The Rapture and the Scofield Bible

Millions of Americans grew up with a clear picture of the end. One day, without warning, believers vanish: cars without drivers, clothes left on the seat. Those left behind face seven years of horror while the world collapses. Jesus did speak about his return. The question is what he said he wanted to find when he came.

You may have been taught this as plainly as you were taught the Lord's Prayer, and you may hold it now. Let's look at where it came from and set it beside his words. You don't need anyone's permission to follow him, inside a church or outside one, and you don't need a chart of the end to do it.

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