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'''Rapture Ready''' is an [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] [[Christian]] site founded by [[Todd Strandberg]] as the Rapture Index in 1995 with a change to the current name in 1997. It began as an index of weekly updates posted in newsgroups such as alt.bible.prophecy and alt.christnet.second-coming.real-soon-now. The first data center to host Rapture Ready's news content was an Omaha dial-up service called Hawg Wild.
In 1995, RR's moved to its first web format and was hosted by Novia.net. At the time, RR only had seven articles - today that number is over 18,000.
In 2003, prophecy author [[Terry James]] joined the Rapture Ready staff. It is dedicated to the idea that the [[Rapture]] will soon occur. Rapture Ready has been featured by the news media, both in the [[United States]] and in [[Europe]], in print, such as in Rolling Stone, Newsweek, New York Times, Playboy, on television news channels including CNN, and in [[Robert Lanham]]'s book ''The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right''.
Since any member can open a thread, the Rapture Ready site is monitored by an active group of moderators, who ensure that the rules of the site are followed.
==Purpose==
Rapture Ready's stated purposes include warning those non-Christians who, according to the [[Dispensationalism|Pre-tribulation]] system of [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] [[Christian eschatology]], will be left behind after the rapture that they still have hope in Jesus Christ if they [[repentance|repent]] of their [[sin]]s and turn to [[God]] through [[Jesus Christ]] his [[Son of God|Son]]. It also has as a stated purpose to explain what will happen during the period of time after the rapture including the seven-year period commonly known as Daniel's 70th Week, Jacob's Time of Trouble or [[Tribulation|The Tribulation Period]] which terminates with the [[Second Coming]] of Jesus Christ.
To help the site survive the crush of traffic that the staff assumes will follow the Rapture it has a number of mirror sites that include [http://www.raptureme.com raptureme.com], [http://www.tribulation.us tribulation.us], [http://rr-rapture.com rr-rapture.com], [http://www.raptureready.net raptureready.net], and [http://anti-antichrist.com anti-antichrist.com].
The site was featured prominently in a ''Time'' magazine article about the growing belief in the Rapture.
Rapture Ready is mainly written in English; however, it also contains articles in Spanish, German, French, and Japanese.
==Website features==
* The '''Rapture Index''' keeps track of activities which could be indicators of a time when the [[Rapture]] might occur. The index includes a numerical measurement of world events and trends in light of [[Conservative Christianity|conservative]] [[Christianity|Christian]] views on [[Bible]] [[prophecy]] regarding the [[end times]]. This index lists a number of events and subjects, comments thereon, their influence (in points) and statistics of highs and lows by years and records.
* '''Nearing Midnight''' is a weekly commentary on world events.
==See also==
*[[Doomsday Clock]]
*[[Rapture]]
==External links==
*[http://raptureready.com Rapture Ready]
*[http://www.rr-bb.com/ Rapture Ready forums]
*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1002759,00.html Time Magazine interview]
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In 1995, RR's moved to its first web format and was hosted by Novia.net. At the time, RR only had seven articles - today that number is over 18,000.
In 2003, prophecy author [[Terry James]] joined the Rapture Ready staff. It is dedicated to the idea that the [[Rapture]] will soon occur. Rapture Ready has been featured by the news media, both in the [[United States]] and in [[Europe]], in print, such as in Rolling Stone, Newsweek, New York Times, Playboy, on television news channels including CNN, and in [[Robert Lanham]]'s book ''The Sinner's Guide to the Evangelical Right''.
Since any member can open a thread, the Rapture Ready site is monitored by an active group of moderators, who ensure that the rules of the site are followed.
==Purpose==
Rapture Ready's stated purposes include warning those non-Christians who, according to the [[Dispensationalism|Pre-tribulation]] system of [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] [[Christian eschatology]], will be left behind after the rapture that they still have hope in Jesus Christ if they [[repentance|repent]] of their [[sin]]s and turn to [[God]] through [[Jesus Christ]] his [[Son of God|Son]]. It also has as a stated purpose to explain what will happen during the period of time after the rapture including the seven-year period commonly known as Daniel's 70th Week, Jacob's Time of Trouble or [[Tribulation|The Tribulation Period]] which terminates with the [[Second Coming]] of Jesus Christ.
To help the site survive the crush of traffic that the staff assumes will follow the Rapture it has a number of mirror sites that include [http://www.raptureme.com raptureme.com], [http://www.tribulation.us tribulation.us], [http://rr-rapture.com rr-rapture.com], [http://www.raptureready.net raptureready.net], and [http://anti-antichrist.com anti-antichrist.com].
The site was featured prominently in a ''Time'' magazine article about the growing belief in the Rapture.
Rapture Ready is mainly written in English; however, it also contains articles in Spanish, German, French, and Japanese.
==Website features==
* The '''Rapture Index''' keeps track of activities which could be indicators of a time when the [[Rapture]] might occur. The index includes a numerical measurement of world events and trends in light of [[Conservative Christianity|conservative]] [[Christianity|Christian]] views on [[Bible]] [[prophecy]] regarding the [[end times]]. This index lists a number of events and subjects, comments thereon, their influence (in points) and statistics of highs and lows by years and records.
* '''Nearing Midnight''' is a weekly commentary on world events.
==See also==
*[[Doomsday Clock]]
*[[Rapture]]
==External links==
*[http://raptureready.com Rapture Ready]
*[http://www.rr-bb.com/ Rapture Ready forums]
*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1002759,00.html Time Magazine interview]
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