The Coming Rapture

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The paper explains that the Rapture doctrine may not be spelled out in the Bible, but it is epistemologically and theologically consistent with the books of the Gospels and of Revelation, as well as the expressed notion of Jesus?s cosmological significance. The author points out that the Rapture is a physical action that is prefigured in the Old Testament and makes reference to what will occur during the Rapture, that is, a cleansing and a removal of the faithful from the world of idols into an equally, physically manifest world of heavenly life. The paper relates that, in John 14:2-3, Christ foretells his coming back to the earth after the crucifixion and resurrection of his body.

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"Although the word "rapture" itself, nor the doctrinal explanation of "rapture" in its strictest sense, is not to be found in the scriptures of either the Hebraic or the New Testaments, this does not invalidate its truth. It is true as well that the idea of the coming even where all the faithful will be physically taken up into the spiritual bosom of Christ is not specifically and literally cited in scripture, either. But the idea of rapture as expressed in the Christian community today amongst the faithful is an idea that is manifest throughout the Holy Bible."

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