El Cid,
Ah, 1968, That is about when I remember seeing bumper stickers on cars saying “In case of Rapture, this car will be unmanned.” I wondered what it meant. No internet back then to look up the theory. I found the definition in a dictionary. Thought about it and decided That when the end comes, one needs to be ready and strengthening one’s faith was more important than worrying about “when” because some of the little I found seemed to imply that when the date was figured out, then you need to start preparing. My thought was ‘probably too late by then.’
I always wonder if so many believe this, why do we not see at least some who believe it acting differently from the ones that don’t believe it.
For instance in you car driving example, why isn’t there a mechanical failsafe that eventually stops the believer’s car if suddenly no one is driving it, or even simpler why don’t at least some rapture believers have non believers drive them in buses or something?
Freegards
In 1968 I read the Jack Chick tract “The Beast” & learned about 666, etc. A man scoffs at his wife’s belief in the Rapture, then comes home to an empty house & food burning on the stove. He cries out in panic,
“Oh my God, WHERE’S MY WIFE!!? The Rapture came, just like she said it would!!”
The guillotine on the police three-wheeler executing those without the number on the forehead was a hoot. And that was before Chick went off the deep end (Catholic Church founded Islam, death cookies, etc).
Nowadays, I trust in the Lord, ask for Christ’s saving grace, give thanks and study His word. Much simpler.