The snatching away of Christians, living and dead, from the world, before the wrath of God is unleashed on the world.
Thessalonians 4:16-17;
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:52;
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Revelation 3:10;
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
It should be noted the word "rapture" was not used by the Apostles, just as they never wrote "trinity" as a description of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Many modern theologists describe "rapture" as a translation of the Greek Harpazo, which means to seize, catch, pluck, pull, or take (by force).
While most modern Christians believe in a Rapture of the Church, they do not agree when this will take place, with some claiming it will be pre-Tribulation, some mid-Tribulation, and some post-Tribulation.
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