I’m going to use my first blog post to answer what I believe will be the most common question about After The Rapture Pet Care. Are we joking?
We are not joking, but the idea came from seeing someone else’s joke. An atheist created a site in England that said she’d take care of Christian-owned pets after the Rapture, and asked for a few dollars in PayPal. She promoted it as a joke, and it virally made the rounds amongst non-believers who enjoy making fun of Christians. My husband saw it (he’s an Internet geek) and told me about it. Admittedly, it seemed funny. I told my friend, Carol, who is not a Christian, and she brought up a question: “Hey, if you get raptured, what happens to Petey?” It was an excellent question, and I didn’t have an answer.
A couple weeks later Carol came back and suggested we start After The Rapture Pet Care together. She said she had asked several Christian friends the same question she’d asked me, and every one of them would pay for a service to ensure the care of their pets after the Rapture. I had also asked some fellow Christians their thoughts. In every case they wished there was a way to prepare for their pets’ survival.
I agreed – it’s a real concern, and a legitimate concern. Our pets are given to us by God for us to care for. We are stewards of their lives. Should we simply forget them at the Rapture, allow them to starve or worse?
While planning our system, we thought about the stories of pet rescues in New Orleans after Katrina. Imagine how many more pets would have been saved if there had been a database of pets and volunteers activated immediately. This is something we could do for Christian owned pets.
Carol began recruiting other non-Christian animal lovers nationwide to volunteer to take care of left-behind pets if the Rapture occurs. As a Christian, my role has been to put together a program that is Biblically appropriate and provides true value to Christians. I believe we’ve come up with a plan that is affordable, unique, Biblical and practical.
We have created a database structure that is stored on Google’s servers (arguably the most secure servers in the world), with multi-location online and offline password-protected backups. While I don’t intend to be here when the Rapture occurs, we are building a network of non-Christians who have agreed to rescue and care for our members’ pets if we all disappear.
Yes, it seems funny at first. But, if you believe there is a coming Rapture, and you love your pets, it becomes serious, more than keeping your cat comfortable and your dog fed in time. And that’s what we are – serious about the safety and care of your pets, as well as your peace of mind.
If there is going to be a great time of tribulation, suffering, judgment, and confusion after the rapture, won’t these people be much more concerned about that stuff?
That’s an excellent question.
There really is little information about what will happen after the Rapture of the Church. We do know, though, that the anti-Christ will bring temporary peace and the world will worship an idol god, so therefore there will be worldwide communication and a societal structure at least for a while. Certainly there will be confusion over the sudden disappearance of millions of people, but you can bet a quick “scientific” explanation will be given to calm the masses.
As far as our Pet Caretakers, they are animal lovers. After Hurricane Katrina, while people were stranded and dying, hundreds of volunteer animal lovers concerned themselves with animal rescue. Imagine how quick their response would have been if they had been pre-registered to take care of these animals, and a list of pets with location information was given to them immediately? That is the purpose of After The Rapture Pet Care – to mobilize animal lovers as quickly and efficiently as possible.
http://www.katrina-animal-rescue.com/
http://www.katrinadogrescue.com/
The key is, without knowing, $9.95 a month will bring peace of mind in case there is a chance our pets can be taken care of. Why not prepare for the possibility, like good stewards?
You guys should be ashamed of yourselves using GOD to scheme money out of innocent people! The people left behind after the rapture are all wicked none of them will care about animals or even other people… How do you figure guaranteeing people to stay behind to care for somebody’s animals????? You guys make me sick! You are wicked and evile people taking advantage of others…. Your judgment day will come too…………………………………………………………………..
I am shocked by the hateful comments and emails I’ve been getting from supposed Christians. Why so much anger? You seem gleeful at the idea of my damnation. I picture you salivating, sweating, shaking, with a huge grin, saying, “Your judgment day will come too.” That’s really sad. It’s God who would be ashamed of you for such thinking.
“The people left behind after the rapture are all wicked” you say. What makes you think that? The people left behind will simply be non-Christians. Are you saying all non-Christians are wicked, that only Christians care about animals? That’s not my experience! No, non-Christians who love animals now will love animals after the Rapture.
Don’t all dogs go to heaven anyway?
LOL. Maybe. Nothing in the Bible about it. But what of the cats??
Shouldn’t you be more concerned with leading the non-Christian care takers to Christ. I understand loving your pet, but the sad fact is, the pet will most surely die during the time of the Great Tribulation.
As a Believer myself, I am really bothered by this whole thing. It seems like either a scam, a joke, or like you really have your priorities out of order.
