The most detailed revelation of the actual events related to the Rapture is given by Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Jesus said, “I will come again, and receive you to Myself that where I am, there you may be also.” The first clear mention of the Rapture in Scripture is found in the words of Jesus recorded in John 14:1-4. Daniel reveals this fact in Daniel 12:1-2 where he says that the saints of that age will be resurrected at the end of the “time of distress.” Biblical References The saints of Old Testament times will be resurrected at the end of the Tribulation and not at the time of the Rapture of the Church. Jesus will return as a bridegroom for His bride, and that bride consists only of Church Age saints. The concept of the Rapture was not revealed to the Old Testament prophets because it is a promise to the New Testament Church and not to the saints of God who lived before the establishment of the Church. The same phrase is used in the King James and New International Versions. In the New American Standard Version, the English phrase, “caught up,” is used. The word is found in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. So, “Rapture” is a Biblical word that comes right out of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible. The term “Rapture” comes from a Latin word, “rapio,” that means “to catch up, to snatch away, or to take out.” It is, in turn, a translation of the Greek word, “harpazo.”
The promise is that someday very soon, at the blowing of a trumpet and the shout of an archangel, Jesus will appear in the sky and take up His Church, living and dead, to Heaven. The Rapture is a glorious event which God has promised to the Church.
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