Rapture: The End-Times Error That Leaves The Bible Behind - Plot & Excerpts
It was a thorough examination of just that sort that led me, a convinced rapturist Fundamentalist, to reconcile with the Roman Catholic Church almost a decade ago. (My book Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic provides details of the journey.) While the Catholic appeals to Scripture, Tradition, and the teaching authority, or Magisterium, of the Church to guide his beliefs, rapturists claim to rely exclusively on the ostensibly clear and self-interpreting text of the Bible. So it is fair to ask whether the rapturist belief system is the best way to understand the relevant Scripture passages, considered apart from other authoritative voices. Of course, as Catholics, we would say this approach removes two legs of the three-legged stool of truth. But discounting for our purposes Sacred Tradition and the Magisterium, can the rapture theory really do justice to what the Bible teaches? HOW WE WILL PROCEED To be thorough and fair, I will attempt to survey all of the relevant passages, looking at the common rapturist interpretation of each and trying to determine whether it is the best understanding.
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