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Topic: Rapture

Residents watch from a rooftop as smoke rises over Tehran following a strike on March 3, 2026, with an illustration of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse faintly layered in the background. (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / ATTA KENARE / Public Domain)

The modern prophecy behind the Iran war

Russell Payne
"Get me out of here" (Obbchao/Getty Images)

In 2025, we all wanted to be raptured

Coleman Spilde
Ready for the Rapture? (imageBROKER/PsychoShadow/Getty Images)

#RaptureTok says the end is nigh!

Angelina Mazza
Mike Pompeo (Getty/Joe Raedle/Mikkaphoto/Salon)

A fanatic leading the CIA?

Heather Digby Parton
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Joanna Rothkopf
Willie Robertson (screenshot/Left Behind Movie)

Sarah Gray
Michele Bachmann (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Bachmann's Rapture, explained

Andrew Leonard
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