rapturist

(ˈræptʃəˌrɪst)

a person who goes into raptures, an enthusiast

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Rapturists believe that Matthew's Jesus elaborates on this event: "Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left./Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left" (Matt 24: 40-41).

The sense of an ending: farewell to the apocalypse

"On top of all that influence, add the heft of millions of Evangelical Rapturists, who believe their support of Israeli expansionism is hastening the conditions necessary to trigger the return of Jesus.