Saturday, May 21, 2011

The Rapture



A 1970's movie about the pre-tribulation rapture



The opening scene of "A Thief in the Night"


The scenes showing the rapture, and a 1970's conception of the Mark of the Beast


For those wondering what the Orthodox view of the Rapture is, I would recommend this two part article by Sister Anastasia (now Mother Agapia) (Stephanopoulos) on the subject:

Will you meet the Lord in the "Rapture", Part I

Will you meet the Lord in the "Rapture", Part II

Many Protestants take this doctrine as a given, and are unaware that prior to the 1850's, no one had ever conceived of such a thing.