According to "ChristianTok", the Rapture happens on September ̷2̷3̷r̷d̷...or maybe the 24th

[Zaida Gearbox]

Outside of TikTok and people making fun of this I haven't heard anyone talking about this. None of my evangelical friends have said anything about it. The few I've asked said they hadn't heard anything about it.

As far as I know all Christian branches believe Jesus will eventually return. Just how that happens is a matter of debate. The Orthodox Church says when Jesus comes back he is coming to rein. NT Wright makes the same assertion in his book Surprised By Hope.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Outside of TikTok and people making fun of this I haven't heard anyone talking about this. None of my evangelical friends have said anything about it. The few I've asked said they hadn't heard anything about it.

As far as I know all Christian branches believe Jesus will eventually return. Just how that happens is a matter of debate. The Orthodox Church says when Jesus comes back he is coming to rein. NT Wright makes the same assertion in his book Surprised By Hope.

Agreed. I think most religious people are well aware of the long history of faulty end times predictions. I think this was mostly a thing among young tiktokers who needed to learn that lesson.

 

[Soen Eber]

This reminds me of the "interpretation" of this quote:



This meaning is clear, but I heard the prosperity gospel knuckleheads trying to say there was a big stone arch called "Eye of Needle" or something like that... so it's actually very easy!!!! This is obviously just made up and would also make the whole statement pointless. Why have this in the bible at all if it had such a trivial meaning?

It's one of the gates of ancient Jerusalem, supposedly rather difficult to get through. It might be a sally port or something similar which exists in many stone fortifications and city walls, just big enough to send a scouting party out through to check enemy encampments and movements or in peace-time just to scout out the immediate area for anything suspicious, but too small and defensible for an organized assault.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

One of the oldest urban legends. The other exculpatory interpretation is that the word used should be translated as "cable" rather than "camel".

 

[Soen Eber]

One of the oldest urban legends. The other exculpatory interpretation is that the word used should be translated as "cable" rather than "camel".

You're right.

And since I would normally quote my sources to back it up, it would be unfair not to post a source confirming your side as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle

 

[Beebo Brink]

One of the oldest urban legends. The other exculpatory interpretation is that the word used should be translated as "cable" rather than "camel".

To call this an "urban legend" seems a bit extreme. At worst it's a reasonable theory, proposed without supporting evidence. Which doesn't mean it's wrong, just that the origins are probably too old to ever find proof.

The imagery of a cable or thick rope going through the eye of a needle, or a camel going through a gate called the Eye of the Needle, makes much more conceptual sense than the mixed metaphor of a camel going through the eye of a needle. It's bad enough that there are innumerable angels dancing on the head of a pin.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

To call this an "urban legend" seems a bit extreme.

Technically it's an actual legend. It's like a thousand years old, but Jerusalem has been urban for a lot longer than that.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

It's one of the gates of ancient Jerusalem, supposedly rather difficult to get through. It might be a sally port or something similar which exists in many stone fortifications and city walls, just big enough to send a scouting party out through to check enemy encampments and movements or in peace-time just to scout out the immediate area for anything suspicious, but too small and defensible for an organized assault.

Is it, though? I've heard that interpretation often enough, but no-one has ever been any reliable historical references to a gate in Jerusalem know as "the Eye of the Needle."

Apparently, too, the various gospels that tell the story all use somewhat different greek terms for different types of needle, some specific and some generic, to refer to it, rather than the same one as one might expect for a reference to a well-known place.

The point is important because it changes the meaning from "it's impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven" to "it's possible, though difficult."

Since the gospels then have the disciples saying, in effect, "WTF?" and Jesus saying something to the effect of, for humans it's impossible but with God all things are possible, I think the impossibility of getting the camel through the eye of the (sewing or tent making) needle without divine intervention is the whole point of the story.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

To call this an "urban legend" seems a bit extreme. At worst it's a reasonable theory, proposed without supporting evidence. Which doesn't mean it's wrong, just that the origins are probably too old to ever find proof.

It's bad enough that there are innumerable angels dancing on the head of a pin.

That one's easy -- as many as God wants there to be.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

One of the oldest urban legends. The other exculpatory interpretation is that the word used should be translated as "cable" rather than "camel".

Great. All this time I've been watching Camel TV.

 

[Free]

Great. All this time I've been watching Camel TV.

Every day is hump day on Camel TV!

 

[Free]

So, any guess what percentage of the Rapturists (I know what that looks like!) are at Carvana lots right now demanding their cars back?

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

and the End of The World is still pending, perhaps postponed due to technical difficulties.

Or it's already happened. It would certainly explain a lot.

 

[Beebo Brink]

 

[Free]

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[Casey Pelous]

So, it didn't happen?

Well, I'll be dipped.

 

[Noodles]

God, I kind of get it. People want to feel like they arepart of something big. They want to feel.important and not like nothing really matters in the end.

 

[Free]

God, I kind of get it. People want to feel like they arepart of something big. They want to feel.important and not like nothing really matters in the end.

Also the part about feeling superior to and chosen over all the remaining worms.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

God, I kind of get it. People want to feel like they arepart of something big. They want to feel.important and not like nothing really matters in the end.

It would be easier to understand if this kind of BS only happened once a generation.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Also the part about feeling superior to and chosen over all the remaining worms.

This is the crux. These people aren't seeking community as much as they are seeking status. God loves ME, not you! I am CHOSEN, and you're a LOSER!