The Rapture is a belief in Christianity that both living and dead believers will ascend into heaven to meet Jesus Christ at the Second Coming. The term "rapture" is not found in the New Testament, but it is based on the belief that the Lord will come down from heaven, and a trumpet call will precede the rise of "the dead in Christ." This belief is held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, and is associated with the end- time event when all dead Christian believers will be resurrected and joined with living Christians to meet the Lord in the air
. The concept of the Rapture is not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, but it is based on various passages, including 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 and Matthew 24
