Where exactly IS the "Rapture" listed in the Bible? This is something I could never understand.?

Question

I have read the Bible through many times but cannot find it.
Peace Be With You,
Debra

Could you give me the Scriptures that allude to it?

Answer 1

it would seem to contradict Jesus' teachings of having to endure hardship.

it would also seem weird that no one thought of this until the 1880's, when a girl had a vision of Jesus coming and taking everyone, then a pastor imposed this into an interpretation of scripture.


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Answer 2

"Rapture" is like many theological terms. The word is not found in the Bible (like "trinity", "catholic" and "pope"). It comes from a Latin term for "joy", not a Greek or Hebrew word. So it is not found in the Bible.

But there are several scriptures that seem to indicate that a "catching away" of God's people will happen at some future point. The most commonly used is 1 Thessalonian 4:13-18, which speaks of a time when Christians will be called from both the grave and life to meet Christ in the air.

Answer 3

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.”

Recommended Resource: The Rapture: Who Will Face the Tribulation by Tim LaHaye.

Answer 4

The Vulgate is an early 5th century version of the Bible in Latin which is largely the result of the labors of Jerome.
Commissioned by Pope Damasus I in AD382 to make a revision of the old Latin translations.
Its Old Testament is the first Latin version translated directly from the Hebrew Tanakh rather than from the Greek Septuagint.

The Roman Vulgate used a better form of translation than the Greek Septuagint.


http://www.catholic.com/library/Rapture.asp

Answer 5

It isn't. It is the result of a heresy put about by Scofield and Darby. Sadly, it concerns a false end times theology, and was incorporated into the Scofield reference Bible which is read avidly by evangelical Christians in the USA. It has been so pernicious that it has found its way into US Foreign policy.
It supports an Old Testament Israel that simply does not exist and encourages people to look forward to the end battle of Gog and Magog / Armageddon. It is worth studying how this heresy became mainstream American theology.

Answer 6

The word "rapture" is not used, however the concept of a "catching away" (the literal word) IS!

1 Thessalonians 4:16 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:

1 Thessalonians 4:17 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 Thessalonians 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

This SECRET coming of the Lord for His church, the Body of Christ, will be seen only by those for whom He is appearing. This is one of the mystery truths given to Paul alone for we who are the Body of Christ in this present dispensation.

Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

This verse is also referring to that "catching away"...it is the christians blessed hope.

Answer 7

I am sure you know this already Debra, but rapture teaching is heresy, it doesn't follow Holy Scripture or Holy Tradition of the Church. So, it is just not there, some people can take certain verses out of context and try to make it sound like rapture teaching is biblical, but it is just not.

Answer 8

The word rapture does not appear in the bible. This part of the christian religion was added in the 1800's.

Answer 9

The word rapture does not appear in the Bible; it was a word applied by 19th century adherents of the premillenialist theory of eschatology. (See how nicely I use big words? lol)

The Millerites were the first large group that embraced that theory (don't quote me on that) based on the teachings of a Rev. Miller.

Answer 10

The word "rapture" isn't there, because it is Latin. "Harpazo" is Greek and is there, it means to be caught up. Remember, the Bible is originally Greek, not Latin.

ADDED: 1 Thessalonians 4:17