What happens to Christians at the rapture?

Chuck Smith named Paul's mystery plainly: "This is the event called the rapture, when all of us will be changed and this corruption will put on incorruption; this mortal will put on immortality." Paul: "We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye" (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). Read Chuck on 1 Corinthians 15:51 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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