article on rapture<\/a>, I’m a member of the church and have been having a discussion with a family member about the rapture. I found your article and it really helped me out!<\/p>\n\tAnswer:<\/h2>\n
I’m glad it helped and I hope you find the other material on the site equally useful in your studies.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Just wanted to say I enjoyed the\u00a0article on rapture, I’m a member of the church and have been having a discussion with a family member about the rapture. I found your article and it really helped me out! Answer: I’m glad it helped and I hope you find the other material on the site…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[127,343],"class_list":["post-20600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-rapture"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51560,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-rapture-article-is-highly-inaccurate\/","url_meta":{"origin":20600,"position":0},"title":"Your rapture article is highly inaccurate","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I find your\u00a0rapture\u00a0article highly inaccurate as you throw verses together that clearly have no harmony with the calling up of God's people. 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