- 1Th 4:13-18 NASB
- 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.
- 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
- 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
- 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
- 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
- 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
In verse 17, the word translated "caught up" is the Greek word harpagisometha, meaning "we shall be caught up" or "taken away", with the connotation that this is a sudden event.
The latin word used to translate the greek is "rapiemur", the first-person plural future passive indicative of rapiemur, "we shall be snatched, we shall be grabbed, we shall be carried off".
- 1 Cor 15:51-54 NASB
- 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
- 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- 53 For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- 54 But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.
Where did the term 'rapture' come from?
See Also:
Topical Bible - the last trumpet
Tobpical Bible - Day of the Lord