I'm an English Christian and no one I know believes in a rapture, and there is scant evidence of it in the bible. Yet it seems deeply immersed in American culture - it was even referenced in an episode of The Simpsons once.
2006-07-20 08:52:18 · 13 answers · asked by Mr Shankley 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I saw one of those 'Left Behind' films. What an appaulling piece of film making that was.
2006-07-20 09:22:01 · update #1
Do you not have the Book of Revelations in your Bible ?
It's all there.
2006-07-20 08:57:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Though the concept of 'rapture' is accepted as doctrine by many evangelical and protestant groups, the term was actually 'invented' by a particular pastor who was trying to piece together an event out of interpretations of different parts of the bible. The word and term 'rapture' is no where found in the bible , though the authors of the Left Behind books have made millions from it.
2006-07-20 09:10:28 · answer #2 · answered by h nitrogen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure what you mean... all Christians have to believe in a rapture... its the details they dont agree on
The rapture is biblical and from the Latin for taken up it is taken from Thessalonians
The details about the rapture are more interpretive and not directly described in detail but interpretively, the millenium is more directly spoken of in Revelation (AHEM no S)
bottom line... the rapture is the latin for taken up and directly from Thessalonins... all orthox Biblical Christian should believe in
some form of predestination, rapture and millenium but wil dissagree on the details as all are in some sense Biblical
clearly the Bible claims a rapture and a millenian
the timing of th erapture is far moreinterpretive than many american Christians believe in part american Christians have a shallow understanding of suffering, thinking suffering is Gods wrath often times, yet in history the church is often preserved through suffering and is now as 100 thousand to 200 thousand Chrsitaisn are in fact marytered every year in the world
these are clearly Biblical, perhaps the timing of the pre tribulation rapture is more a recent thing, it was popularized by Darby one of the early Plymouth Brethren in America mostly
in some the itming, the avoidance of persecution, in domw regards it might be related to a shallow theology of sufferin in America? the timing of the rapture and a pre tribulation rapture in my opinion is elevated too high and bumps off more substantial important issues
we are given the power to live we are not privy to the schedule
and there are way more important things than the timing of the rapture or the schedule for the millenium
2006-07-20 09:01:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the seen Rapture (a minimum of in the variety that i think of you propose it - pre-return tribulation), actually had various american Puritan impacts. even nonetheless, there have been many Europeans in contact besides, alongside with Englishman Samuel Prideaux Tregelles and Scotsman Edward Irving. it must be argued that Irving is the genuine "inventor" of the thought. the ecu perception became into short-lived, even nonetheless, while the Anglican church formally rejected the theology. in the present day the perception is in many circumstances an American one...
2016-10-08 03:26:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea of a "rapture" was, I believe, invented in Europe by a fellow named Darby, but it pretty much died out there. It caught on in America, being adopted by a lot of fundamentalist groups that have no idea how recent it is. It's part of the so-called "Dispensationalist-Premillennialism."
Most fundamentalists don't realize that most of their theology is less than two centuries old. The "rapture" is part of that.
2006-07-20 09:02:25 · answer #5 · answered by Minh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its a belief held by all christians who read and believe Gods word. Its a belief that is shared the world over.It is a promise made to us by God so we do not have to suffer the entire tribulation. He is a merciful god.
2006-07-20 08:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by soeur_deux_de_ny2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is something the bible speaks of as the catching away. I don't know why some other countries don't teach about it.
2006-07-20 08:58:02 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems to be....they are the only ones waiting in the desert to be taken up to heaven on any given day. (as specified by their leaders)
2006-07-20 08:56:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its bible prophecy found in revelations, ever since I remember its been coming...
2006-07-20 09:00:19 · answer #9 · answered by PeaceTree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno what that person's talking about re: the "desert".
Anyways...take another glance through Revelations and you will find what you are looking for I believe.
Jesus will return and what many call the Rapture will take place.
2006-07-20 08:58:05 · answer #10 · answered by Mister Bob the Tomato 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