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The Rapture and end of time theology

Jon Mayled offers some insights into the fascinating belief that committed followers of Jesus Christ will be raptured into heaven before Jesus’s return.

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The Rapture is a future event relating to the parousia or ‘second coming’ of Jesus, usually explained by reference to 1 Thessalonians 4:17:

Although unheard of by some Christians, the doctrine of the Rapture continues to be an important component in fundamentalist Christian theology. Many followers of this doctrine and groups such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that it will be 144,000 elect who are lifted straight to join Christ:

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