The 195-Year-Old Word They Changed to Rapture
The term “rapture” originates from the Latin word rapiemur, meaning “we shall be caught up” or “snatched away,” found in the Latin Vulgate translation of 1 Thessalonians 4:17. This Latin phrase derives from the Greek word harpazo, which means to seize, snatch, or carry off by force. Although the concept of believers being “caught up” to meet Christ is present in …
