groups, and it's the order that is debatable. All I know is the General Bodily Resurrection expressed in the Creeds. It's also surprising how some pre-trib and premillenials base it on a fairly recent interpretation. Also, my standard is what the Angels at the Ascension that He will "return as He went" (hence praying eastward towards the Mount of Olives from Jerusalem's perspective, so it's not exactly "secret". Jesus Himself also said only God the Father knows the precise time, so anyone - including some Catholic visionaries - who state a specific arrival date for Jesus is automatically spreading falsehood.

Postmillenium: The End is Upon Us! But when? Premillenium: The End is Upon Us! Right Now! ❤😂 Amillenium: God the Father decides when God the Son comes. WE WAIT. Be patient. And keep the FAITH in the meantime.

This makes so much more sense now I was very confused about all of this until now thank you Father Casey and God bless.

Does preoccupation with final judgement even have a purpose? Should my conduct not be the same regardless of how or when such an event takes place?

Thank You, Father Casey.

Thanks Fr. Good video

So we'll explained Father and further proves why the Bible without the Catholic church leads to confusion and division

Thanks for the video, Father! Your videos help me to better understand the faith I've grown up with. Also, I've only just noticed the delightfully obtuse comments that seem to flood your comment sections. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Thank you for this

I recall talking to Evangelical about this. He was very "if it's not in scripture, it's invalid to even think about" type of person. The look on his face when we worked out that this belief wasnt so "sola scriptura" was a bit amusing.

This makes a lot of sense. Thank you Father Casey❤

just right timing for the Memorial Saturdays during the great fast.

Having been a former Assemblies of God minister before becoming a Catholic, I can tell you that not every evangelical or pentecostal believes in the rapture. It's a very polarizing view among Christians in general, and I think the popularity of the Left Behind books made it even more polarizing. Even in the A/G, I know many who di not agree with the rapture per say. And it's literally because it's not in Scripture. It actually always puzzled me that people who fully believe in the rapture--a theology and word that don't make an appearance in Scripture--and yet subscribe to Sola scriptura, refuse to believe the Eucharist is the real presence of Jesus. That puzzles me.

weird. i know i subscribed to this channel. this explains why i don't get recommended videos from here until i searched for them

Thank you Father Casey

I have been an A grade student in advanced physics, mathematics, science, litterature, but philosophy has always been my only (very) weak point. I finished this video, and I still don't understand what the rapture is. I feel so dumb 😕🥺🥸🤣

No secret second coming. We will all know the King Most High is here .

Lutheran here, we are also Amillenials *high 5*

I'm Catholic and have believed in the rapture for many years...

The Virgin Mary was the first to be raptured. Raised to heaven, body and soul by God. It's called "The Assumption" in Catholic terminology. The first to be favored that way by the Lord. She was indeed, as the angel filled with joy hailed her and proclaimed, "Hail Mary! Full of Grace! The Lord is with you! Blessed art thou amongst women!" The first human to be so favored and raised to heaven by the singular over-abundance of grace from God. Jesus "ascended" into heaven by His own authority because He was God. Mary was "assumed" or raptured into heaven by the power and grace of the Lord.

I still pray just in case

I find it is almost impossible to realistically discuss this with most evangelicals. And the anxiety it brings them is sad.

Good and accurate lesson!

Father Casey, I would really love to know about that footnote in an 1800 Bible..... because I was taught a somewhat different story of how this false doctrine got started.

let us share the gospel of grace to all social media groups as rapture is nearer ,Abba beloved child

I've had more than one "fiery" protestant friend look at me weird when they ask "Don't you believe when Jesus comes back only the wicked will be left on earth to see it?" and I simply answer "Nope"

Well said my friend.

i love your version ,i grew up in fear of the rapture until i learned it was a fear tactic

May Jesus and holy spirit mama Mary help us to end ❤️‍🔥🙏😇

In my opinion, almost all of the mainstream Christian denominations are described in this prophecy by apostle Peter. 2 Peter 2:1-3 KJVS But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. [2] And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. [3] And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. Theologians and Bible experts, know their doctrinal positions, but they do not know scripture like the back of their hand. And if they do see a scripture that is contrary to their positions, ignore it, serving their institutions rather than serving God. That may or may not be true with this young man. But, if he is interested in the truth, then he should seek, Luke 11:9-13, the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And allow the unction of the Holy Ghost to teach him. 1 John 2:20,27 KJVS But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. [27] But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Thank you.

I thank God for the pastor we have in our parish as he frequently addresses this exposing this as a lie!

In my Father's house are many dwelling places, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. (John 14:2)

If people would study the Bible for themselves they would know if they were being misled or not. Unfortunately most dont.

I'm still confused, I don't understand. A video explaining the apocalypse in chronological order would be perfect.

This makes a lot more sense now

Man, the intro is identical to the old CiF videos. It's good to be back! This is the series that inspired this old former atheist to give the Church a try

Well said.

