The “Rapture”
The rapture is the belief that Jesus will return to take his faithful followers to heaven before the end of the world. The word rapture is not in the Bible, but it comes from a Latin word raptus” meaning “a snatching away” or “abduction”. The main biblical passage for the rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, where Paul […]
Questioning the “Left Behind” Rapture
DAVID M. BRISTOW Many Christians today are falling into the rapture mindset1 due to the continued presence of the Left Behind series. Co-authored by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, these books portray a certain fundamental belief that Christians will be taken up to heaven before the chaos of the “end times” begins. The theory is known as […]