I know that the previous statement seems to be a bit attacking and inflamatory, and while that is not my intention, I certainly do not apologize for it. It’s like you are saying to these “care takers”, “you go ahead and suffer the wrath of God poured out on mankind…but while you do…take care of little Spot for me please. Thanks.”
Very interesting – you’re the second person to say basically the same thing.
I understand your thinking. But it is possible to care about souls AND animals. It’s not either-or. And After The Rapture Pet Care IS a ministry to the unsaved after the Rapture. Let me explain.
The Bible says there will be people saved after the Rapture. And what better way to prepare someone than to have them sign up to do something only if the Rapture happens? When they are alerted that the key people in our structure have simply disappeared, and they are asked to rescue and care for pets of Christians who have disappeared, what do you think will go through their heads?
Additionally, with the email notifications of which pets to rescue, each of our caretakes will receive a text letter (similar to http://www.raptureletters.com/letter.html) and a link to a video (similar to http://www.raptureletters.com/video2.html) that is geared specifically for them.
Rapture experts tell us there will be world peace for 3 1/2 years after the rapture, so I don’t believe it will be a time of massive death and devastation, and people eating pets (as some have suggested to me).
Might I ask this – what do you do for a living, and is it focused 100% on saving souls? If not, are your priorities out of order? Would it be better if I closed up After The Rapture Pet Care and started selling real estate or something? How would that help those left behind?
Interesting idea 🙂 I’m a very lapsed Catholic, so if the rapture occurs I’ll most likely be grounded (if there are no animals in heaven I’m not sure I’d like it there anyway). I don’t have a car, so I can’t sign up, but I take in strays at the moment as it is, so I’ll certainly be up for looking after newly ownerless pets in my area.
We’d love for you to sign up as a Pet Caretaker. I’m going to change the car requirement to a question instead. I figure there will be plenty of cars for the taking!
https://aftertherapturepetcare.com/custom.php?p=caretakers
I’m not a Christian, and on one level I find this concept funny, I must admit. But I used to be a Christian and I often wondered about problems like that, and I think it’s nice to have something like this set up, “just in case.” I don’t believe a rapture will happen, and unless it actually does, my mind won’t change on that matter, so preaching to me is useless. (Some of the commenters here might think they can tell me something new and compelling, but I’ve heard pretty much every kind of testimony and argument for Christianity and it just doesn’t convince me anymore. Like I said, I used to be a “true believer” so it’s not like I don’t know about the religion myself.)
But IF the rapture does occur, I have several Christian friends and family members, and my first thought (other than shock and personal soul-searching) would be to take care of what they’d left behind, in their honor. I’m not a wicked person at all, and I love animals dearly and would never want them to suffer. I’m considering signing up, even though I don’t think I’d ever be needed for this job, to give others peace of mind and to help animals if they’re in need. They’d be upset and confused, and would need all the care and love they could get.
Thank you. Yes, it’s very possible Christian pet owners will have other plans prepared for their pets. If my site helps them think about who to ask, and has them asking others to care for their pets, then I’m just as happy. Like any other service, we exist for those that need us.
I’d love for you to sign up as a Pet Caretaker with us.
https://aftertherapturepetcare.com/custom.php?p=caretakers
I found your website and I’m quite honestly not sure what to think. Assuming that this is indeed not a joke or some money-making scam, I do have one question for you:
Why do you automatically assume that a loving God will only pluck the people away from the world and leave all the animals behind?
While I do personally believe in God, I consider most of the Bible to be, at best, a metaphor. But if the Rapture were to occur tomorrow and Jesus or some angel were to tell me “You’ll go to Heaven, but your beloved cat Lilly has to stay behind, to be left at the mercy of strangers.” then my answer would be “No, thanks! I’ll take my chances here on Earth.”
It is possible pets will be taken up at the Rapture, but there’s no indication of this in the Bible. I think $15 a month is a small price to pay just in case, like paying for pet insurance even though it’s likely your pets won’t break a leg or get cancer.
I don’t think Christians will be given a choice to stay behind!
Most of my questions have been asked and answered previously on the comments here.
I’d just like to add that it seems a bit, I’m at a loss of words here, out of place, I suppose. The Rapture is supposed to take believers into Heaven or something of the sort, right? I just think that worrying about your pet when God has saved you from tribulation, suffering, etc. is a bit weird, if not ungrateful.
I’m also sure that those that would take care of pets of the ones that left would take care of them regardless of a prior commitment. At least I would (I’m Wiccan and gay so I’m pretty sure I’m staying).
Finally, if you as you say believe your pets were given to you by God to take care of them, don’t you think God would let you take them with you? Not as part of the saved, but understanding that they are living beings dependent on those that He is saving?
