Paul calls the rapture a mystery — kept secret since the world began and revealed to him alone. This article examines why the catching away belongs exclusively to the Body of Christ, why Matthew 24 is not the rapture, and what the blessed hope actually is for those living under the dispensation of grace.

Paul gave the Body of Christ two great comforts: grief at the grave is answered by the catching away, and fear of the tribulation is answered by our deliverance from wrath. But the certainty of the blessed hope is precisely what frees Paul to plant us in the present truth of who we already are in Christ.

Jesus was not speaking to the Body of Christ in John 14. The Father's house and prepared place belong to the little flock of Israel awaiting the earthly kingdom and the New Jerusalem. This article shows what the Body of Christ is actually promised — a heavenly hope far greater than a room in a city.