A REVELATION or two

So something that PR and I discussed on Wednesday night was the "Rapture." With last weekend supposedly being the time for the Rapture, imagine my surprise at finding out that my idea of the rapture could be completely incorrect, to the point of maybe there won't even be a rapture in the sense we think of it. From the NRSV:

³⁶ “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³⁷ As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹ and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰ Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
⁴² “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

The only mention about a rapture is found in the book of MATTHEW, not REVELATIONS REVELATION. And it doesn't even say that the people who believe in God will ascend into heaven, leaving the nonbelievers to suffer all the horrible plagues and diseases. It only says that "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of  the Son of Man."

Umm... I could be wrong, but in the story of Noah, who was left on the earth? I am pretty sure that it is indeed Noah, the good guy, who was left, and all of the bad people died (see previous entry on Noah and the Flood). So why does everyone talk about the Christians disappearing from the earth, leaving the non-christians behind?

And besides, even if a 'rapture' happens, and all of the believers are taken into heaven, I'm pretty sure that the point was made clear:

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

Meaning that no one will be able to predict when such a thing is going to happen. God will come when we are least expecting.

So, remember: Revelation does NOT have an S on the end of it, and if a rapture occurs, it may not be what or when we expect.