The word “Rapture” does not appear in the English bible. The original Greek word Translated caught up in 1Thessalonians 4:17 is the word harpazō. In the Latin bible harpazō is translated raptura. Raptura means a carrying off. So the English term “Rapture” is from the Latin language. In the English New Testament harpazō is also translated take by force, catch, pluck, caught away, pull, and several times as caught up. Whatever term you prefer; the dead in Christ will first be physically resurrected; then all those who are alive in Christ Jesus will be caught up with them to meet Jesus.
1Th 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: 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.
Read my commentary titled “The Fall; and Rise of the Antichrist” to learn the sign of the rapture!

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