Bible Questions Answered:
Where are the scriptures concerning the rapture, and I see this word is “Not” in the bible.
Harry / Walsall, U.K.
Bible Answers;
Rapture Scriptures:
I Corinthians 15:50-58 NLB
50 What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!
52 It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.
53 For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
54 Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:
"Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?"
56 For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power.
57 But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
I Thessalonians 4:13-18 NLB
13 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.
14 For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with Him the believers who have died.
15 We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet Him ahead of those who have died.
16 For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves.
17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.
18 So encourage each other with these words.
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The word “Rapture,” does not appear in the KJV Bible.
The word “Rapto: “Caught up,” “Snatched away,” is found in (I Thessalonians 4:17) in the Latin Vulgate Translation.
The Vulgate (Latin) Bible was prepared by St. Jerome (Monk, and church scholar), of the 4th century.
The Vulgate was the “Official Bible,” of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Are you “saved?”
John 3:16,17 KJV
[16] For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
[17] For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
Do you know the Lord, is He your Saviour?
See The Bible Prayer Line: Index: Bible Lessons: Salvation Prayer
The Rapture is the “Secret-Catching-Away,” of the blood bought, Bride of Christ.
This could take place before you take your next breath.
Isaiah 55:6 KJV “Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near:”
