***So why didn’t Christians in previous generations come up with it?***
The bobby pin, the steam locomotive, and electric lights have been around for thousands of years. But we just recently discovered them. Why was that? Think it out.
The word, “rapture” comes from the Greek, “harpatzo” and, “rapto” in Latin. What is the context of those words in the Christian’s New Testament? Does it mean to fly away, disappear, go to another world or something else? What did it mean to people before 1830?