The ancient Church of both East and West does not believe in "the rapture". That is a recent heresy concocted by Protestants who read the Bible outside the context of the Sacred Tradition and without the controls of the hierarchy. Christ will come again, to be sure, but then ALL people, both the quick and the dead, will be gathered up together to stand before God to be judged according to their deeds of their earthly lifetimes. There is no guarantee of a "great reward in the sky".

Until the second advent of Christ, Christians remain in the world struggling like everyone else to do the right thing, but we according to the Truth, not according to our willful selves. Most of us fail at this; some more than others. I fail more than others. What about you, Ron?