What exactly is The Rapture?Where can I find it in the Bible?

Answer 1

i think Jesus talked about it when He was saying that two would be walking in a field ... one taken the other left in mathew 24:36 -->

Answer 2

The word Rapture does not actually exist in the Bible. It is an English word used to reference to the Greek term used in 1 Thes 4:17 where Paul refers to Christians being caught up. There are many viewpoints on the Rapture being before or after a Tribulation period that is spoken of in Revelation. The theories focus on pre, mid, and post Tribulation and they all have sources. The Rapture is not something you need to really focus on. If anything if you are a Christian it should just want you to tell more people about Jesus while you still have time. If you are a Christian the whole point is that you will be with God forever at some point. So it does not really matter when as long as it happens.

Answer 3

The word is not in the bible. The idea springs from Jesus' promise to "receive the church" unto Himself when He returns. There are different camps within Christianity that believe that the rapture (the taking away of the church) will happen either before, during or after the prophesied tribulation that will occur. Revelations is a hard read for many people because of the symbolism involved, but the promise of the rapture is NOT found there as some of these other people are telling you to do. The promises of the rapture are found BEFORE Revelations. Revelations explains mainly what will happen during the tribulation. A google search for Pre-Tribulation Rapture, Mid-Tribulation Rapture or Post-Tribulation Rapture will yield many sites explaining each sides stance. You decide for yourself as the Lord leads you.

Answer 4

The rapture isn't really in the Bible. People take verses out of context and try to bend meanings in order to make it real. I'm a Christian and I can guarantee that the word rapture is not in the Bible once. (The Rapture is the belief that all Christians will go to heaven before the Antichrist takes control of the earth in the end times) It is used in movies and in the Left Behind series because it sounds all exciting, and then people take it as absolute truth/

Answer 5

Wow to the people who don't say the word "rapture" isn't in the Bible. In a different translation is surely is (seek out the info on the site listed below). And so will be the event. It's described in Matthew 24, 1 Thessalonians 4-5 and other places. Enoch listed in Genesis was "raptured" as God took him away without death, it's also shown that it will happen in the tribulation when God's two appointed witnesses for the tribulation will be killed, resurrected by God, and then called up to heaven.

Don't listen when people say it's not real. It most certainly is a reality.

I would suggest taking a look at this site. It has all the information you could want on the rapture.

http://www.raptureready.com

Answer 6

The "rapture" as it is commonly known, is the removal of the Church preceding the final seven years in human history. The main proof texts are 1 Thess.4:15 - 17:

1Th 4:15 For we say this to you in the Word of the Lord, that we the living who remain to the coming of the Lord will not at all go before those who have fallen asleep.
1Th 4:16 Because the Lord Himself shall come down from Heaven with a commanding shout of an archangel's voice, and with God's trumpet. And the dead in Christ will rise again first.
1Th 4:17 Then we who remain alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to a meeting with the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 So, then, comfort each other with these words.

The other text is 1 Cor. 15:51 - 53:

1Co 15:51 Behold, I speak a mystery to you: we shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed.
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in a glance of an eye, at the last trumpet; for a trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

The word Rapture is a Latin term and not found in the Scriptures. The Biblical term is "caught up" which is "harpazo" in the Greek, it means:
To seize (in various applications): - catch (away, up), pluck, pull, take (by force).

We see an example of this in Acts 8:39:
Act 8:39 But when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip. And the eunuch did not see him any more; for he went his way rejoicing.

The same term "harpazo" is used when the text says "caught away".

Answer 7

You won't find the Rapture in the Bible whatsoever. Several fundalmentalist preachers say that the Rapture will happen before the Antichrist appears on the Earth, in which Christians will disappear off the face of the Earth and taken to Heaven by God. There have been a lot of questions about the rapture theory, and I can't personally say I agree with it. I can tell you that Christians on this Earth will go through a lot of Hell before Christ comes to judge the living and the dead. I believe that all who believe in Christ(and accept him) as their savior will be saved.

Answer 8

It is not in the bible and there are to many scriptures that let you know it isn't true.
read Matthrew 24:21 That is about the great tribulation that is about to unleash its self on mankind, it says all flesh will appear to be killed or dieing. Before Atom bombs it wouldn't be possible to kill all flesh. Now every country at lease has an atom bomb.
But it says that God will cut this short to save those chosen ones. Well if they had already been raptured out what difference would it make how long it took?
They point to 1 Thessalonians 5: about survivors meeting the lord in the air. But a survivors is someone who has survived a great tribulation. NO mention of this happening before.

Answer 9

There are several passages. The rapture will occur immediately after the Great Tribulation, but right before God's wrath is poured out on unbelievers. Check out the first link below.

Answer 10

Well, no, it's not actually in the Bible. It's an interpretation (dirty word) based on the book called "The Revelation of St. John the Divine," which is usually just referred to as Revelations.

But here I am with the Bible my Sunday school teacher mother gave me, King James version, and I'm trying to find the passages that seem to be where this concept was taken from *scans through several pages* How about this: Chapter 7, verses 9 and 10: "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; [10] And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb."

I guess the idea was that in order for them to appear before God clad in white robes, they had to leave the earth, and leave their clothes behind. Then when they got to heaven, the white robes would just be slipped on, they pick up a palm to wave, and they're ready.

Answer 11

The word "rapture" does not occur in the Bible. The concept of the Rapture, though, is clearly taught in Scripture. The Rapture of the church is the event in which God removes all believers from the earth in order to make way for His righteous judgment to be poured out on the earth during the Tribulation period. The Rapture is described primarily in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 describes the Rapture as God resurrecting all believers who have died, giving them glorified bodies, and then departing the earth with those believers who were still alive, who have also been given glorified bodies. "For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever" (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

1 Corinthians 15:50-54 focuses on the instantaneous nature of the Rapture and on the glorified bodies we will receive. "Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed" (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). The Rapture is the glorious event we should all be longing for. We will finally be free from sin. We will be in God's presence forever. There is far too much debate over the meaning and scope of the Rapture. This is not God’s intent. Rather, in regards to the Rapture, God wants us to “encourage each other with these words.”