Does the rapture occur in the bible?

Answer 1

It can be found in some versions, but not in the sense of 'The Rapture' which is a theological term referring to the removal of God's people from the earth in the end times. It is only used to describe the emotion 'rapture', similar to 'joy'.

Another answer:

The word "rapture" is not found anywhere in the English Bible, but it is found in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of The Bible, where it is translated from the Greek Word that means "caught up, swept away". That's where the term is found.

Another answer:

The verse which the word is used in reference to is:

1 Thessalonians 4:17 (New International Version):

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.

Answer 2

NOPE

The Bible does not mention the word rapture specifically, however it talks about (paraphrased) the saints of God being suddenly taken up into the air. The word rapture means to suddenly be taken off, or (according to Christian theology) to suddenly be taken away into the air to meet Jesus.

There are different views on the rapture, even among Christians. Some people believe in it, some people don't, some people believe in a rapture that will happen before the great tribulation, some believe it will occur after, some believe it will occur duing (for more information on that, search for pre-trib, post-trib, and mid-trib rapture).

Although the word 'rapture' is not used anywhere in the Bible (all versions), the theory is based on Biblical Scriptures.

Answer 3

The Rapture is a concept in Christianity relating to the return of Jesus. The primary passage describing the rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, in which Paul cites "the word of the Lord" about the return of Jesus to gather his saints.

"Rapture", in the context of eschatology, is an English word derived from the Latin rapio, "caught up" [1] as found in the Vulgate rendering of 1 Thessalonians 4:17.

A different opinion

Rapture theology is a modern idea, not recorded before the 1700's, and almost unknown outside the United States even today.

Most Christians reject the notion of a rapture as wholly non-Biblical.

A third point of view

In other words, the Bible DOESN'T talk about a "rapture."

Answer 4

A:

The word 'rapture' is not in the Bible, as the early Christians believed in the Second Coming but had no idea of this concept. The Rapture has its origins in the nineteenth century with John Nelson Darby, a British evangelical preacher and founder of the Plymouth Brethren. Although few people belong the the Plymouth Brethren Church, many Christians believe in its founder's most enduring theological creation, the Rapture.

The Rapture has no genuine biblical support, but Darby combed the Bible looking for isolated passages that could be used to support or prove the Rapture. As part of his hypothesis, John Darby invented "dispensations" - intervals of time ordering God's grand timetable for world events. Proponents admit that the dispensationalist system is not spelled out in any single passage in the Bible. Nevertheless they insist that a comprehensive system is necessary and that Darby's dispensationalism, with its divisions of history and its two-stage future return of Christ, is "the only system" that can make sense of otherwise contradictory biblical passages. Lindsey (The Rapture: Truth or Consequences, p57) argues that otherwise, "The Bible cannot be understood as a consistent and cohesive whole. The only alternative is to allegorize large portions of scripture . . . in order to keep the Bible from contradicting itself."

Darby relied on 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17 as evidence for the coming Rapture: "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: 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." Here, Paul was not writing about "Rapture", but about the resurrection of the dead at Christ's second coming, as the Thessalonians feared that some family members would be left in their graves when he returned, an event Paul expected to occur within his own lifetime.

An important tool for popularising Darby's system was the Scofield Reference Bible, a best-selling work published in 1909. It has been called "perhaps the most important single document in all fundamentalist literature." With sales in the millions, it became the version of the Bible through which Americans read their scriptures throughout much of the twentieth century. Scofield's notes and headings were woven in with the biblical text itself, elevating Darby's theology to a level of biblical authority that no previous writing had.

Answer

its not in the Bible. Its a word that is used to describe the Second Coming promised in the Bible, but its just another name for it.

Answer 5

The term is not Scriptural but the traditions of men.

Answer:Yes. In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Paul says "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". The point of the passage is the comfort of the mourners. Paul's main aim is to insist that those who have died, and those who are still alive when the Messiah appears in His royal presence, will together inherit the new age He will usher in. But the language which Paul uses to make the point, a combination of classic apocalyptic images, should be seen for what it is: an evocation of Daniel 7 (the son of man coming on the clouds) and of the revelation or apocalypse on Mount Sinai (the shout and the Trumpet, and Moses coming down with the law). The word parousia, often rendered as "coming" within Christian scholarship, actually means presence, as opposed to absence. The word parousia itself, and the language of "meeting" which Paul uses, evokes the scene, familiar from much Hellenistic and Roman writing, of a king or emperor paying a state visit to a city or province. As he approaches, the citizens come out to meet him at some distance from the city, not in order then to hold a meeting out in the countryside, but to escort him into the city. "Meeting the Lord in the air" is not a way of saying "in order then to stay safely away from the wicked world". It is the prelude to the implied triumphant return to earth where the Messiah will reign, and His people with Him, as Lord, Saviour and Judge.

Answer 6

The Bible does not talk about the rapture because there is no such thing.

