Do Baptists believe in the rapture?
I would imagine that some do and some don’t as they don’t always speak in agreement with each other. My understanding of what the rapture doctrine is does not fit in with the scriptures. Of course, since the rapture is not defined in the Bible, there may be different interpretations of what the rapture is. Jesus’ pa‧rou‧si′a is not simply a momentary coming followed by a rapid departure but is, rather, a presence covering a period of time is also indicated by his words recorded at Matthew 24:37-39 and Luke 17:26-30. Here “the days of Noah” are compared to “the presence of the Son of man” (“the days of the Son of man,” in Luke’s account). Jesus, therefore, does not limit the comparison just to the coming of the Deluge as a final climax during Noah’s days, though he shows that his own “presence” or “days” will see a similar climax. Since “the days of Noah” actually covered a period of years, there is basis for believing that the foretold “presence [or “days”] of the Son of man” would lik
