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In conservative Christian eschatology, the rapture is the name given to an event in which Jesus Christ descends from Heaven, accompanied by the spirits of all the saints who have passed on prior to this event, and then the bodily remains of these saints are transported from the earth to meet the Lord and be rejoined with their corresponding spirits in the air. Immediately after this, all Christians alive on the earth are simultaneously transported to meet the Lord and those who have preceded them in the air. All are transformed into immortal bodies like Jesus' body, often referred to as the "resurrection body".

This doctrine gained popularity in the 1830s, and more recently since the 1970s, by proponents of the premillenialist, and in particular the dispensationalist interpretations of scripture. According to this view, world events indicate that the fulfillment of prophecies of the end times is imminent, and that the rapture could take place at any moment.

There is much debate over when the rapture would occur. A popular interpretation is that it will take place immediately prior to the Tribulation, a seven-year period preceding the second coming of Christ to the earth. Others propose that it will take place either mid-way through the Tribulation, or after it when Christ comes to earth to establish his kingdom, taking over rulership of the world for 1000 years. (see Millennialism).


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