<P> There are differing views among Christians regarding the timing of Christ 's return , such as whether it will occur in one event or two , and the meaning of the aerial gathering described in 1 Thessalonians 4 . Many Christians do not subscribe rapture - oriented theological views . Though the term `` rapture '' is derived from the text of the Latin Vulgate of 1 Thess. 4 : 17 -- `` we will be caught up '' , ( Latin : rapiemur ) ) , Catholics , like Eastern Orthodox , Anglicans , and Lutherans , and most Reformed Christians do not generally use `` rapture '' as a specific theological term , nor do any of these bodies subscribe to the premillennialist dispensationalist theological views associated with its use , but do believe in the phenomenon -- primarily in the sense of the elect 's gathering with Christ in Heaven after his Second Coming . These denominations do not believe that a group of people is left behind on earth for an extended Tribulation period after the events of 1 Thessalonians 4 : 17 . </P>
<P> There are differing views among Christians regarding the timing of Christ 's return , such as whether it will occur in one event or two , and the meaning of the aerial gathering described in 1 Thessalonians 4 . Many Christians do not subscribe rapture - oriented theological views . Though the term `` rapture '' is derived from the text of the Latin Vulgate of 1 Thess. 4 : 17 -- `` we will be caught up '' , ( Latin : rapiemur ) ) , Catholics , like Eastern Orthodox , Anglicans , and Lutherans , and most Reformed Christians do not generally use `` rapture '' as a specific theological term , nor do any of these bodies subscribe to the premillennialist dispensationalist theological views associated with its use , but do believe in the phenomenon -- primarily in the sense of the elect 's gathering with Christ in Heaven after his Second Coming . These denominations do not believe that a group of people is left behind on earth for an extended Tribulation period after the events of 1 Thessalonians 4 : 17 . </P>
where did the word rapture come from in the bible
where did the word rapture come from in the bible
derived from the text of the Latin Vulgate of 1 Thess. 4 : 17 -- `` we will be caught up '' , ( Latin : rapiemur )
derived from the text of the Latin Vulgate of 1 Thess. 4 : 17 -- `` we will be caught up '' , ( Latin : rapiemur )