Amir Tsarfati: How Close Are We to the Rapture? - YouTube
Where is "rapturo" in the Vulgate?
Pre trib rapture teacher Amir Tsarfati makes an obvious blunder (?) in the above video. (10:00 mark) His claim that "rapturo" is in the Latin Vulgate is completely spurious. I have difficulty believing that this is a genuine error, as was his previous error that the Archangel Michael in the Old Testament was a Christophany. On that occasion Tsarfati admitted his mistake and recanted.
Latin Vulgate: deinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera et sic semper cum Domino erimus {1}
rapiemur = we will be caught up. Rapiemur is the first-person plural future passive indicative of rapiō which has the same meaning as the Greek harpazo.
The Greek word "harpazo" = to seize, catch up, snatch away. {2}
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught (ἁρπαγησόμεθα) up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
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1 Thessalonians 4:17 refers to the rapture in any translation no matter whether you are pre-trib, post trib or prewrath. I am not quite sure what point Tsarfati thinks he is making? (1 John 4:1).
Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. (Jeremiah 23:16).1. 1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 - VUL Bible - deinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul rapie... (biblestudytools.com)
2. Strong's Greek: 726. ἁρπάζω (harpazó) -- to seize, catch up, snatch away (biblehub.com)
Greetings Treena. When I looked into where this 'rapturo' mysteriously comes from, it appears to have been taught by a Charles.C Ryrie: https://bible.org/question/where-did-term-8216rapture%E2%80%99-come
ReplyDeleteIn the above link they put at the bottom: ***Editor's Note: The Latin Vulgate actually used a different form of the same verb-- "Rapiemur" instead of "Rapturo." The point and connections Ryrie is making remain the same.***
I've never heard of him but apparently Ryrie served as dean and professor at Dallas theological seminary, has his own study bible, teaches dispensationalism as understood by C.I Scofield, has written many books, and has questionable connections. I see a bunch of red flags already with just a few quick google searches.
Thanks for your work. God bless.
Thank you Roselamb. This is a very obscure interpretation of rapiemur not in the Vulgate. I would like to know how Ryrie came to that interpretation. I think that Tsarfati and other pre-trib teachers are desperate to find "rapture" in the scriptures when it is not necessary to do so. It is sufficient to say we will be "caught up". God bless.
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