After the rapture transpires, end-time knowledge will instantly become a very important commodity. In the post-rapture world, everyone will be either a new believer or a potential convert to the Christian faith. Finding good resource material will be no small task. At any given moment, only a few thousand copies of any book, video, or tape is available for sale to the public. Many Christian websites offer a wide variety of material, but it’s hard to imagine how they could still function with most their staff raptured away.

Normally, a publisher requires several months to print just a few million copies of a book. It could take years to produce several million copies of that book. Because the size of the global population reaches into the billions, it will be impossible for book publishers to supply the needs of such a large group of people. Knowing that a great delusion will sweep over the world, it seems unlikely that authorities will idly stand by and allow for the mass distribution of prophetic materials.

The best way to disseminate large amounts of information to millions of people in a short period of time is through the internet. As I’m writing this page, 200 million Americans are regularly visiting the web. With enough bandwidth, you could reach an unlimited number of people.

Because there are only a handful of prophecy websites on the internet that offer good information, the bandwidth demand on these sites will be massive. The rapid advancement of technology is making it possible for one site to reach millions of viewers. When Rapture Ready first started, it had a monthly traffic limit of 500,000 bytes. The site currently has a capacity of 3,000 megabytes, which is a 6,000-fold increase.

The Rapture Ready domains will only be up for limited amount of time before they expire or collapse from high traffic demand. Because everything that happens during the tribulation will be of a life-and-death matter, it is very important that tribulation saints copy and share the key files found on this site. Listed below are three ways you can share the content of RR with other people:

Mirror the site:
Because of the high traffic demand that the rapture will place on RR, the site needs to be mirrored as many times as possible. Some programs automatically perform this task, but it is unlikely that most people have access to this type of program. Although it may be time consuming, a reliable way to mirror the site is to save the content from each page onto your hard drive and then transfer the material to a web host provider. In order for the public to easily find a working mirror site, it would be a good idea to serialize the files with a numbering system. It could go something like: (raptureready1.com, raptureready2.com, or raptureready3.com…) If RR2 or RR3 were not accessible, people could travel up the chain until they found a functioning domain.

CD or DVD discs:
Compact discs can hold vast amounts of information without having to depend on the internet. The standard CD-rom stores up to 700 megabytes of data and a DVD disc holds as much as 8.5 gigabytes of data. Rapture Ready has more than 5,000 files that amount to 300 megabytes. Once created, these discs can be quickly duplicated and mailed to fellow believers. Because a working copy of RR can be quickly upload from a disc, this will be an important factor in the process of mirroring the site.

Email:
The main benefit of email is its capability of sending information to a select number of people. You can attach files to any email, but they can’t be very large. Most email accounts have restrictions against the transmission of large amounts of data. You can use email to point people to links that will allow them the option of downloading the information.

— Todd Strandberg

One of my key reasons for believing in the pre-tribulation rapture is the fact all other views are always trying to undermine pre-tribulationism. Up until now, the most vocal group of opponents has been the post-trib and pre-wrath folks. I’m amazed to find preterism now on the attack, gaining ground by mostly converting pre-tribbers.

What is preterism? This theory argues that all Bible prophecy has been fulfilled; it states that nothing remains on the prophetic calendar. According to preterism, events like the rise of the Antichrist, the tribulation, the rapture, and the Day of the Lord all took place around 70 AD, the year the Romans invaded Jerusalem and destroyed the second Temple.

I just cannot understand how anyone can follow a preterist line of thinking in light of current world events. As in many cases, pride is one of the most common reasons people begin following doctrinal error. They believe that they are part of a special group that has discovered a hidden truth. Never mind the fact that millions of people have joined them in supporting their folly.

Up until now, I’ve largely been ignoring preterism because it seemed equivalent to the Flat Earth Society. Well, I can’t stand by and watch error run free, so it looks like I’m going to have to add preterism to the list of erroneous rapture views that I need to actively refute.

The heart of this error is based on Jesus’ statement that “this generation shall not pass, till all things be fulfilled” (Mat 24:34). It seems easy enough to claim Jesus was speaking about a first-century generation; however, logic ends there when one contemplates the fulfillment of all Bible prophecy.

In order to make 70 AD the magic year, we would have to delete dozens of prophecies that were never fulfilled. When was the Gospel preached to all the nations? When was the Mark of the Beast implemented? What about China’s 200-million-man army? When did 100-pound hailstones fall from the sky? And what date was it when the Euphrates River dried up?

The questions are endless. Why did we have the rebirth of Israel? If Jerusalem was forever removed from being the burdensome stone, why has it now returned to that status? When did all the Jews shout, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,” as Jesus said they would?

After being so strict in their interpretation of Matthew 24:34, preterists then run roughshod over many clear statements of Scripture. They say that although the “resurrection” happened in 70 AD, the bodies of Christians were left in the grave.

Preterists take the dangerous step of spiritualizing all passages of Scripture that relate to the nation of Israel, and claim that these refer to the church, the “New Israel.” They teach that the “old earth,” which Scripture says will pass away, is the Old Covenant. The new heaven and new earth, they say, is the New Covenant, and the “elements,” which Scripture says will burn with fervent heat when this happens, are the “elements of the law.”

Preterism produces some bizarre explanations for why the world is still experiencing suffering and calamity. One explanation I ran across cited God’s need for population control as the reason for mankind’s suffering. Here is what one preterist author wrote:

“I believe that people are born and people die. Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall. God is the providential population controller. He brings famine, disease, natural catastrophes, wars and tumults. One-third of the population of Europe was destroyed by the Black Plague in the early part of this millennium. Eight hundred fifty thousand were killed in the 1556 earthquake in the Shanghai province of China. Two million were killed in World War II. Thirteen million were killed under Stalin and 6 million under Hitler. God is very equipped to control population.”

— Todd Strandberg