Never heard of term Rapture — is it same as Second Coming?

well, that was a waste of time.

From Wikipedia:

The majority of broadly Christian and mainline churches do not subscribe to pretribulational views. Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, United Methodists,[10] the United Church of Christ, and most Reformed Christians do not generally use rapture as a specific theological term, nor do they generally subscribe to the premillennial dispensational views associated with its use. Instead these groups typically interpret rapture in the sense of the elect gathering with Christ in Heaven after His second coming[11][12][13] and reject the idea that a large segment of humanity will be left behind on earth for an extended tribulation period after the events of 1 Thessalonians 4:17.[14]

Please stop painting all Christians with the same brush.

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Anonymous wrote:Some Christians don’t believe in the rapture

+1

It’s not part of my Church’s theology. Nor is believing this is an act of God.

I do think this is the end of the world as we know it and that’s not a bad thing. Hopefully, a kinder, gentler, less wasteful, more responsible humanity emerges.

This is the first I've heard anyone say anything about the rapture and the pandemic, but your comment got me thinking about what religions do and don't believe in a rapture. Don't all christians believe in a resurrection and second coming? Isn't that the same as a rapture but just different wording? Very curious.

No, it’s not.

The Rapture is the idea that a certain set number of devout individuals will be physically carried off to Heaven and this spared the horrors of a thousand year war between good and evil that commences with the second coming. Few Christian religions teach this. It entered the mainstream consciousness because of the Left Behind book series.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, already seen the Facebook posts from my fundie relatives about how we are in the "end times" and how rapture is coming. Umm... I don't even bother to say anything.

This is interesting. On the flip side, a Christian influencer I follow (Makerista) posted Instagram stories from HomeGoods. Someone wrote to her that seeing her out and about made them feel better. She posted a screen shot of the comment with a quote from scripture about how the spirit will protect the faithful.

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Curious. When someone announces it's the rapture, what do they say afterward when it turns out it's not?

Any... glimmer of enlightenment there?

Cultists do not admit to error. They simply move the goalposts.

Curious. When someone announces it's the rapture, what do they say afterward when it turns out it's not?

Any... glimmer of enlightenment there?

Yeah, already seen the Facebook posts from my fundie relatives about how we are in the "end times" and how rapture is coming. Umm... I don't even bother to say anything.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some Christians don’t believe in the rapture

+1

It’s not part of my Church’s theology. Nor is believing this is an act of God.

I do think this is the end of the world as we know it and that’s not a bad thing. Hopefully, a kinder, gentler, less wasteful, more responsible humanity emerges.

This is the first I've heard anyone say anything about the rapture and the pandemic, but your comment got me thinking about what religions do and don't believe in a rapture. Don't all christians believe in a resurrection and second coming? Isn't that the same as a rapture but just different wording? Very curious.

This Christian says - not a rapture.

No it is a pandemic, virus

Anonymous wrote:Some Christians don’t believe in the rapture

+1

It’s not part of my Church’s theology. Nor is believing this is an act of God.

I do think this is the end of the world as we know it and that’s not a bad thing. Hopefully, a kinder, gentler, less wasteful, more responsible humanity emerges.

Some Christians don’t believe in the rapture

Oh, really? Who?

Amazing how many people out there think this is the rapture.