The Rapture is an eschatological concept held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an end-time event when all dead Christian believers will be resurrected and, joined with Christians who are still alive, together will rise "in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air."
37And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming (παρουσία, parousia)[46] of the Son of man. 38For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming (παρουσία parousia)[47] of the Son of man. 40Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left. - Matthew 24:37–40 ASV
One in the bed. One at the mill. One in the field Jan Luyken's illustration of Matthew 24 verse 40, from the 1795 Bowyer Bible
The origin of the term extends from the First Epistle to the Thessalonians in the Bible, which uses the Greek word harpazo (Ancient Greek: ἁρπάζω), meaning "to snatch away" or "to seize".
Rapture is derived from Middle French rapture, via the Medieval Latin raptura ("seizure, kidnapping"), which derives from the Latin raptus ("a carrying off").[9]