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them *in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air* : and so shall we ever be with the Lord." (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Good vid

Thank you Dear. Rev. Father. To save the trouble of understanding scripture, Jesus established" The Church ". So we are supposed to believe what " The Church ", teaches us. In another way, Obedient and Humble children of truth believing , which Jesus expects of us than to being, " truth seeking, theology experimenting, arguing chidren. We are protected in the Church through meekness and humbleness! Praise the Lord!Amen 🙏

Denomination apart, I just have a hard time accepting the idea of amillenialism, if it implies that the current world is a world where "Satan is bound". To me, the whole of the human history, up to this point and probably the one that will be written in the age to come, implies that Satan is very free to roam the earth and do as he pleases, in the sense that he can act on what he has been given right to, which of course is not the Church and its members. I just cannot believe that the world we live in is the "reign" of the Church. The Church exists, but it is certainly not reigning on the earth.

1:13 For a context: I'm wheelchair user due to cerebral palsy. Does this theologically posiblly mean, that once I (hope so...😉) enter The Kingdom of Heaven, I will no longer have a wheelchair? Will a body be resurrect in it's "earthly" form or the ressurection will cause some sort of healing since we will no longer experience pain and suffering as on the Earth? I would say it can be both and a posibbility of having wheelchair in heaven is definitly not something which would convince me to leave Christianity but it is important for me as I want to understand my faith more❤✝️ Thanks for all your considerations on this interesting topic❤ God bless y'all✝️

What I dislike most about Protestantism is their abandonment of the necessity of good works for salvation. When the disciples asked Jesus how to obtain eternal life, he replied “love God and love your neighbor”. The two were equal. When asked how to do this, Jesus answered, feed the hungry, care for the sick, and give shelter to the stranger. He meant this.

What does the "elect we brought to him" mean. Scriptural reference? PAX

Thaks.

I've been wondering lately what the church's eschatological teachings are since they're not really expounded upon besides "there will be a second coming and we will be judged then" in CCD, haha. Thanks, Father!

I'm in Britain & I've only heard of the Rapture through American popular culture.

I think the sequence of events is pretty straight forward as its written. Tribulation> 2nd coming,>The dead in Christ will rise (1st judgement)>1k year reign >Final Battle>2nd Judgement (for those not risen the first time)> Earth destroyed and rebuilt. The version where the church is called up prior to the tribulation in my opinion seems to be more prevalent in the profit driven churches. Most pastors I have heard speak do teach post tribulation.

Once a Rabi was asked. When will the world come to an end. The Rabi said when all are good, or all are bad. The Rabi was also asked when does life begin. His answer was when the kids are grown, and the dog dies.

Fr Casey, I believe you are an answer to a prayer for me. I’ve been praying for my husbands heart to soften and come back to the church. I’ve prayed for the wisdom and the words to help guide him back. I believe the Holy Sprit has brought me to your channel to give me that wisdom and the words I am needing. Thank you father for being the vessel through which the God, by the Holy Spirit will help draw my husband back to the faith. I will pray for you and that these works of yours will continue to bless us all.

Excellent video. I'm an exJW atheist, and it has always puzzled me why Jehovah's Witnesses and some Protestants won't acknowledge the catching away of the church. 1 Thess 4:17. I like your video because it is concise and acknowledges the rapture while debunking poor fitting theology.

Then there are the PANmellinialists. Everything is going to pan out ok. 😊

That's one good thing about Catholicism. No energy spent on that stuff. Some groups of Protestants are obsessed with it.

whats the name of the icon at 5:55 ?

God Bless America!

Revelation 20:2 “And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 “And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.” If you roman catholics believe that you are now in the thousand years a millennium why then you are still tempted and deceived by Satan?

I have heard some Catholic theologians say that most of the eschatological events of the book of Revelations (beast from the sea, anti Christ) took place in the past in the persecution of the early Church. Can a Catholic believe that these events will actually take place in the future, or that they express spiritual truths rather than literal events?

I added this a playlist to help me cope with myself since my her perspective on the rapture is so poisoned by Christians explaing their point of view and im glad i can finally see it through a catholic perspective despite it vejng most likely made up and or falsely explained Thank you and god bless you

Not a Catholic but love watching your videos knowing that this is a real and unfair Catholic opinion and learn from

As a catholic I too believed about the rapture event and did question my catholic faith due to influence from west which has caused someone I know who was an ex alter server become a born again christian but then as I prayed about it and as time went on, the rapture just didn't make logical sense to me and when I try to advice the protestant people they always say to go read the bible and to educate myself. How do we convince them that it doesn't exist before they become the people whom did everything in Christ's name but at the end He never knew them?

Can you do a video on the Three Days of Darkness? It's a prophesy I only just found out about and it's absolutely nuts.

I'm an Amillennialist. It's always been a more Reformed view of end times with its emphasis on the unity of all God's people -- Jew and Gentile -- throughout history and the adoption of gentiles into the family of Israel and what is the church universal (small c catholic) today. Dispensational Christianity focuses on the unique nature of the Church and national Israel -- and especially promises made to Abraham concerning the land which is why they emphasis a literal millennial kingdom. I don't agree with that focus but I understand it -- since most of my Christian friends hold to that view.

