:study: Definition: The belief that faithful Christians will be bodily caught up from the earth, suddenly taken out of the world, to be united with the Lord "in the air". The word "rapture" is understood by some persons, bout not by all, to be the meaning of 1 Thessalonians 4:17, Did you know the word "rapture" does not occur in the Bible! Evvidently some members of the Christian congregation in Thessalonica had died. Paul encouraged the survivors to comfort one another with the "resurrection hope". He reminded them that Jesus was resurrected after his death; so, too, at the coming of the Lord, those faithful Christians among them who had died would be raised to be with the Lord.Is it possible for Christians to be taken to heave with their physical bodies? 1 Corinthians 15:50 RS "I tell you this, brethren; "flesh" and "blood" [cannot] inherit the kingdom of God, nor dies the perishable [decayed bodies] inherit the imperishable.What occurred in the case of Jesus set a pattern.. His disceples as well as odthers knew he had died. He was "not" restored to heavenly life until after his death and resurrection. Are we more perfect than Jesus that we do not have to die to enter into God's kingdom?