For those disappointed today: the idea of “the Rapture” is an attempt to reconcile the different eschatologies of Daniel, Jesus, Paul, and John. Jesus’ parables describe the Master’s sudden return and judgment, with Matt. 24/Luke 17 suggesting the wicked are “taken” like in the flood, while the righteous remain. Attempts to see a rapture of believers here usually rest on Luke 17:36, though in context it seems more like scavengers devouring corpses. Matt. 24:31 is often linked to Paul’s vision in 1 Thess. 4:16–17, where the dead rise and the faithful ascend. Daniel places the Resurrection at once (Dan. 12:2), while John splits it into martyrs at the start of the Millennium and everyone else at the end (Rev. 20:4–6). Revelation never clearly mentions a Rapture, though some read it into the sealing of the 144,000 or the child of Rev. 12:5 though the latter clearly refers to Christ. Disputes arise over timing: pre-, mid-, or post-tribulation. Darby popularized the sudden disappearance of believers, while other takes (e.g. BeauSeigneur’s Christ Clone) present it as a spiritual catching-up, visible as simultaneous death. New converts then endure the tribulation. The “Antichrist” is likewise a composite of Daniel’s “little horn,” Jesus’ “abomination,” Paul’s “man of sin,” and John’s Beasts all echoing Antiochus IV’s desecration of the Temple. Apologists admit the historical basis but see him as a foreshadow of a future dictator, fueling evangelical interest in rebuilding a Third Temple to fulfill prophecy.