The second distinct difference between Judaism and Christianity is the belief in the concept of “Rapture”- a supernatural event first raised as an idea less than 200 years ago whereby true believers are somehow transported to safety during the great tribulation, but then united with God, the Earth and the Messiah when the Messianic age begins. |
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| While modern rapture theologians have created a complex set of arguments claiming the existence of the concept of "rapture" prophecy within the early scriptures, it was an evangelical Irish minister named John Nelson Darby who in 1827 upon founding of a Christian sect known as the "Brethren" first spoke of the concept of "secret rapture". | ||
| Darby recognized that while Judgment Day and the threat of eternal damnation provided some leverage as a "stick" for keeping Christians in church and making donations, good and faithful Christians still had to face the prospect of pain and suffering before the End of Days. | ||
| Darby's concept of Rapture- the idea that the Messiah Jesus will take the faithful few away prior to the death and destruction to be inflicted upon the Earth was a brilliant strategy to counterpoint the harsh protestant message of "fire and brimstone". | ||
| However, in order to make it work, Rapture now emphasizes along with Judgment Day and the end of days the complete destruction of the Earth and the end of all life. This is because unlike previous prophecies more in line with Judaic belief of a transition- Rapturites needed to explain how people could be taken away by Jesus and saved from pain and suffering. If the world continued, they risked the credibility question of how they come back? | ||
| Since the days of Darby, the concept of Rapture has become so powerful within the Christian churches that even the Catholic Church acknowledges it as a legitimate part of End Times Philosophy. | ||
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