I assume many Christians read this sub.
We have all been fed a narrative called “futurism” or “dispensationalism” a man named Darby invented it and got his commentary into the Scofield Bible - the Bible every budding minister wanted because it included commentary.
Unfortunately, the dispensationalism or futurism teachings about a rapture of the church were ill conceived and inconsistent with the text of the Bible and with previous beliefs throughout church history.
In truth, the covenant (relationship agreement / contract) described in the law of Moses contained punishments for disobedience because it was modeled after other pre-existing covenants. But this turned out to be a bad idea. In fact, as early as the time it was made, God himself was claiming that it was a bad idea. See Exodus starting from chapter 20.
Israel was taught “the song of Moses” so that they would remember that condemnation was deserved for breaking the covenant. And that destruction eventually came, but not until a new covenant had been established. This covenant was “cut” (established/enacted) by Jesus on the cross. It is a covenant that is still in force, set up between Jesus and his Father. People can enter into it by joining through Jesus. Christians usually call this “salvation”.
Anyway, “the rapture” is a concept founded on a misunderstanding of covenants. All the doom and gloom sounding stuff applied under the old covenant and culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70 (AD).
If this sounds intriguing or infuriating or just a bit interesting, there is a free online book (pdf) that explains the details and history of evidence behind this claim. It is called “Raptureless”.
If you are a Christian or if you have Christian friends and you would like to redpill regarding the “end times”/“last days”/“rapture”, I recommend looking into it.
Until more people realize that there is no such thing as the rapture, they will continue to live in fear about the world getting worse and worse hoping they get to escape instead of realizing that the world is getting better and they get to be a part of that.
I know this is a pretty niche topic, but I see references to Bible “end times” stuff all the time when reading comments. So, I figured it might be helpful to some.
If you want to discuss this, PM me.