The Last Trumpet

The Rapture of the Church is the most beautiful message heard for countless generations. It anticipates the Glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ for his Bride, the 'Church'. The word 'Rapture', many scholars say is absent from the Bible. Why then do many believe and long for this glorious appearing? Paul when discussing the topic of the 'resurrection of the saints', alludes to the phenomenon of what the believer will experience.  1 Corinthians 15:51-55 King James Version (KJV) 51  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54  So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall