Welcome to Tim Minut Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Keith Simon.

And I'm Patrick Miller.

In this episode Patrick and I are going to tackle a fun topic.

I think a topic that you've probably heard about and it's kind of fun to discuss and think through the history and the practical

application of the rapture. Patrick, when did you first hear the rapture? I think I

first heard about the rapture from my mom. My mom became a Christian when I was in the fourth grade so I didn't really

grow up in church or church culture but the church she went to was really invested in this

90s book series. A lot of people will recognize it called Left Behind. They've actually been movies made about. There's a Nicholas Cage one.

If you're a great Nicholas Cage lover, I'm sure you've already seen it. But one of the things that happens in the book is that Jesus returns and everybody gets raptured,

which apparently means they like bodily disappear or like their bodies.

I don't know.

All I know is that their clothes get left behind and then they fly up into this guy to be with Jesus and he rescues them off into heaven for a tribulation.

And did you know all that when you were a kid or...

Well, I knew enough to know that when I came home and couldn't find my mom it was possible she got

she got raptured and I was just left behind. Your mom was a rapture evangelist I guess right? I don't know if she was.

I mean on one level I think I liked that as a kid because it's kind of interesting

you know like like what if this rapture happened planes are crashing and cars are

you know like as a fifth sixth grader that's pretty cool stuff.

You must have been a pretty anxious kid if you immediately went to. I can't find

mom. She must have been rapture. Oh crap she's rapture. Well and now I love the rapture

because a really fun thing to do is go online and search for rapture memes.

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