The Problem with the Rapture
The problem with the Rapture is that it’s not Biblical – at least not as taught in evangelical churches. The Bible is clear that Jesus is coming back some day, but not in the way that we learn in church. The typical church teaching is that Jesus is coming back to Earth, Christians will rise to meet him in the air, and then Jesus will take all the Christians to heaven to live with him forever. This Rapture will be connected with a seven-year tribulation that will engulf the Earth – the Rapture will occur either before the tribulation, or in the middle of the tribulation, or maybe at the end of the tribulation. This set of doctrines is almost entirely unscriptural. The only part that’s scriptural is that Jesus really is coming back to Earth. First, two interesting points. 1. The word “Rapture” does not appear anywhere in the Bible. This doesn’t prove that the doctrine is wrong (after all, the word “Trinity” doesn’t appear anywhere either) but it should make u