I would like to start by laying a foundation to support our view that this is a modern invention, the Scottish concept of rapture, I mean. How do I go about this? I believe it is only by doing this that I can lend any credence to our views that a person not inclined to believe in modern-day prophets would accept.

Stacy.

At 09:55 AM 11/21/2002 -0700, you wrote:

If she has a well-developed theological vocabulary, start by telling her our
eschatology is mildly millennarist, but not developed to the point where we worry
about either pre- mid- or post-millennarism. We also reject the late 19th-century
Scottish innovation known as "rapture."

Stacy Smith wrote:

> My sister is asking about our view of end times. Since this gets very
> complicated--explaining things even from the beginning basics to someone
> who really has no desire to convert--how would you suggest I explain this
> subject to my sister? I am in a quandary.
>
> Stacy.
>

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