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Rapture Ready's stated purposes include warning those non-Christians who, according to the [[Dispensationalism|Pre-tribulation]] system of [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] [[Christian eschatology]], will be left behind after the rapture that they still have hope in [[Jesus Christ]] if they [[repentance|repent]] of their [[sin]]s and turn to [[God]] through Jesus Christ his [[Son of God|Son]]. It also has as a stated purpose to explain what will happen during the period of time after the rapture including the seven-year period commonly known as [[Tribulation|Daniel's 70th Week]], [[Tribulation|Jacob's Time of Trouble]] or [[Tribulation|The Tribulation Period]] which terminates with the [[Second Coming]] of Jesus Christ. |
Rapture Ready's stated purposes include warning those non-Christians who, according to the [[Dispensationalism|Pre-tribulation]] system of [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] [[Christian eschatology]], will be left behind after the rapture that they still have hope in [[Jesus Christ]] if they [[repentance|repent]] of their [[sin]]s and turn to [[God]] through Jesus Christ his [[Son of God|Son]]. It also has as a stated purpose to explain what will happen during the period of time after the rapture including the seven-year period commonly known as [[Tribulation|Daniel's 70th Week]], [[Tribulation|Jacob's Time of Trouble]] or [[Tribulation|The Tribulation Period]] which terminates with the [[Second Coming]] of Jesus Christ. |
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In [[Newsweek]]'s article "Is Obama the Antitichrist?" by [[Lisa Miller (journalist)|Lisa Miller]]<ref>http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/lisa_miller/2008/11/is_obama_and_antichrist.html</ref>, the subject is Rapture Ready's excitement at the Illinois Lottery draw of 666 consecutive to Obama's election..."...Strandberg says Obama probably isn't the Antichrist, but he's watching the president-elect..." |
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To help the site survive the crush of traffic that the staff assumes will follow the Rapture it has a number of mirror sites that include [http://www.raptureme.com raptureme.com], [http://www.tribulation.us tribulation.us], [http://rr-rapture.com rr-rapture.com], [http://www.raptureready.net raptureready.net], and [http://anti-antichrist.com anti-antichrist.com]. |
To help the site survive the crush of traffic that the staff assumes will follow the Rapture it has a number of mirror sites that include [http://www.raptureme.com raptureme.com], [http://www.tribulation.us tribulation.us], [http://rr-rapture.com rr-rapture.com], [http://www.raptureready.net raptureready.net], and [http://anti-antichrist.com anti-antichrist.com]. |
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Revision as of 14:17, 30 June 2010
Rapture Ready is an Evangelical Christian site founded by Todd Strandberg as the Rapture Index in 1995 with a change to the current name in 1997. [1] It began as an index of weekly updates posted in newsgroups such as alt.bible.prophecy and alt.christnet.second-coming.real-soon-now. The first data center to host Rapture Ready's news content was an Omaha dial-up service called Hawg Wild.
In 1995, RR's moved to its first web format and was hosted by Novia.net. At the time, RR only had seven articles - today that number is over 18,000.
In 2003, prophecy author Terry James joined the Rapture Ready staff. It is dedicated to the idea that the Rapture will soon occur. Rapture Ready has been featured by the news media, both in the United States and in Europe, in print, such as in Rolling Stone, Newsweek, New York Times, Playboy, on television news channels including CNN, and in Robert Lanham's book The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right.
Purpose
Rapture Ready's stated purposes include warning those non-Christians who, according to the Pre-tribulation system of Evangelical Christian eschatology, will be left behind after the rapture that they still have hope in Jesus Christ if they repent of their sins and turn to God through Jesus Christ his Son. It also has as a stated purpose to explain what will happen during the period of time after the rapture including the seven-year period commonly known as Daniel's 70th Week, Jacob's Time of Trouble or The Tribulation Period which terminates with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
In Newsweek's article "Is Obama the Antitichrist?" by Lisa Miller[2], the subject is Rapture Ready's excitement at the Illinois Lottery draw of 666 consecutive to Obama's election..."...Strandberg says Obama probably isn't the Antichrist, but he's watching the president-elect..."
To help the site survive the crush of traffic that the staff assumes will follow the Rapture it has a number of mirror sites that include raptureme.com, tribulation.us, rr-rapture.com, raptureready.net, and anti-antichrist.com.
The site was featured prominently in a Time magazine article about the growing belief in the Rapture.
Rapture Ready is mainly written in English; however, it also contains articles in Spanish, German, French, and Japanese.
Website features
- The Rapture Index keeps track of activities which could be indicators of a time when the Rapture might occur. The index includes a numerical measurement of world events and trends in light of conservative Christian views on Bible prophecy regarding the end times. This index lists a number of events and subjects, comments thereon, their influence (in points) and statistics of highs and lows by years and records.
- Nearing Midnight is a weekly commentary on world events.
"The rapture, though a very well known event Christians like myself are expecting, there are still a LARGE percentage of people who has never even heard of the concept. A local poll indicates only 2 out of every 10 people know about this event. The rapture related site at http://www.preparethebride.com has a short video clip on the home page that describes this event from a Hebraic perspective, as well as the events to follow."