What is The Rapture?
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What Is the Rapture?
The word rapture isn’t found in most English Bibles, but it comes from the Latin word rapturo, which means “to seize” or “to snatch away.” It refers to a future moment when Jesus will suddenly catch away His faithful followers to meet Him in the air. This event is a promise of hope for believers who long for His return. Jesus Christ is coming back again!
Three key scriptures describe the rapture:
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (ESV) – “Then we who are alive, who are left, 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.”
John 14:2-3 – Jesus comforts His disciples saying, “I go to prepare a place for you… I will come again and will take you to myself.”
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 – “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed… the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.”
Who will be part of the rapture? Scripture is clear: those who are “in Christ”—born-again believers who live by faith and walk in the Spirit—will be caught up. Jesus is coming for His Church, described in Ephesians 5:27 as a “glorious church… without spot or wrinkle.”
The rapture is not to be feared but embraced. It’s the moment when Christ returns not in judgment, but in joyful gathering. Are you watching and ready for His return?