Rapture

Question: Please, does the Urantia Book talk about rapture? 

Yes, the Urantia Book talks about rapture. However, this might depend on your definition of that word. 

In the early years of Adam and Eve here on Urantia, a rapture event occurred where some people who were living on earth were taken away to the heavenly realms. Please, see this: 

Urantia Book 76:6.2, "...Many other loyal souls had already been translated at the time of Adam’s arrival, which was attended by a dispensational adjudication of both the sleeping survivors and of the living qualified ascenders." 

This is telling me that at the time of Adam's arrival, in addition to the dead who resurrected and ascended to the heavenly realms (mansion worlds), some people who were living, alive on earth - "living qualified ascenders", also were translated or caught up to heaven (mansion worlds). 

This is the same scenario the Apostle Paul painted when he talked about a future translation event, a.k.a "rapture" in the Book of 1 Thessalonians 4:16 -17, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." 

In other words, what Paul talked about has happened before - in the time of Adam. The translation of people living on earth - "living qualified ascenders" is a phenomenon that may occur side-by-side the resurrection and ascension of the dead - "the sleeping survivors". 

Sincerely,
- Karo Akamune
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