Interesting questions, Ash!
I believe we are responsible to plan for the care of our pets if we are no longer here – through death, rapture, or anything else. It’s not a matter of being ungrateful of what God did to save his followers, but being a responsible pet owner. I certainly don’t think our souls will stop caring about the loved ones we left behind – pets, family members, friends, etc.
I also believe those left behind will seek to rescue and care for as many pets as they can. But it would be a lot easier to know where they are, what their names are, etc., right? Imagine how the animal rescues after Katrina could have been facilitated by a predetermined list of pets assigned to predetermined people.
The Rapture is a Biblical concept. There’s no indication that pets will be taken up with Christians. I suppose it’s possible, but I believe in planning for any eventuality. Like pet insurance, it may never be necessary, but it’s better to have it.
As a non-believer, would you be willing to sign up as a Volunteer Pet Caretaker? If there’s no Rapture, you’ll never hear from us again unless you contact us first! Oops – actually, once a year we plan to send emails to confirm that the details are still current. But no spam, no proselytizing, nothing like that.
I’m an atheist, so granted I found your site amusing, but it did also make me think your site could be used for so much more. I have a cat, and while I’m not so concerned about ‘rapture’, it does worry me sometimes that if something were to happen to me she might not be ok. Why only help the Christians? Wouldn’t this site better served to help -any- pet lover if something happened to them and make sure their pets were cared for. I personally would be horrified if I died and my sweet kitty ended up in the pound. It just seems like it would be more helpful to have a clause for if -anything- happens to the person, rather than only rapture. Also, people wouldn’t laugh at your site as much if it served some useful function in our lifetimes.
I see your point. However, all it takes is a Will to plan for your pet, and most people discuss it with family and/or friends. In the case of Rapture, many Christians will be joined by everyone else they know in the Rapture, leaving nobody to care for their pets. Think of it more as a mass-death scenario, not one person.
I will throw your idea around in my head, though. There might be a market.
I don’t care about laughter or criticism. It’s a niche market, misunderstood by many Christians and non-Christians alike. The people who use our service understand what we’re about.
Just out of sheer curiosity, would you be willing to give a ballpark guesstimate as to how many customers you’ve currently got signed up and paying a monthly fee?
No I wouldn’t. Sorry.
The idea is interesting and actually could be used as a witness to those “left behind”. However what makes it appear to be more of a money making pyramid type scheme is the idea that you would send me 20% of fees for those I refer, showing me I could make money. If it is a legitimate idea, why would you include this? Animal lovers should not need an incentive to refer others. Paul says in the bible that we should keep from the appearance of evil. The 20% has that appearance. If it is legit, why not drop the 20% referral fee and either lower the monthly rate or have more saved for post rapture care?
People can refer others without joining the Referral Program. I created that to compensate people who put in a lot of time in helping with promotion, as it’s
“Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation.” ~ Romans 4:4
“Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.” ~ James 5:4
“The labourer is worthy of his reward.” ~ 1 Timothy 5:18
Anyone can refer people without joining the Referral Program. However, it is available if someone intends to put in time and effort that deserves to be compensated “in order that they may provide for daily necessities” as in Titus 3:14. It’s no different, really, than paying an employee or marketing firm.
Seems to me that if you cared about your friends souls as much your dumb cat or dog you might not to have to invite such a moronic idea.
Seems to me that you don’t like cats and dogs very much, and therefore your opinion is irrelevant. Anyone who doesn’t care about animals doesn’t have any right to care about souls, either, as God commanded us to care for the animals of this earth, and, not understanding that makes for a terrible witness.
I really don’t get this idea that you have to NOT care about pets in order to care about souls. Is it really that hard for some Christians to care about BOTH?
Hilarious. You need more writers because its easy to tell that the same person wrote all the comments.
Like yours? LOL
No – I barely have time to reply, so I certainly don’t have time to write the comments in the first place.
Isn’t there a risk that, by signing up for an after-Rapture service, non-believers are actually signalling that deep down, they are believers?
So really, what you want is to be able to nominate people without them knowing.
I’m not sure I get what you mean. I suppose there’s a risk that some volunteers will actually be Christians that get caught up in the Rapture, sure. But I believe anyone who says, “I am not a Christian” is a pretty good candidate for not being one.
How do you guarantee that there will be someone in my area to take care of my pets?
