I believe that when talking about the Rapture of the Church (or the catching up of the Body of Christ), we need to consider Paul.
2 Timothy 2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
The resurrection and rapture of Church Age saints is a mystery revealed through the Apostle Paul.
1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
16 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:
17 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.
Paul says, "I (not "we") show you a mystery." Only Paul talks about the church being CAUGHT UP together in the CLOUDS meet the Lord in the air. The OT prophets and the Twelve Apostles all talks about the Lord's coming down ON EARTH. To them were not revealed the "mystery" concerning the Rapture, but to Paul it was.
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