09-19-2012, 11:28 AM
Thanks for your help.
I agree with you that the rapture and the resurrection happen simultaneously. At the return of Christ, those awaiting from Sheol are raised and caught up. Those awaiting on earth are transformed and caught up.
I was hoping for an etymological connection, but a rhyme between the two words is still interesting enough to note. I have encountered people who don't think 1 Corinthians 15 has anything to do with the rapture, but contextually it's impossible to separate from 1 Thessalonians 4.
I agree with you that the rapture and the resurrection happen simultaneously. At the return of Christ, those awaiting from Sheol are raised and caught up. Those awaiting on earth are transformed and caught up.
I was hoping for an etymological connection, but a rhyme between the two words is still interesting enough to note. I have encountered people who don't think 1 Corinthians 15 has anything to do with the rapture, but contextually it's impossible to separate from 1 Thessalonians 4.