Toolbox For Faith

As I drove by a church on my way to drop my son off at camp, I looked over at their sign and saw, “The Summer heat is nothing compared to what you could experience for eternity. Prepare for the Rapture today!” Intellectually, I understand that there are groups of Christians who believe strongly that the rapture is real, but I guess, deep down, I hoped that the failed rapture prediction from last May would open a few eyes and turn people away from that interpretation of scripture. Since, however, rapture teaching probably isn’t going away anytime soon, I’d recommend “The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation” by Barbara R. Rossing. It is an excellent book and she does a wonderful job of giving both the background on how rapture teaching emerged and a hope filled interpretation of the book of Revelation. You can find the book on Amazon here.