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The rapture: Hoax or Hope?

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Background:

The rapture is belief that is almost exclusively confined to conservative Protestants. It involves Jesus Christ returning from Heaven towards earth. In violation of the law of gravity. Saved individuals -- both dead and alive -- are expected by believers in the rapture to rise up in the air and join Jesus in the sky.

The concept of the rapture is a relatively new belief within Christianity, having been created in the mid 19th century.

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Topics covered in this section:

bulletIntroduction: What is the rapture? The main biblical supporting passage at 1 Thessalonians 4.
 
bulletAdditional Bible verses.  When will it happen?
 
bulletWhat will happen during the rapture?  About the "secret rapture."

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