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Originally Posted by Greg B
Do you buy these prophecies? Like the end of the world that has been expected for 2,000 years and just keeps on rolling along?
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No but it does make for a nice read under fiction.
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The rapture is a relatively new doctrine. It was only discovered/revealed in the 1800s.
Many do not accept the "rapture" interpretation because they feel it is not clearly expressed in the Bible, and instead relies on extrapolations and inferences made from a patchwork of disjointed verses. Many further feel that if anything this significant were intended to be a major part of Christian teaching, then surely Christ would have made a plain reference to it in his own sermons as recorded in the Gospel, and not buried such a major prophecy in a few obscure, unconnected verses of the Apostle Paul.
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Most Roman Catholics and many Protestants do not accept the concept of a rapture in which some are "taken up into Heaven" before the end of the world; this idea did not exist in the teachings of any Christians whatsoever until the 1800s, so it cannot be said to belong to Apostolic Tradition.
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You can read more about this wonderful work of fiction here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture