When Will The Rapture Occur?

Reading through Mark 13 multiple times this week reignites my interest in eschatology. That’s just a big word meaning the theology and doctrines of the last days. As a follower of Jesus, I believe the Bible is clear that God has a plan for humanity that had a beginning and an end, and that this earth we live on will not last forever. Despite what humanism teaches, we are not going to evolve and improve and save the world.

If you care to read and believe, the Bible has lots to say about the end times. Not all of it is crystal clear, and there are different interpretations of how the end times will play out. One often-debated topic is the rapture of the church. Theologians don’t agree on when it will happen, but I don’t think there’s any question from a straightforward, literal read of scripture that there will be a rapture. God will rescue His bride, the body of Christ, and take us to heaven.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 – But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

By Sheila Alewin

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