What if one of the most popular and comforting ideas in modern Christianity — that believers will suddenly be secretly snatched away to heaven in a pre-tribulation Rapture, leaving the world behind — is not actually taught in Scripture?

In this deep-dive episode of Mining Scripture, we slow down and examine the question verse by verse, from the Gospels to the letters of Paul and the book of Revelation: Does the Bible actually teach a secret Rapture of the Church before the tribulation? Or has a relatively recent idea — shaped more by 19th-century teachings than by the full testimony of the Hebrew and apostolic writings — quietly shaped what many Christians assume is true?

• If the Rapture is a secret event that removes believers before tribulation, why does Jesus say His coming will be visible like lightning and every eye will see  ...