Honestly… I thought that the Christian Rapture was a religious concept going back to the very beginning of the religion.
Nope. John Nelson Darby created it in the 1800s, after he had a fall and a knocked his nogging real hard.
Look him up. It’s a hoot.
Usual Christian fundamentalist BS. Based on... 3 verses in the book of apocalypse if I remember correctly?
Edit: it's called "Revelations" in English. I knew that. Bad Parade! Bad!
The opening of Revelation says that it is about stuff that is going to happen "soon."
"Soon" is an extremely elastic concept in Christian eschatology.
@AlexanderVI @ParadeGrotesque @GayDeceiver That it is!
It's worth noting, though, that when Yeshua of Nazareth told his followers that he would return "soon," they all expected it to be within their lifetimes.
I have no sources on hand for this but can track some down if need be. I'm currently going off of what I recall from various sermons & lessons via the church of my childhood, youth, and 1/2-adulthood. (I've been out for 16 years.)
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There is a verse in 3 of the 4 gospels that falls within a chapter talking about apocalypse based shenanigans that says variations on a theme of:
"Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened"
Matthew 24 v34
Mark 13 v30
Luke 21 v32
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You gotta give it to the Synoptics, at least they all say the same wrong thing.
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Court Cantrell does not comply
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