{"product_id":"the-rapture-exposed-isbn-9780813343143","title":"The Rapture Exposed","description":"\u003cb\u003eA leading New Testament scholar exposes the myth of “The Rapture” and restores the Book of Revelation’s true message of God’s love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Lucid and passionate.” —\u003ci\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The idea of “The Rapture”—the return of Christ at the end of times to rescue and deliver born-again Christians off the earth—is an extremely popular interpretation of the biblical book of Revelation. This dramatic understanding of the end-times has inspired recent doomsday prophecies and infiltrated popular media, as exemplified by the wildly successful \u003ci\u003eLeft Behind \u003c\/i\u003efranchise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Rapture Exposed\u003c\/i\u003e, New Testament scholar Barbara Rossing argues that this script for the world’s future is nothing more than a disingenuous distortion of the Bible, based on a psychology of fear. The truth is that Revelation offers a vision of God’s healing love for the world. \u003ci\u003eThe Rapture Exposed \u003c\/i\u003ereclaims Christianity from fundamentalists’ destructive reading of the biblical story and back into God’s beloved community.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893342859493,"sku":"NP9780813343143","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_0d08fb25-6d61-4001-be5e-1c5bd6b6cb11.jpg?v=1773106703","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-rapture-exposed-isbn-9780813343143","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}