THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY HISTORY OF THE RAPTURE Origins of the Rapture The concept of the Rapture, which is the belief that believers in Jesus Christ will be taken up into heaven before a period of tribulation on Earth, is not found in the Bible. The belief in the Rapture is based on a […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY HISTORY OF THE RAPTURE The Rapture: Encyclopedia.com According to the beliefs of the born-again Christians concerning the end times, the Rapture is an event when Christians will be taken up into the air to meet Christ in the sky. Many believe that the Rapture will happen unexpectedly and that those Christians […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY HISTORY OF THE RAPTURE The History of the Rapture This doctrine is new; it was never taught or even discussed prior to the 1830’s. It seems to have first come from a “prophetic vision” by Margaret Macdonald, a woman in 1830, who was a part of the cult group the […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY RAPTURE What Is the Rapture and Is it Biblical? Updated September 22, 2025 What is the rapture? And what does the Bible say about it? Many are familiar with the term. But all too often their understanding of the rapture is based more on popular writings like the Left Behind […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY RAPTURE the Rapture – Religion the Rapture, in Christianity, the eschatological (concerned with the last things and Endtime) belief that both living and dead believers will ascend into heaven to meet Jesus Christ at the Second Coming (Parousia). Scriptural basis and views The belief in the Rapture emerged from the anticipation that Jesus would return to redeem all members of […]
THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY RAPTURE In Christianity, the Rapture is a belief about the end times where living believers are “caught up” to meet Jesus in the air, often followed by the return of Christ to Earth. The term “Rapture” itself isn’t in the Bible but comes from the Latin word rapio, derived from the […]