{"product_id":"rapture-the-end-times-error-that-leaves-the-bible-behind","title":"Rapture: The End-Times Error That Leaves the Bible Behind","description":"\u003cp\u003eby David Currie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ns-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe end-times error that leaves the Bible behind!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor David Currie grew up convinced that one day all true Christians will suddenly be snatched up to heaven. The unfortunate souls left behind by this \"rapture\" will endure seven horrible years of tribulation, at the end of which Christ will return to earth for a glorious thousand-year reign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, millions of Christians accept this end-times theology, assuming - as Currie did -- that the Bible clearly teaches it. Many plan their whole lives around it. But, after studying Scripture for decades, Currie has come to see that if you accept the Bible, you have to reject the rapture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these remarkable pages - which constitute the world's most careful and thorough scriptural study of the rapture - Currie demonstrates why. He considers all the relevant verses (and there are hundreds!) and examines them in the light of ancient history, the writings of the earliest Christians, and the claims of rapturist theologians. With painstaking thoroughness, he unlocks the meanings of the key biblical prophecies that culminate in Christ's Messianic Kingdom - including those verses in Daniel, Matthew, and Revelation that rapturists turn to most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarshalling evidence that's as startling as it is compelling, Currie argues that these prophecies of war and tribulation don't point to some still-unrealized apocalyptic future. Rather, most of them were fulfilled long ago: the spiritual, priestly Kingdom prefigured in the Old Testament was inaugurated on Calvary, consummated in 70 A.D. with the destruction of the Temple, and continues to exist today . . . in the Catholic Church! That may surprise you. Yet, shows Currie, it's the only conclusion that fits all the scriptural and historical evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRapture: The End-Times Error That Leaves the Bible Behind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emakes Scripture, prophecy, and history come alive; and it demonstrates that if you open your Bible, you'll find that God's plan for the future of the world is not filled with darkness and disaster, but with light, mercy, and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"We can all learn much from David Currie, not only from what he says, which is wise, but from how he says it, which is Catholic and Christian.\" From the Foreword by Scott Hahn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 1,300 references to Scripture, the early Church Fathers, authors and events in ancient history, and contemporary rapturist theologians\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen detailed timelines relating biblical prophecy to key historical events\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe biblical case for the rapture (showing why so many accept it)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA survey of the thoughts of the early Church Fathers about the end-times\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA history of the development of rapturist theories, showing how this heresy has been refuted time and again by the Church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA short course in the proper methods of reading Scripture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA survey of end-times hypotheses from the first century through 9\/11\/2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNine ground rules you must follow if you are to make sense of biblical prophecy and relate it to salvation history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 10-page annotated bibliography of rapturist sources ancient and new\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlus, much more to help you understand and evaluate the claims of rapturists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmong the sources cited:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulius Africanus • St. Athanasius • St. Augustine • Pope Benedict XV • Andreas of Cappadocia • St. Clement of Alexandria • G. K. Chesterton • St. John Chrysostom • St. Clement of Rome • St. Cyril of Jerusalem • St. Epiphanius of Salamis • Josémaria Escriva •\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCatechism of the Catholic Church\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDei Verbum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e•\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnchiridion Symbolorum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e• Eusebius • St. Hippolytus of Rome • St. Ignatius of Antioch • St. Irenaeus • St. Jerome • Flavius Josephus • St. Justin Martyr • Tim LaHaye • Pope Leo XIII • C. S. 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