{"id":53695,"date":"2026-08-09T21:11:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=53695"},"modified":"2026-09-23T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:04:09","slug":"catholics-rapture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/catholics-rapture\/","title":{"rendered":"Geloven katholieken in de Opname?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No, not in the popular sense. The Catholic Church does not teach a rapture that removes believers from the earth before a time of tribulation. It teaches one visible return of Christ at the end of time, when the dead will rise and the living will be &quot;caught up&quot; to meet him, as 1 Thessalonians 4:17 says. What is the rapture? In the teaching of many evangelical Protestants, the rapture is a sudden event in which Christians, living and dead,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, not in the popular sense. Catholics believe in one visible return of Christ, when the dead rise and the living are caught up to meet him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[217],"class_list":["post-53695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-catholicism-demystified"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5423,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/bible-study-what-does-the-bible-say-about-the-rapture\/","url_meta":{"origin":53695,"position":0},"title":"Bible Study: What Does the Bible Say About the Rapture?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juni 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Explore Bible verses and church teachings on the Rapture. What does Scripture say about this event? 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