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Questions About the Rapture
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Questions About the Rapture
Rapture was not theology even discussed in the churches I grew-up in although one of those Churches was Presbyterian and some branches of the Presbyterians were the first to accept it. It's only been with the political rise Evangelical Christians and the Left Behind books that I heard about it at all. Since then I've seen it predicted and the date come and go a few times.

So I've been doing some poking around. As church doctrines go, it's a pretty new idea. Pre-20th Century references to it are extremely thin on the ground. It appears to be at best an 18th Century idea that didn't become anything approaching popular until the 19th. It's now as mainstream as it's ever been.


See The Rapture: A Popular but False Doctrine by Cecil Maranville and Wikipedia Rapture

So my question for Christians are:

1) Do you believe in the Rapture?

2) If so, how do you support it Biblicaly?

3) Why is this such a relatively recent idea?

[Edit] Thank to Beccs one more question:

4) Why is it primarily a U.S. Christian doctrine only?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 28, 2014 at 8:15 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Valkyrie - September 28, 2014 at 8:18 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 28, 2014 at 8:21 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Chad32 - September 28, 2014 at 8:21 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by vorlon13 - September 28, 2014 at 8:41 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Elskidor - September 28, 2014 at 8:42 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Drich - September 28, 2014 at 9:02 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 28, 2014 at 9:24 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Drich - September 28, 2014 at 9:57 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 28, 2014 at 10:13 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Drich - September 29, 2014 at 11:39 am
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by genkaus - September 29, 2014 at 12:04 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 29, 2014 at 12:11 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Drich - September 29, 2014 at 2:40 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 29, 2014 at 7:21 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Drich - September 30, 2014 at 10:36 am
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by DramaQueen - September 28, 2014 at 9:26 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Whateverist - September 28, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by pocaracas - September 29, 2014 at 12:50 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by JuliaL - September 28, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Natachan - September 28, 2014 at 10:39 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 28, 2014 at 11:14 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by vorlon13 - September 28, 2014 at 11:57 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Minimalist - September 28, 2014 at 11:28 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Mudhammam - September 29, 2014 at 12:15 am
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 29, 2014 at 10:38 am
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by DramaQueen - September 29, 2014 at 12:15 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Minimalist - September 29, 2014 at 12:24 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Huggy Bear - September 29, 2014 at 12:43 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 12:44 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Huggy Bear - September 29, 2014 at 12:49 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 12:51 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Huggy Bear - September 29, 2014 at 1:03 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by FreeTony - September 29, 2014 at 12:52 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 1:10 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Huggy Bear - September 29, 2014 at 1:17 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 1:20 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Huggy Bear - September 29, 2014 at 1:26 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by FatAndFaithless - September 29, 2014 at 1:21 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by DramaQueen - September 29, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by vorlon13 - September 29, 2014 at 1:30 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Crossless1 - September 29, 2014 at 1:30 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Minimalist - September 29, 2014 at 2:29 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 29, 2014 at 2:32 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 1:28 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Huggy Bear - September 29, 2014 at 1:34 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 1:35 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Anomalocaris - September 29, 2014 at 1:38 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 29, 2014 at 1:44 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Neo-Scholastic - September 29, 2014 at 1:58 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 2:30 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 2:39 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by professor - September 29, 2014 at 2:59 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Randy Carson - September 15, 2015 at 5:55 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2014 at 3:21 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by mr350 - September 15, 2015 at 2:52 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Randy Carson - September 15, 2015 at 5:01 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by pocaracas - September 15, 2015 at 5:51 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Randy Carson - September 15, 2015 at 6:00 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by pocaracas - September 15, 2015 at 6:42 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Randy Carson - September 15, 2015 at 7:10 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by pocaracas - September 15, 2015 at 7:48 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Randy Carson - September 16, 2015 at 2:44 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by pocaracas - September 16, 2015 at 5:32 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by abaris - September 15, 2015 at 5:13 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Randy Carson - September 15, 2015 at 5:20 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by abaris - September 15, 2015 at 5:27 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Randy Carson - September 15, 2015 at 6:03 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Whateverist - September 16, 2015 at 8:59 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 16, 2015 at 9:41 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Whateverist - September 16, 2015 at 11:29 pm
RE: Questions About the Rapture - by Jenny A - September 16, 2015 at 11:32 pm

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