Such a weak and often repeated meme. Trinity is not in the Bible either, yet we can discern the reality of it. If you want to look for the arrival of the lawless one, you can do it for those not ‘in Christ’ will see the revelation of the false savior, antiChrist -if they survive the cataclysms which will happen in places where a large number of Christ’s own have died and are now living.
The meek.
The word “Purgatory” is not found in the bible either.
I had an individual tell me a few weeks ago that nowhere in the Bible are Christians referred to as the “Bride of Christ.” I believe it began when all of the churches ceased having services and I said something to the effect that the church is just a building but we as believers are the church itself.
yet we can discern the reality of it.
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We can’t discern the true reality of anything. What we actually are doing is discerning what seems to us to be the reality of things.
As conclusively proven above - the very concept of the rapture is not in the Bible. The rapture concept - a secret taking away is contrary to the Pauline passages you refer to MHG