Rapture

rapture English Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Rapture.wav US Proper noun 1 rapture en Christianity In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ. en https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/the-rapture-is-not-saturday-its-tonight/239177/ The Rapture Is Not Saturday; It's Tonight w:The Atlantic 2011-05-20 Tina Dupuy The end of the world will be at exactly 6 p.m. on May 21, 2011, says Camping, who along with his organization, Family Radio, are behind those billboards across the country forecasting the Rapture this Saturday. The Rapture, the Last Days, Armageddon and the Final Days of Judgment are all interchangeable. It's when God will destroy the Earth to show his love for humanity. https://web.archive.org/web/20120110013930/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/the-rapture-is-not-saturday-its-tonight/239177/ en https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/05/the-housing-market-is-not-rapture-ready/239254/ The Housing Market is Not Rapture Ready The Atlantic 2011-05-21 Megan McArdle Brian J Dunn points out an aspect of the Rapture I hadn't considered: thousands, even millions, of new housing vacancies coming onto an already oversaturated market. If you notice your more religious neighbors go missing at 6 pm this evening, you should be prepared for the possibility that not only will Satan be freely walking the earth for seven years as 75% of humanity perishes in earthquakes, fires, and plague, but also that home values could fall as much as another 10%, leading to further weakening of economic growth, and great financial hardship for families with underwater mortgages. https://web.archive.org/web/20251211225024/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/05/the-housing-market-is-not-rapture-ready/239254/ 11 December 2025 Translations gathering up of believers in end times Catalan: ca rapte, ca arravatament Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 被提 bèití Dutch: nl verrukking f, nl wegvoering f Finnish: fi ylöstempaus French: fr ravissement m, fr enlèvement m Galician: gl arranque m, gl arrautada f, gl arreutada f, gl arreuto m, gl arrebato m, gl arroutada f, gl arrouto m, gl rauto m German: de Entrückung Greek: el αναρπαγή Hebrew: he התלהבות hitlahavút, he סוף העידן sof ha'idán Icelandic: is burthrifning f Italian: it rapimento, it estasi f Japanese: ja 携挙 けいきょ, keikyo Polish: pl Pochwycenie n Portuguese: pt arrebatamento Romanian: ro răpirea Russian: ru восхищение m Spanish: es arrebatamiento m, es rapto m, es arrebato m Swedish: sv uppryckande n Further reading Anagrams en aeprrtu parture en Eschatology