The rapture is never mentioned in the Old Testament. It was kept a secret until the New Testament.  But through our enlightenment provided by the New Testament, we see now that Daniel 9:24-27 clearly shows both the time line and the purpose of the rapture.  Many have disagreed with this, but those who have taken the time to closely inspect this passage will have to admit that there is something to what I am saying.

 If you are at all interested in this topic, stay tuned to my next several blog posts.  But for now, for this particular post, I will just copy the text and let you read it.

 Daniel 9:24-27

“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision…