The rapture, the ascent of Jesus' faithful flock to heaven at the end of the world, is enthusiastically anticipated by many evangelical Christians.

But is this expectation grounded in what the Bible actually sets?

Today, Dr. Bart Erman joins me to talk about the rapture, what it is, and whether it actually appears in the Bible.

Welcome to misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman.

The only show, where a six-time New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned Bible

scholar, uncovers the many fascinating, little-known facts about the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the

rise of Christianity. I'm your host, Megan Lewis. Let's begin. Welcome back everybody to

misquoting Jesus, where today we are talking about the rapture. We've also got our bonus segment

this week, which is listeners'

questions right at the end, where I'm going to be asking Bart if Jesus and Paul were on

psychedelic drugs. So make sure you stick around for that. Before all of that, though, Bart,

how are you doing this week?

Yep, doing pretty well. I'm up in New Hampshire, visiting my daughter and her family, and this is a

gorgeous part of the world. And lots of trees and lots of lakes, and it's not yet spring yet.

I'm having two springs this year. So, yeah, how are you doing? Yeah, very well. Thank you. We've had some lovely weather.

It's been really nice to get outside and see some friends and do just gardening things.

So, yeah, doing well, enjoying spring that has actually arrived in Maryland.

Ah, very good, good. Now, before we get to the rapture, I have our usual icebreaker question.

And I would like to know this week what the most rewarding moment that you have had as a teacher is.

The most rewarding moment I've had as a teacher.

That's a really good question. I think one of the most rewarding was I won a,

I won my first teaching prize was like in 1994 or something. And I was just really kind of

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