Welcome, McKee 16, don’t avoid this thread, especially since no one knows you, even better reason.
As long as you are polite, you will be treated politely.
THE RAPTURE
Depending on WHO you believe, or what denominational doctrine you believe, will determine your opinion on the Rapture.
Most like 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, which uses the term “caught up” in the KJV translation. BUT, go back to verses 13&14, it says they have ALREADY resurrected.
Non-denominational churches like 2 THessalonians chapter 2, start at verse 1 with the words “gathering together”, then it says that the “son of perdition”(satan) MUST BE REVEALED before the gathering together.
I personally, like Revelation 14:14-20, where Jesus “harvests” the saints with a sickle, so to speak metaphorically. The angels harvest the wicked with a sickle. All this comes AFTER Jesus gathers His 144,000 servants from the EARTH, who have the name of God in their foreheads, same chapter.
If you look back several pages here, I had a debate on the Rapture, which gives the general opinions of theologians on the subject.
This subject was not even in church doctrine until 1830, which should give much suspicious thought, at the least.
There is no mention of Rapture in the four gospels that I know of at all.
The book of Revelation only lists the harvest of saints in chapter 14, as given earlier.
Most of the information on this event is pure speculation, when stated as happening BEFORE the tribulation period.
First case, 1 Thessalonians, they are already gone, second case, 2 THessalonians, satan must be first revealed, third case, Revelation, is the END of tribulation, before the beginning of the GREAT TRIBULATION(second 3 1/2 years), AFTER satan is revealed, according to 2 THessalonians, chapter 2.
“The big one’s still swimming, let’s go.”