Sure you have...If you've read the bible as you say, you've seen it...But believing it's another thing, eh???
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
The Rapture is a resurrection...Surely you've read about resurrections in the bible...
Anything in those verses you may have missed in the past???
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
You notice that live people go UP??? They go up and head towards and beyond the NORTH star...There's a lot more detail in the scriptures than many people realize...
Did you also notice that these live people that go up are with the Lord from that moment on??? Know what that means??? No Judgement...No condemnation...
That's a resurrection...That's a Rapture...And you know what else that means??? That means there are no un-saved folks going up...Non Christians will not be 'ever with the Lord'...That's strictly a Christian event...
And if only Christians go up, that leaves a tremendous amount of people on the earth...And they of course, are alive...They are LEFT BEHIND...
There is nothing about the North Star or any specific compass heading in those verses. (Which way do they head if they are on the opposite side of the globe?) Like so much associated with this secret rapture theory, you have to read a whole lot into the verse that is not there. Exegesis by imagination.
This is precisely why it is hard to take these theories seriously from a biblical standpoint.
The Rapture is a resurrection...Surely you've read about resurrections in the bible...
The rapture of the church is coincident with the resurrection. "And I will raise him up on the last day."
They go up and head towards and beyond the NORTH star..Cite, please. And suppose there isn't one when this happens. The pole precesses over time, you know.