RAPTURE (The Catching Away Of The Church)
RAPTURE (The Catching Away Of The Church) The word Rapture means to be caught up, or the catching away. For years many of us have heard about the rapture and how Jesus would come back for the body of Christ. To those who haven’t read God’s word or aren’t following Christ, this may seem very far fetched and even though scripture does not actually contain the word Rapture, it does contain scripture that reference the the meaning of the word Rapture. “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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...