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The website 'Rapture Ready'<ref>[http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html Rapture Ready]</ref> maintains an index of how close we are claimed to be to the Rapture.

The website 'Rapture Ready'<ref>[http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html Rapture Ready]</ref> maintains an index of how close we are claimed to be to the Rapture.

Once these conditions have been met, and a [[cow|red heifer]] has been sacrificed in the [[Temple of Solomon]], [[Jesus]] will rise once again to wipe away the sinful world and reward all the faithful.{{fact}}

Once these conditions have been met, and a [[red heifer]] has been sacrificed in the [[Temple of Solomon]], [[Jesus]] will rise once again to wipe away the sinful world and reward all the faithful.{{fact}}

There is some debate in such circles over whether the Rapture will occur before, during or after the reign of the [[Antichrist]], but the original reference by St [[Paul]] to the faithful being 'caught up into the clouds' at I Thessalonians 4:17 clearly dates it to the time of the [[Second Coming]], and does not suggest in any way that it will result in Christians being spared in advance the horrors of the [[Last Times]], as is sometimes proposed.  Matthew 24:29-31 seems to favor the post-tribulation position, however. (<i>Immediately after the tribulation of those days...they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.</i>)

There is some debate in such circles over whether the Rapture will occur before, during or after the reign of the [[Antichrist]], but the original reference by St [[Paul]] to the faithful being 'caught up into the clouds' at I Thessalonians 4:17 clearly dates it to the time of the [[Second Coming]], and does not suggest in any way that it will result in Christians being spared in advance the horrors of the [[Last Times]], as is sometimes proposed.  Matthew 24:29-31 seems to favor the post-tribulation position, however. (<i>Immediately after the tribulation of those days...they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.</i>)