To: CynicalBear
>> excepting that the word “rapture” is not in the Bible.<<
The rapture event is mentioned in the Bible. What ISN'T mentioned in the Bible is Purgatory.
23 posted on
04/01/2012 11:12:30 AM PDT by
crosshairs
(Some ideas are so stupid, only intellectuals believe them. --- George Orwell)
To: crosshairs
But there are many references to Purgatory, just as some on this thread are claiming there are reference to rapture.
34 posted on
04/01/2012 3:20:59 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: crosshairs
>> The rapture event is mentioned in the Bible. What ISN'T mentioned in the Bible is Purgatory.<<
Correct. Also that Mary was bodily assumed into heaven or that she is the “queen of heaven”.
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