What about where it says if the time wasnt shoren even the elect wont make it ,but the time will be shorten .i belive what you said but i dont know what the church says about that. Please let me know ,thank you .

As a filthy prodistant, this is my belief, when i read through revalation in my devotions it occured to me that the idea of a "pre rapture" that i grew up in l... Well i did not see it in revalation. Some have tried to explane it to me but i simply dont see it. Us having to endure untill his seccond coming. That is what i see, it makes sense and is what i am preparing for.

What is your opinion of Father John Corapi?

Could all of these differences in the scriptures exist to say that we shouldn’t worry about it, but should always be doing our best?

Word: Just believe in Christ Jesus, and follow his word, and you will be raptured by Him at the appr. Time.

You should do a video on how Isaac Newton predicted the world would end (or start to end at least) around the year 2060, based on what he read and studied in the books of Daniel and Revelation, in the Bible.

So can you say that this is “THE” time of “Tribulation” ?

There are exceptions to almost all generalizations but I’ll venture a couple: 1: Most people believe whatever they were first taught about this or any other subject. 2: Most people who profess faith in Jesus assume that anything other than what they were first taught about this subject is both a) not scriptural and b) doesn’t make sense. The word, “rapture”, isn’t in the Douay-Rheims Bible translation from which scripture passages were quoted when my dad was a boy in the first two decades of the twentieth century. If I understand this correctly, however, the Latin equivalent of the word does occur in the Latin Vulgate translation of I Thessalonians 4:17 from which the Douay-Rheims was translated. In the later translation, it is rendered “caught up”. There are several significant differences in the ways Bible prophecies have been interpreted over the last several hundred years. Two of those differences pertain to 1) whether the church will be “caught up” before or after the millennium and 2) whether the church will be “caught up” before or after “the” tribulation. Post-millennialism WAS the most popular view in the United States from sometime in the eighteenth and during the entire nineteenth century. It no longer is but I’ve studied that interpretation enough to think it is being misrepresented in this video. The primary difference among pre-millennialists pertains to the question of whether there will be a “tribulation” that will occur after the church is “caught up”. Even among pre-millennialists who teach that the tribulation will end by the church being caught up, however, there is disagreement about whether to take the words of Jesus literally: “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again, and I will take you to myself; that where I am, there you also will be. (John 14:3 Douay-Rheims translation) People who prefer to believe there will be a tribulation after the church is caught up are more inclined to teach that Jesus will come to be with us where we are. Each of these doctrines is defended by people who are reading the Bible “literally”. It is a matter of WHICH passages to interpret literally. These interpretations “make sense” to the people to favor a literal reading of the Bible passages on which their preferred doctrine is based.

The rapture theories came through a rogue Catholic priest born in Santiago Chile, Fr Manuel Lacunza.

Well......we'll just wait and see.

I was taught in Catechism the post-millennialist view, however, reading Scripture led me to a different conclusion. The Jewish Rulers at the time had a dogmatic interpretation of the Messiah’s appearance, and though they knew the Scripture well, missed it. Anna and Simeon, however, weren’t surprised at all. I trust that whatever happens is in God’s very capable hands. He doesn’t need me to tell Him how it should be done.

It seems a little weird to me that this view that is pretty directly contradicted by the Gospels is preferred by people who insist that the world was literally created in seven 24-hour days and that a literal serpent sold a naked couple on eating a specific fruit in a garden prepared by God. (etc. I could go on, but I'll refrain).

A guy on youtube was trying to predict rapture in October ...yea I havent seen him make anymore videos. All these predictions and rapture is crazy stuff.

Do yoi have a video on if cremation is biblical?

I listened to "Catholic Answers" yesterday regarding the rapture. Basically, he says that the Catholic version of the rapture is exactly opposite that of the Protestants. It is clearly stated in Matthew 13:36-43 "The Explanation of the Parable of the Weeds. 36 Then, dismissing the crowds,[a] he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” 37 [b]He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, 38 the field is the world,[c] the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age,[d] and the harvesters are angels. 40 Just as weeds are collected and burned [up] with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom[e] all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. 43 [f]Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear." The New American Bible, St. Joseph Edition. I'd love to hear an explanation of The Glory Be - "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen." This seems to imply there will be no end to the world. Does it mean that Earth will be where the billions of good faithful will be?

My personal experience is that when I truly engage in the Rosary my life takes on a humble unassuming walk with God that is the most natural I have ever felt. I am not sure of the status of Limbo. Saint Pope Benedict XVI seemed to think Limbo was more of a theological speculation. But perhaps some hidden nuances of the virtues of the Holy Spirit remain to be discovered when the Lord is ready to allow us to understand. I suspect the states of Union and Rapture are related to Limbo. The Holy Spirit brings to mind things I would not have thought of otherwise. And I believe this weapon of spiritual warfare is one of the most effective ways to combat the demonic forces of the adversary all the while leaving the infected hosts unharmed. I am speaking of the The Rosary when I speak of this weapon of spiritual warfare.