Rethinking the Rapture: A Call to Discussion

This Sunday we continued to go over the topic of the Rapture and the End times. We’ve gone over it for the past 3 weeks and instead of doing a recap let’s start a discussion in the comment section. What are some questions we still have about this topic? I for one have changed my entire view on the rapture. I now see it as a promise instead of a time of destruction for those who are saved. I know now that if I give my life to Christ and accept him as Lord over my life, when the Lord comes, I will be taken back home. When I was younger I always associated the rapture with the sky crashing in, the floor opening up and a bunch of terrible things. It made up my worst nightmares. My perspective is totally changed now but whats your take on this? Let’s ask questions and reply to other’s questions to further our understanding. Here are 4 questions to start the discussion and PLEASE participate. 

• What are the key differences between the concepts of the Rapture and the Second Coming of Christ in Christian eschatology?
• How do different Christian denominations interpret the timing of the Rapture in relation to the Tribulation period?
• What biblical passages are most commonly cited to support the belief in the Rapture, and how are they interpreted?
• How does the belief in the Rapture influence the way Christians live their daily lives and prepare for the end times?