Rapture Questions?
God seperates out those who are saved, they do not go into judgment as the rest of the world. Rapture is from the Word raptus. To be caught up. To be taken out of. To be saved from. The original Greek word for "caught up" in the Bible verse describing the Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:17) is harpagēthēsōmen . • Harpagēthēsōmen is a future passive participle of the verb harpazo , which means "to seize, snatch, or carry off by force." The Latin translation of this word, raptus , is where the English term "Rapture" is derived. • The Rapture refers to the event when believers in Christ will be "caught up" to meet the Lord in the air. • This event is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. • The original Greek word for "caught up" is harpagēthēsōmen, which emphasizes a sudden and forceful removal. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18: "For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with th...