One of the most common objections to the pre-tribulation Rapture is simple: “The word rapture isn’t in the Bible.” But is that actually true?
In this episode of Prophecy in the Crucible, Lee Brainard examines this claim and traces the biblical and linguistic connection between the Greek word harpazō and the English word rapture. He takes us to 1 Thessalonians 4:17, where Paul says believers will be “caught up” to meet the Lord in the air, and explains how the Greek term relates to the Latin rapio/raptus and ultimately to the English word rapture.
More importantly, the video exposes why arguing over whether an English word appears in an English Bible can completely miss the substance of what Scripture actually teaches.
Topics covered:
- Does the word Rapture appear in the Bible?
- What does harpazō mean?
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17 and the phrase “caught up”
- The connection between Greek, Latin, and English
- harpazō → rapio/raptus → rapture
- The “argument from silence” against the Rapture
- Why the absence of an English word does not disprove a biblical doctrine
- The biblical case for the Rapture
If you’ve ever heard someone say, “The word Rapture isn’t in the Bible,” you won’t want to miss this.
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