RAPTURE IS A STATE OF ECSTASY BUT ALSO WHAT MANY CHRISTIANS LOOK FORWARD TO AT THE SECOND COMING OF LORD JESUS CHRIST. Not Every One Is Excited About Being Raptured Because They Have No Idea What It Means To Have Their Body Transformed Into An Immortal Body. Those who are dead are said to be raised from the grave, but unlike the first resurrection, the second resurrection is the raising of people for eternal judgment.

"When the Lord comes, He will directly rapture/raise us into the heavenly kingdom." Is there any difference between "rapture" and "raise"?

Happy Riches · answer requested by Wallen James

The term “rapture” is not really a biblical term but the word captures the meaning of what is expressed in the book of First Thessalonians and First Corinthians.

• For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first; then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17)
• Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)

We who are alive shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord; this is called “the rapture”.

The Bible in Basic English (BBE) uses the word “rapture” to express a state of ecstatic joy, which removes one from being consciously aware of one’s immediate surrounds into a surreal realm of sublime happiness that is rather difficult to describe. In particular, Psalm 51:8 gives the impression that methoxyflurane is being used—which is rather difficult to describe, unless experienced to instantly alleviate excruciating pain, such as just having bones broken in both legs. The other verses do not express quite the same thought but encapsulate the general idea of being relieved of present concerns.

• The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song. (Psalm 28:7 )
• With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house. (Psalm 45:15)
• Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad. (Psalm 51:8)
• As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love. (Proverbs 5:19)

Because of the legitimacy of the term “rapture” within a theological context, one dictionary also defines rapture as: An event in the eschatology of certain Christian groups in which believers in Christ will be taken up to heaven either prior to or at the Second Coming.[1]

The idea of being transported into another realm is what rapture means. The idea of being raised out of the doom and gloom of this world and being bodily transformed from a biologically mortal being to possess immortality, as a physical entity, is resident in the concept of rapture. Hence, we could say that being raised (i.e. caught up) to meet the Lord in the air is tantamount to being raptured to meet Lord Jesus Christ at His return.

Only Those Who Are Walking In The Spirit Of God Will Be Raptured, Though

Footnotes

[1] http://American Heritage® Dictio...