The comment, which was made as part of the new ‘Ask NT Wright Anything’ podcast series from Premier, is the first time the former Bishop of Durham has directly spoken on this particular area of eschatology.
The Surprised by Hope author admitted the themes raised in the Pauline letter had never been a big part of his theological thinking in his early years: “I never heard about The Rapture until I got married.
“My late father-in-law was an old school Elim Pentecostal, with his Schofield reference Bible and the whole thing was mapped out.
“I had never met somebody expounding those themes before as I had been in quite traditional Anglican circles and we never talked about this.”
The series, which is the first time Wright has released a podcast, launched this week with Premier in partnership with SPCK and NTWrightOnline and will provide listeners an opportunity to send their questions to the St Andrews-based theologian.
The series is hosted by Unbelievable? presenter, Justin Brierley and hundreds of listeners have already submitted questions via the website, covering a wide range of theological topics.
Wright continues: “When Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians people were worried that when Jesus returned, those who were dead would stay dead and miss out on the ‘new…
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