The Name

Credit for the name of the blog goes to my classmate at St Andrews Sam Adams. In the 'Bible and Contemporary World' programme we've been studying the Book of Revelation and its relevance for contemporary culture. Sam started a Facebook group called 'Rapture Survival Group' for the students to interact away from the official St Andrews discussion boards.

Rapture Survival sums up the essence of Revelation today. In the West we have become so influenced by the Left Behind series that a lot of Christians assume that there will be a rapture of saints before the trouble with the antichrist begins and then Jesus coming back. If you Google 'rapture survival' there are 452,00 hits with advice on how to survive the post-rapture period. At St Andrews we as a class watched a documentary which showed rapture survival kits available in the United States, most involve handguns. We couldn't believe it but we probably should.

So thanks to Sam for the name, may we use it well.

First Post

I had a dilemma. I wanted to start a wee blog and had the opportunity to do that on my own church website. But I didn't. I guess I didn't feel comfortable having a church blog and always having to write as pastor of Adelaide Place, I suppose I wanted something independent, that is me and isn't an official Adelaide Place blog. So this is it. My contribution to knowledge, which is crediting it with far too much.
I'm starting this blog for the church as we study together the Book of Revelation, I hope it will become a place of open learning and knowledge. I really do hope so.