Page "Christian eschatology" Paragraph 24

In his letter to the church at Thessalonica, Paul writes, " The Lord himself will descend from heaven ... and the dead in Christ will rise first .” But he adds that “ we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air ." Th.

4: 16-17 The rising of those who are still alive to join the resurrected dead is known as the Rapture.

This passage implies that Paul believed that the return of Jesus, the Resurrection, and the Rapture would happen simultaneously.