{"id":2429,"date":"2014-04-06T00:03:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T04:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=2429"},"modified":"2014-04-05T18:41:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T22:41:19","slug":"sunday-brunch-the-disappearance-of-the-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/sunday-brunch-the-disappearance-of-the-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Brunch! The Disappearance of The Saints!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-rj-XHXkb-Fs\/TrsfQ6OV9bI\/AAAAAAAAEwg\/hg0kWgnkMfU\/s400\/SUNDAY%2BBRUNCH.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p><b>What do you think about God making the Saints disappear? Can you believe that the disappearing saints who are lifted up to heaven don&#8217;t die, there&#8217;s no body, they just disappear?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Awhile back, I had a Sunday Brunch blog post about <a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/sunday-brunch-did-philip-disappear.html\">the disappearance of Philip<\/a>. Well, I\u2019d heard that there were other scriptures in the Bible where the Lord made the Saints disappear. Ironically, I read and reviewed a Chris Well book recently, and in that novel, he listed some other scriptures that had disappearing saints.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s oh, so amazing and awesome! Do you think something like that could happen today? I think it\u2019s possible, but not probable. Depending upon who it was, I\u2019m sure that person would be missed by friends and loved ones, people would be wondering what had happened to him\/her. There may be those who would know that the missing person was lifted up by God, but, it\u2019s highly unlikely that all would believe.<\/p>\n<p>Also, to be lifted up by God, disappearing, with no dead body behind\u2026well, I\u2019d think the one being swept up by God would have a unique, highly-personal, very deep, relationship with God. It\u2019d be a relationship that most of us wouldn\u2019t even begin to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the scriptures:<\/p>\n<p>ENOCH<br \/>\nGenesis 5:24<br \/>\n<i>24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.<\/i><br \/>\nHebrews 11:5<br \/>\n<i>5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, \u201cand was not found, because God had taken him\u201d; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>ELIJAH<br \/>\n2 Kings 2:11-12<br \/>\n<i>11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.<br \/>\n12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, \u201cMy father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!\u201d So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>JESUS \u2013 This instance is in a different vein than the rest on this list. However, I felt compelled to include this one since it\u2019s familiar to most Christians and it helps to illustrate what I\u2019m talking about.<br \/>\nLuke 24:3-7<br \/>\n3 Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. 5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, \u201cWhy do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, 7 saying, \u2018The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/sunday-brunch-did-philip-disappear.html\">PHILIP<\/a><br \/>\nActs 8:39-40<br \/>\n<i>39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>What do you think about God making the Saints disappear? Do you think something like that could happen today? 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