The word "rapture"

I like the word "rapture" myself.

All that other stuff is Greek to me.

tonychanyt said:

1 Thessalonians 4:

16 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. 17 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.​

The Greek lemma for "caught up" is ἁρπάζω (G726 harpazó). The Latin translation of this verse used the lemma rapturus.

It appears in the following verses:

Matthew 11:

12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force [G726 snatch or seize it].​

Mat 13:

19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.​

John 6:

15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.​

In total, it appears 13 times.

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The "rapture" happens at the 1st resurrection ... whereby all the saved are taken to heaven .... but this is not the full end.

1 Thessalonians 4

The Return of the Lord

13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. 14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. 17After that, 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 will always be with the Lord.

18Therefore encourage one another with these words.