{"id":3655,"date":"2005-12-29T17:35:38","date_gmt":"2005-12-29T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2019-07-21T14:25:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T19:25:25","slug":"what-does-the-bible-say-about-the-rapture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-the-bible-say-about-the-rapture\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the Bible say about the Rapture?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I am 13 years old. I am attempting to write a fictional book about the Rapture. I know nothing about the Rapture other than what the Bible says. I would like some in-depth understanding of this phenomenon in order to write my book better. Could you help me, please?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Writing a book is certainly an ambitious project, but any consideration of the Rapture would have to be fictional since it doesn&#8217;t appear in the Bible. See the following for more details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-ruse-of-the-rapture\/\">The Ruse of the Rapture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-rapture\/\">What is the Rapture?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/people-love-to-have-it-so-the-rapture\/\">People Love To Have It So: The Rapture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Rapture is a part of a series of beliefs called Premillennialism. It was developed in the 1800s. The article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/an-overview-of-premillennial-theories\/\">An Overview of Premillennial Theories<\/a>&#8221; will give you information about what the various versions teach (there isn&#8217;t one theory).<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you could write a fictionalized account of what the second coming of Christ will be like which is actually based on the teachings of the Bible. That is rare to find. See the articles on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/tag\/second-coming\/\">The Second Coming of Christ<\/a>&#8221; \u00a0If you have more questions, just write to me again. I&#8217;ll be happy to try and answer them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I am 13 years old. I am attempting to write a fictional book about the Rapture. I know nothing about the Rapture other than what the Bible says. I would like some in-depth understanding of this phenomenon in order to write my book better. Could you help me, please? Answer: Writing a book is&hellip;<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[344,343],"class_list":["post-3655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-premillennialism","tag-rapture"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3545,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-people-receive-christ-after-the-rapture\/","url_meta":{"origin":3655,"position":0},"title":"Can people receive Christ after the Rapture?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 5, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I know the\u00a0Left Behind\u00a0series is fictional, but is there any truth to the part where so many people received Christ after the rapture, or is it too late by then? Answer: The problem with the fictional series\u00a0Left Behind\u00a0is that it is based on religious concepts not found in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7020,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-you-werent-a-part-of-the-rapture-and-had-to-face-the-tribulation-would-that-shake-your-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":3655,"position":1},"title":"If you weren&#8217;t a part of the rapture and had to face the tribulation, would that shake your faith?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a question for you concerning the rapture. I have been thinking about this a long time and I was wondering what you thought of this. With all that is happening in the world today, we all know the end of the world is at hand. My question\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16895,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/thank-you-for-explaining-so-clearly-why-rapture-is-not-biblical\/","url_meta":{"origin":3655,"position":2},"title":"Thank you for explaining so clearly why &#8216;rapture&#8217; is not biblical","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Thank you for explaining so clearly why 'rapture' is not biblical. Answer: You're welcome. See the other\u00a0articles on Premillennialism\u00a0as well.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51560,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-rapture-article-is-highly-inaccurate\/","url_meta":{"origin":3655,"position":3},"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. How else does a world order be ushered in without millions going missing?\u00a0 If there is no rapture there is no changing of the bodies. Christ isn't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47817,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/im-afraid-ill-be-left-behind-in-the-rapture\/","url_meta":{"origin":3655,"position":4},"title":"I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;ll be left behind in the rapture","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello! I am a born-again Christian. I became one about two years ago, and now I am feeling more doubt about my faith. Then I would find myself scared of the rapture and being left behind. I would call my family if I was home alone to see if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":87505,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-rapture\/","url_meta":{"origin":3655,"position":5},"title":"The Rapture","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Mark Bass In the last twenty to twenty-five years, we have heard a great deal about the rapture. In the de-nominational world, book after book has been printed dealing with this mysterious subject. 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