Answer:There are references in the Bible to a sudden "taking up" of believers. Whether it refers to a rapture where all Christians suddenly disappear, and when it will happen (meaning, before, during, or after the tribulation) is a matter of opinion. Many disagree on these issues. Answer:In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Paul says "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". The point of the passage is the comfort of the mourners. Paul's main aim is to insist that those who have died, and those who are still alive when the Messiah appears in His royal presence, will together inherit the new age He will usher in. But the language which Paul uses to make the point, a combination of classic apocalyptic images, should be seen for what it is: an evocation of Daniel 7 (the son of man coming on the clouds) and of the revelation or apocalypse on Mount Sinai (the shout and the trumpet, and Moses coming down with the law). The word parousia,often rendered as "coming" within Christian scholarship, actually means presence, as opposed to absence. The word parousiaitself, and the language of "meeting" which Paul uses, evokes the scene, familiar from much Hellenistic and Roman writing, of a king or emperor paying a state visit to a city or province. As he approaches, the citizens come out to meet him at some distance from the city, not in order then to hold a meeting out in the countryside, but to escort him into the city. "Meeting the Lord in the air" is not a way of saying "in order then to stay safely away from the wicked world". It is the prelude to the implied triumphant return to earth where the Messiah will reign, and His people with Him, as Lord, Saviour and Judge. Therefore the rapture is not in the Bible.

Answer 7

You will find many conflicting answers to this question. The term used for the rapture is "taken" also in other translations the term "translated." The earliest mention of a rapturous departure is in the Old Testament where it is written that "Enoch walked with God, and was not," another term; "caught up."

In Thessolonians, the event is described as "and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then those who remain shall be caught up in the air to meet Him and forever shall they remain with Him." (condensed version).

second answer: The term "rapture" is found nowhere in the English Bible. It is, however, found in the Latin Vulgate, which is translated from the Greek word meaning "caught up, swept away". This is where the term "rapture" originated.

Answer 8

A:

The Rapture has its origins in the nineteenth century beginning with John Nelson Darby, a British evangelical preacher and founder of the Plymouth Brethren, and is therefore not actually in the Bible. Since the Rapture has no genuine biblical support, Darby combed the Bible looking for isolated passages that could be used to support or prove the Rapture and was able to find two or three isolated passages that, taken out of context, could be used in support of the Rapture.

As part of his hypothesis, John Darby invented "dispensations" - intervals of time ordering God's grand timetable for world events. Proponents admit that the dispensationalist system is not spelled out in any single passage in the Bible. Nevertheless proponents insist that a comprehensive system is necessary and that Darby's dispensationalism, with its divisions of history and its two-stage future return of Christ, is "the only system" that can make sense of otherwise contradictory biblical passages. They argue that otherwise, "The Bible cannot be understood as a consistent and cohesive whole. The only alternative is to allegorize large portions of scripture . . . in order to keep the Bible from contradicting itself. (Lindsey, The Rapture: Truth or Consequences, p57)"

Christians have always taught that Jesus will return to earth and that believers should live in the urgent and hopeful anticipation of his second coming. Barbara R. Rossing (The Rapture Exposed) says Darby's new teaching was that Christ would return twice, first in secret to "Rapture" his church out of the world and up to heaven, then a second time after seven years of global tribulation for non-believers, to establish a Jerusalem-based kingdom on earth (called the "Glorious Appearing" - a phrase from Titus 2:13).

Darby relied on 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17 as evidence for the coming Rapture: "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: 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." Here, Paul was not writing about "Rapture", but about the resurrection of the dead at Christ's second coming, as the Thessalonians feared that some family members would be left in their graves when he returned, an event Paul expected to occur within his own lifetime.

An important tool for popularising Darby's system was the Scofield Reference Bible, a best-selling work published in 1909. It has been called "perhaps the most important single document in all fundamentalist literature." With sales in the millions, it became the version of the Bible through which Americans read their scriptures throughout much of the twentieth century. Scofield's notes and headings were woven in with the biblical text itself, elevating Darby's theology to a level of biblical authority that no previous writing had.

Although few people belong the the Plymouth Brethren Church, founded by John Nelson Darby, many Christians believe in its founder's most enduring theological creation, the Rapture. It has broad appeal, perhaps because it sounds 'biblical'.

Answer 9

The word rapture does not occur in the Bible. It is a word used by premillennialists to describe the event of the members of Christ's body, the Church, being "caught up" in the air to meet Christ when he returns. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Answer 10

No. The word 'rapture' is not in the Bible, nor is the modern concept of a "Rapture" of Christians mentioned or discussed. Rapture is a theological creation of John Nelson Darby, the nineteenth-century founder of the Plymouth Brethren. Interestingly, although few people belong the the Plymouth Brethren Church, many Christians believe in its founder's most enduring theological creation, the Rapture.