“ I am fairly certain those larger Church bodies start with the Sacred Scriptures and from those derive certain formulaic statements.
It is both that which was added to Scripture as dogma and that which was lost as dogma replaced it that is the problem.
“ Teachings concerning “The Rapture” are relatively new, given the history of the Church. ”
No so.
Ping MHGinTN
“ You will not find references to it in Sacred Sripture without force-fitting it into a few passages.
Totally disagree.
“ The return of Christ in glory and the final judgment will follow His ascension.
Agree 100%.
In the snatching, Christ does not return to earth. True believers are seized from earth and translated to meet Him in the clouds.
They will return with Him at His Second Coming
Do a google search for Holly Deyo’s essay on the Rapture. Ill go look for it for you. It silences -for any rational mind- the deceit that the Rapture and specifically the pre trib Rapture was an invention of John Darby. There is even a reference to it in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which predate the birth of Jesus! BRB
https://standeyo.com/Holly_Articles/100410.Rapture.Darby.html