the supernatural "catching up" of all believers into the air to meet Yeshua/Jesus, as alluded to in First and Second Thessalonians, especially 1 Thess. 4:17. See Rosh Hashana article
A non-biblical term used to describe the catching up of living believers into the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, at the return of Christ.
A transliteration of the Old Latin word, rapio which means to ”snatch away.” This term is the name given to the event described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 and 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 where true Christians are bodily removed from the earth. This subject is covered in more depth here.
The belief that Christ’s faithful followers will be taken bodily into heaven prior to the tribulation period. There are, however, variations on this belief, as some Christians believe the rapture will occur at the end of the tribulation period and others believe it will occur in the middle.
This term comes from the Latin word, RAPTO, to "seize" or "snatch," which was used in the Latin Vulgate version of the New Testament to describe the saints being "caught up" to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thes. 4:17). This event will occur in the last days, preceding Christ's return to the earth. "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord" (1 Thes. 4:16-17).
refers to the snatching away of believers at some point before, during, or at the second coming of Jesus Christ. (1 Thess 4:16-17) (1 Cor 15:51) (John 14) (Rev 3:10)
the taking away, of the Church. The Rapture of the Church will be an event of such startling proportions that the entire world will be conscious of our leaving. Some have suggested that there will be airplane, bus, and train wrecks throughout the world. Who can imagine the chaos on the freeways when automobile drivers are snatched out of their cars
The sudden transporation of all true Christians to heaven, which is supposed to take place around the time of the Second Coming of Christ.
Recent concept developed over the past 100 years and held by Fundamentalist Christians of a dramatic selection of the righteous from among the wicked, prior to the end of the world.
The resurrection of Church Age believers ending the present dispensation.
The belief that true believers in Christ will be taken bodily into heaven just prior to or during the Tribulation period, and thus be spared the horrible fate awaiting those left behind on earth. The rapture is an integral part of the premillennial dispensationalist systems which have dominated Christian prophecy belief in the second half of the 20th century, as it proposes faith in Christ as the only route to salvation.
The gathering of the Church on earth in the presence of Christ when He comes again to judge the living and the dead (1 Thess. 4:15-17). Orthodox theologians reject the recent minority view that the Church will be taken out of the world before the time of trouble preceding the Second Coming. Christ specifically teaches the faithful will experience the trials of tribulation (Matt. 24:28). See also SECOND COMING.
The Latin equivalent of the Greek "ecstasy," standing apart from oneself, the transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven, hence a technical term for the resurrection of the just at the end of times, based on Revelation 20:4-6.
The exit resurrection of the Church at the end of the Church Age (New Covenant to the Church). Believers will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
This refers to the event described in 1 Thess. 4: 14-17 when believers will be "raptured" or "caught up" (Latin: rapiemur) in the clouds to meet Christ in the air. The "pre-tribulational rapture" view holds that the rapture will occur before a seven-year tribulation; the "mid-tribulational rapture" view places the rapture in the middle of a seven-year tribulation; the "post-tribulational" view holds that the rapture will occur after the tribulation.
From the Latin (Vulgate) word meaning “taken up†or “caught upâ€, used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. Generally it refers to the Second coming of Christ. However, dispensationalists believe it refers to the sudden, secret, and silent removal of Christians from earth prior to (or in the middle of) the final Tribulation.
At an unknown hour and day the Lord Jesus will descend from heaven, while remaining in the air, he will snatch his Bride, the Church, out from among this sinful world. Christ then takes the Church to heaven for the 7 year wedding feast. The earthly reason for the removal of the Church is to make way for the rise of Antichrist and to fulfill Daniel's final 70th week. (Mat 25:13), (1 Thes 4:16-18), (1 Cor 15:51-54)
a snatching up of believers from earth to be with Jesus forever (1 Thessalonians 4:17). Some believe that Jesus will return to " rapture" believers before judgment day. The Bible, however, teaches that believers who are still alive will be " rapture d" after the dead are raised on judgment day. Compare 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 with Hebrews 9:28, John 11:24, John 5:28-29, and John 6:39.
In Protestant Christian eschatology, the rapture ("harpazo" in Greek in 1 Thessalonians 4:17) is the name given to the event in which all Christians living on earth are simultaneously transported to Heaven to be with Jesus Christ. This is a common belief among Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, Pentecostals, Baptists, and many independents. While almost all Christian groups believe that those who are saved will have eternal life, the term "rapture" is applied specifically to the event in which all Christians on earth simultaneously ascend to join Christ, and are transformed into immortal bodies.