The Rapture is imminent, meaning it does not have to have any other event to happen prior to its beginning. If it does not happen before a true believer dies, the true believer in death is with Jesus in Heaven awaiting the Rapture in order to be reuinited . Most people don't understand this. When you die, your soul rests with Jesus in Heaven awaiting the Rapture to happen. Why would a person's soul be awaiting for the Rapture to happen? Simple, it is necessary for the body (container of the soul/spirit) to be reunited with the Soul/Spirit in order to be transfigured for Heavenly life. When the Rapture happens, there will be many who are still alive at that time of this event. Before they are lifted into the clouds to be translated into their heavenly body, the bodies of the dead will arise first to be joined with the Soul/Spirit. These that are affected by this event are the members of Jesus' Church He built from scratch in the first century (Acts 1,2). The members, both Jew and Gentile will transfigured to bodies like that of Jesus Christ "for we shall see Him as He is". (1 John 3:2)
