There Paul speaks of believers being “caught up” to be with the Lord in the air (v. At that time, he will snatch away his saints to heaven.Īdvocates of this dogma contend that it is biblically based in 1 Thessalonians 4:14ff.

The rapture notion asserts that some seven years before he begins his earthly, millennial reign, Christ will secretly and silently come to earth. Let us focus upon the so-called rapture theory, since it is central to this controversy. The tragic fact of the matter is, the doctrinal premises upon which the books are based are no less fabricated than the fictional story lines with which they are presented. The proponents of this doctrine claim that when the rapture occurs, the unrighteous will be left behind, hence the background for this Left Behind series of religious dramas. One of the leading elements of dispensationalism is the doctrine of the “rapture,” i.e., the supposed snatching away of the saints at the time of Christ’s return (reputedly in the not-distant future). The various titles in the Jenkins-LaHaye sequence are Left Behind, Tribulation Force, Nicolae, Soul Harvest, Apollyon, Assassins, and The Indwelling. The series of seven books is creating a sensation among religious readers and apparently becoming an effective medium for the advocacy of the eschatological (end of time) dogma known as dispensational premillennialism. The foregoing is the promotional blurb for the first volume in the so-called Left-Behind series, co-authored by Jerry B. As Steele begins his search for answers, he learns that the Christ has come to take the faithful with Him in preparation for the coming apocalyptic battle between good and evil.

When Steele radios to London to report the situation, he discovers that the incident on his plane is not an isolated phenomenon but a worldwide occurrence. Rayford Steele’s plane suddenly and mysteriously disappear. On a flight from Chicago to London, several passengers aboard Capt.

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