What is Reclaiming Revelation?
"Rapture" theology (otherwise known as premillennial dispensationalism) is one of the most prominent understandings in America today regarding the end-times. At its core, the idea of the "rapture" and the rest of dispensationalist theology relies on escapism, where faithful Christians will be "raptured" or taken from the earth prior to a seven year time of tribulation that will come upon the whole world. 

Due to its obscure imagery and unfamiliar style of writing, many churches and denominations have shied away from attempting to interpret the message of Revelation and allowed this understanding to capture and dominate the modern American imagination. It tries to create a roadmap of events that we can predict and observe that will usher in Christ's return. 

However, upon closer examination and Biblical study, such an interpretation lacks solid Christian basis, and is in fact a violent betrayal of core of Christian beliefs, promoting an ideology that celebrates death and destruction of both our neighbors and the earth itself while teaching the Christian desire is to flee the earth and any suffering that comes along with faithful witness. 

Through a six-session video series and accompanying in-depth study guide, Reclaiming Revelation seeks to challenge this understanding and reclaim Revelation's prophetic voice of warning and promise—a visionary work of faith that calls the people of the earth to repentance, and offers a vision of what community that is in relationship with God looks like. Rooted heavily in the promises of the Old Testament brought to fruition by Christ, Revelation takes us on a journey that helps both expose the pitfalls and dangers of compromising with the forces of Empire, while simultaneously offering us hope that God intends to dwell with his people and "wipe every tear."