[Travis McGee]

I keep looking for "rapture" in my Bible, but I have not found it as yet.

[HeadOn]

1 Thess 4:17 - Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

If I recall correctly, the Greek word translated "caught up" sounds a lot like "rapture", and that's where the term comes from. The event is described there, whether the actual word is used or not.

Lots of Christians disagree on whether the rapture is before, after, or during the tribulation, and some don't hold that it will take place at all. Those are really side issues. I belong to Christ, and if I die before it happens, I'll be with Him. If I don't, I'll get "caught up". Winner either way.

[Victorious]

they (the rapture theory folks) get it from a french word meaning to be caught up. But that does not make it truth! The truth is found in Matthew 24 read line upon line. Also in 2 Thess. chaper 2 all of it. Especially verse 3 "Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." (the AntiChrist)
The pretribulation rapture teachers take scriptures out of context to "prove" their theory. But it's a false teaching from the pit of hell and it is part of the falling away (from the truth) in the last days.