What Is The Rapture? The definition of the rapture varies depending on which view one takes when answering the question, what is the rapture? There are three categories of rapture teaching. Each of the views are defined by their relationship to the tribulation, an alleged future event of prophecy. Pre-tribulation Rapture is defined as a seven year period occurring before the "great tribulation" in spoken of in Matthew 24:21, when saints will miraculously be swept into the heavens. Graphic representations have shown images and movies of people leaving their homes, jobs, automobiles, airplanes and machinery and even their churches while others are ...

Image via Wikipedia 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, incites emotionally charged discussions about the resurrection and the rapture. Students of John Nelson Darby, credited with popularizing modern Dispensationalism cite the text as incontrovertible proof of the Rapture. However, these exegetes (scripture interpreters) violate hermeneutic principles in their application of the text. The following demonstrate some of the errors glossed over by futurists and pre- tribulation rapture advocates. Resurrection in 1 Thessalonians 4: Are We Who Alive Dead?, addresses the specific audience of the text. The problem with most interpreters on the Lord's return is that they read themselves versus the audience into the text.  We show this as a faulty premise. We Who Are AliveAnd Remain Paul ...