Our volunteer recruitment efforts have been amazingly successful. We have more volunteers than we do pets registered! If someone registers with us in an area that we do not have any volunteers, we go to pet forums in that area and post some requests and so far have gotten several volunteers each time. We also have contingency plans for areas where volunteers either don’t respond or are no longer willing to help, where, armed with the pet location information, we will work with area pet organizations like the Humane Society to get help. So, in the very least, by registering with us, your pets will have an advocate that will do all that is possible to save and care for them.
I’m sure that Pay Pal will continue to work after the Rapture… wait… not it wont.
It won’t? What Bible are you reading? Mine doesn’t mention PayPal at all, nor the Internet, in fact.
It wouldn’t matter anyway. If the Rapture happens, there will be no more payments as the rescue plan will be implemented quickly and, after a few days, will be done. Now, for distribution of funds, the money is kept in a standard bank savings account. I believe those will be operational right after the Rapture.
I don’t get where people keep thinking the world will collapse instantly after the Rapture. There’s nothing I see in the Bible to believe that. In fact, it looks to me like there will be 3 1/2 years of world peace ushered in by the anti-Christ. If the world will love the anti-Christ, then the world must have communication systems to even know about him.
I’m not sure that I’ve seen anything that is a greater testimony to the irrelevance of Christian community today. You might think this is a joke, but it is for real.
When Christians become more concerned about their pets than the spiritual condition of those who don’t believe in Jesus (hey, they’ll be useful to take care of your pets when you get raptured) we are in real trouble. If these same Christians put in the same effort win these poor souls for Jesus as they are doing to see that their pets are taken care of in the rapture (a futile effort in itself!) we could hold our heads higher!
Again, I don’t understand why people can’t be concerned about souls AND pets. Most comments about this suggest that if you care about pets at all, then you don’t care about souls at all. That’s ridiculous. Everyone has to spend time doing something other than witnessing, such as making a living, resting, hobbies, etc. I am sure, Pete, that you have a job or a business. Does that mean you care more about money than “the spiritual condition of those who don’t believe in Jesus?” Of course not, and neither do I.
Hi, I do love animals but I wonder if people are paying money that could be better served if given to some charity. It seems to me that if suddenly all the Christians of the world disappeared, everyone remaining would go around and save all the pets like they did after hurricane Katrina, or, at the very least, there would be a lot of looting in which windows would be smashed and so the pets wouldn’t be trapped in the house starving to death. They wouldn’t have to wander around outside very long before some animal lover adopted them.
You may be right. But the odds that some pets would be missed is high. Consider Hurricane Katrina – thousands of pets were estimated to have died, in spite of a massive animal rescue operation. Why? Because they didn’t know where the pets were. Even with the looting that occurred there, all these pets died. Now, how different would it have been if there was a list of pets with their locations, descriptions, names, etc.? That’s all we’re about – the list.
First, I have to say this reads like science fiction.
Based on what the new testament has to say about future events, nobody in their right mind would want live on earth after the rapture. It is a time of God’s wrath being outpoured on the earth.
Kiss little Fluffy goodbye, and have a nice trip.
I don’t think our pets will have a choice.
I don’t understand why you are focusing only on the unlikely case of the christian rapture actually taking place. To me the case of one of the countless other gods of different religions actually existing sounds by far more probable.
There are several religions judging no believe as less of a sin than the worship of the wrong god. So they might choose to spare (or convert/convince) the atheists while killing all christians (and moslems jews etc.). Of course this might also apply to gods not actually worshipped by any religion at all.
Of course your service would work as well, this is just an additional argument for using it.
I’m doing this as a believer in the Rapture. Going beyond that would be against my belief system, so it’s not what I want to do. Thanks, though!
Ich finde das furchtbar. Anstatt euch darüber Sorgen zu machen, dass diese Menschen in die Hölle gehen, wenn sie Jesus nicht finden, macht ihr euch nur Sorgen um eure Tiere. Dabei vergesst ihr, dass nicht ihre die Tiere versorgt, sondern der HERR im Himmel persönlich. Ob sie nun “eure” Haustiere sind, oder nicht. Wer kann besser auf die Tiere aufpassen als der, der sie gemacht hat.
Ich bitte euch sehr, dass ihr wieder einen Blick für die verlorenen Menschen gewinnt und ihnen das Evangelium bringt.
I don’t speak German! Anyone want to translate?
I try to translate what Carsten wrote:
“I find it awful. Instead of worrying about these people going to hell if they don’t find Jesus, you are only worrying about your animals. In doing so you forget that not you are caring for your pets but the LORD in heaven himself. Wether they are “your” pets or not; who can care better for the animals than their creator?
I beg you to again get an eye for the lost people and bring them the Gospel.”
