The Bible does not specifically use the word "rapture," but it describes an event where believers in Christ are suddenly taken up to meet the Lord in the air. Key scriptures that describe this event include 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, which talks about the dead in Christ rising first and then those who are alive being caught up together with them to meet the Lord forever. This event is portrayed as a supernatural "snatching away" or "catching up" of Christians to be with Jesus. The Greek word translated as "caught up" in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 is "harpazo," meaning to seize or snatch away, and the Latin word "rapere" is the origin of the English word "rapture." Other related passages include 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 and Matthew 24:40-42, describing how one will be taken while another is left behind. The rapture is generally understood as the event that will happen before God's righteous judgment is poured out on the earth. It involves both the resurrection of deceased believers and the transformation of living believers into glorified bodies fit for eternity with Christ. In summary, the Bible teaches that the rapture will be a sudden and divine event where Jesus Christ will come to bring all believers, living and dead, to be with Him forever, an event characterized by resurrection, transformation, and a gathering of the faithful to meet the Lord in the air.