"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" (2 Timothy 3:16)

Many reasons will probably be given for the disappearance of these millions of people such as a terrorist attack with a top secret weapon, a time warp, a weather anomaly or even a mass alien abduction. It may even be said that the earth has 'cleansed itself' or that God has removed all the bad people. None of these explanations will be true.

God's Word in the Bible tells us that the reason for this mass disappearance is called "The Rapture". This means that living Christians, those who have confessed Jesus as their Lord and received Him as their Savior will be instantly taken to Heaven by Him. Not only that, but all deceased Christian's bodies will be raised from the dead and also taken. We have proof that this will happen from these verses in the Bible:

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Everyone living that has received Jesus as their Savior or anyone that had received Him before they died will be raptured. No one but God the Father knows when this will occur:

"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." (Matthew 24:36)

So we are warned to be ready all the time, because Jesus could appear at any time:

"Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." (Matthew 24:44)

Though the word 'rapture' does not appear in English Bible translations, which use the words"caught up" as in the 1 Thessalonians 4:17 verse above, the word "rapiemur" is used in the same verse of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible which served as the basic Bible of the Western world for over 1200 years, from 400 AD to 1611 when the King James Version was published. The Latin Vulgate is where the English word 'rapture' comes from:

"deinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera et sic semper cum Domino erimus" (1 Thessalonians 4:17 Latin Vulgate)

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