‘The rapture’. To informed Christians, that phrase triggers a very tight focus on the instantaneous event Paul predicted about The Lord’s saints from only this current, 3rd age of human history. He predicted those who are deceased will be resurrected; physically transformed from mortal-to-immortal; then ‘caught up’ onto a cloud to meet Jesus. Then those who will not have deceased will similarly be transformed and caught up. The unified group will be transferred to Heaven. This event will occur just prior to the start of the predicted 7-year tribulation age, the 4th age of history. While that perception is accurate, it actually misses so much more that is jam-packed into that expression. The Bible reveals several rapture-type events are planned over the course of human history, including His own! How do you think He returned to Heaven after creation?! And consider Enoch, the first human who was raptured into Heaven. There are many more individual such events that occurred and are planned. But why do we focus on only ONE ‘group rapture event’?
This series unveils 6 group rapture-type events across the pages and ages of The Bible, The Lord’s Multi-millennial Strategic Plan for Humanity. It also summarizes past and predicted raptures of individuals. So let’s take some time to widen the apertures of our perception on this important topic.
Click on the links to access the posts in this series.
Group Raptures – Types and Timings (Part 1)
Group Raptures – Types and Timings (Part 2)
