Oh, joy! Oh, Rapture unforeseen!

[vovat]

So, the popular conception of the Rapture involves people leaving behind their clothes when ascending into Heaven, right? So does that mean they're all going to be naked up there? I'm not sure how that would go over with some of the more prudish premillennialists (which might well be all of them). Maybe they'll all immediately be dressed in clean, conservative, non-revealing white robes. And is it just clothes that will remain on Earth, or will other things that are unnecessary in Heaven stay behind? What about glasses? Hearing aids? Prosthetic limbs? Breast implants? And will there be any bad blood between the people who ascend to Heaven bodily and the disembodied souls that are apparently already there?

Okay, I should probably go to bed, but stay tuned to this journal for more hard-hitting theological questions! :P

Comments

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Eh, we Catholics don't get much schooling in the whole Rapture concept, but I would figure ANYTHING Of This World becomes pointless and would therefore not come with you because you DON'T NEED IT IN HEAVEN. Yes, including clothes, though the prudish might want to skim over that fact when drawing illustrations. It's simplistic thinking to think that ANYTHING about this world carries over, especially things that are only physical needs. Not saying that specifically YOU are thinking simplisticly, but that thoughts on the afterlife can get simplistic across the board, from the whole what is it 72 Virgins thing to people who think heaven is sitting on clouds playing the harp...

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Or the mansions in Heaven that Jack Chick is always talking about.