For clarity I replaced two ‘.’ with ‘;’ and ‘?’. Also I’m not shure if I correctly translated the idiom in the last sentence. Maybe someone can confirm or correct my translation?
Thanks, Chris. So it’s just the same ol’ “if you care about pets you must not care about souls” thing. I wonder if they spend ALL their time witnessing to the unsaved, or if they do something they must care more about, like working for a living, or eating, or watching a movie, reading a book… If they do those things, they must not care about souls.
This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of. Animals don’t have souls, and if the Lord returns for his followers (the caretakers of pets), I don’t think he really cares about the pets future in eternity, maybe because they don’t have one. You people are idiots.
who says animals can’t have souls? you really think they are soulless beings just because the bible doesn’t talk about salvation for animals? and as the admin, is it really appropriate for you to call people idiots just because they are challenging or disagreeing with you? is that very christlike?
One, if animals had souls you’d think they’d be a more important part of the Kingdom. Two, are they really going to hell? Do we really believe that some animals go to heaven and others don’t? Because otherwise they would all go to heaven right? Three, if they don’t have souls then they’re just going to die anyway. Four, if they don’t have souls why do people love them so much? You might as well pay somebody to water your tree after the rapture and brush the lint off your favorite shirt. If any of you have more than a grain of salt in your brain this is obviously a huge scam to fool idiots like you into paying people a bunch of money for a service that won’t even be needed because after the rapture everything else is going to hell anyway right?
Bunch of money? Ten bucks? If I’m ripping people off, I’m doing a poor job of it!
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In reaction to Nichole: It is a good idea to believe that animals have souls because people will perhaps look after them better.
So, why don’t you witness to these volunteers so that they will be able to go to heaven too? You should not be more focused on your own pets rather than peoples’ souls. I think the people left on earth are going to have a lot more to worry about than pets after the rapture occurs!!
You can find the answers to your questions here:
https://aftertherapturepetcare.com/blog/frequently-asked-questions/
What if you think you are a Christian but are left behind when the rapture occurs, do you get a refund?
Why aren’t you witnessing to the people you are hiring to do this volunteer work? Are you that cold and heartless that your pets are more of a concern than saving a human soul?
Besides, when the rapture occurs, there will be more important things on the minds of the volunteers than looking for a pet. After all they aren’t Christians; they will most likely just take the money and not do what they were hired to do. After all you’re gone, you won’t be here to monitor what they do or not do.
And, it’s a bleeding pet! American’s, in general, have an unhealthy attachment to their pets. I’m a pet lover just like the other guy, but they are an animal. The primary use of an animal is for either food or working animal. They are not a member of the family no matter how much you my care for them. Besides, when you are ruptured, you will have more important things on your mind, not weather or not if you let the dog/cat out b/f going to bed.
I call BS on your comment that you’re a pet lover. You obviously are a cold, calculating, self-centered semi-illiterate jerk. I won’t even answer your questions that are already answered in our FAQs. You can ask someone to read them to you…
I’m interested in doing this for my customers. I am a pet professional and Jewish. While I understand that many believe the Rapture will indeed come, and we need to prepare for it, I do not. I would be left here finding proper homes for the animals who are left behind, or follow the orders of my customers. Whoever is saying that they wouldn’t want the people who are left to take care of their pets-there are millions of wonderful people who do not subscribe to the belief it will happen, and it doesn’t make them bad souls.
Thank you, Lori. That’s all I’ve been asking – is for non-believers to be open minded as you are.
Becoming a Christian is not based on being good or bad, it’s 100% faith. So, the difference between those who will be taken up and those left behind will not be whether anyone was good or bad, but what they believe at the time. And the Bible says many left behind will become Christians, too. So anyone who thinks those left behind are “bad souls” or would “eat the pets” or in any way not as good as they are simply have no understanding of Christianity and are terrible representatives of their faith.
Honestly, many of the comments on this blog, and even more comments I did not approve, have made me embarrassed for Christianity here in America. I’ve never been subjected to so much hate and vileness in my life, and this in the name of Christ.
How can you or anyone who claims to love the Lord so completely disobey His direct command to evangelize? You have people signing up to take care of pets who declare that they are unsaved and all you care about is what happens to Fluffy? Christ commanded us to go and share the Gospel (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15) with those who have not asked Jesus Christ to forgive them of their sins and come into their heart and be their Savior. That is the true definition of a Christian. I hope for all of the “Christians” sakes who have signed up for this service that you truly will be raptured. Let us not forget the most important point… everything we believe must be based upon God’s Word, not on our feelings.
Well, it’s certainly an interesting idea. While I don’t feel that the rapture is going to happen any time soon, I think that it’s a creative idea.