Pre-Trib Rapture vs. Post-Trib Rapture What is the Rapture? The Rapture is the transformation of our bodies to be like Christ’s resurrected body. We await transformation. The living long for Christ to come to earth, then the departed saints and the living will be transformed. The Resurrection of the Dead and Rapture are at the same event as we shall examine later. It is of extreme importance to note that the saints wait on earth for the appearing of the Savior. All passages about the Rapture and Second Advent point to believers on earth, for Christ to “come” to us. There are no passages that state we “go” to Heaven. This is why it is often called the Second Coming. If you want to take a test or test someone, try to find a passage in the entire Bible that reports believers going to Heaven after Christ appears, or after the Rapture, or after the Resurrection. There are general statements like “we will always be with the Lord” after the Rapture, but they do not specifically state the location. Is the Rapture a physical transformation or spiritual? The entire faith of Christianity hinges upon a physical, bodily Resurrection from death at the Second Advent. This is the Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.