The rapture, as a narrative device, has always fascinated me... I know, someone did that - but, as far as I can tell, they were only interested in the 'discovery of faith' narritive arc; it's a legitimate one, and has a lot of emotional resonance with a lot of people, but it does nothing for me.

No, what I'm interested in is the rapture as natural disaster, and the process of recovery afterwards. Also, the idea that God will chose by content rather than name, in other words He will take the people that do good works and not the people who worship him.

Hmm... and perhaps that Heaven is also, or can be, what we make of Earth, and that the rapture is a catalyst for the transmation... although if that were the case, one would have to figure out what happens to the people who are raptured, presumably in a way that doesn't break the premise that they are 'taken bodily into Heaven.'

Kiralee