The Way to God - Jesus. The Way to Jesus - the Cross.

John 8:1-11 "...Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group (most likely naked) and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they continued questioning him, he straightened up and said, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman,...

Even though this is a long post, it is not complete. I have written quite a bit more on this subject, but I will start with this.   One rapture passage is found in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18. "For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. (i.e. dead.) 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. Therefore comfort one another with these words." The Greek word translated as "shall be caught up" is  harpazō. It is defined by Strong's Concordance (g726) as: 1) to seize, carry off by force; 2) to seize on, claim for one's self eagerly; 3) to snatch out or away. (From danger to safet...