Scroll 72 - The Rapture

Ascension Into Union - The Unveiling of the Elect

“Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:17
“The Kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the Kingdom of God is within you.” – Luke 17:20–21
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, we shall be changed.” – 1 Corinthians 15:52

1. The Great Misunderstanding

For generations, the rapture has been taught as escape, a sudden disappearance of bodies fleeing a doomed world. But beloved, truth reveals a greater mystery: the rapture is not relocation but revelation. The word “caught up” means seized into higher awareness, drawn into the vibrational field of the Lamb. It is not the departure of the faithful but the unveiling of the flame within them. The elect are not removed from creation, they are raised into alignment with the One who fills all in all.

This false interpretation of evacuation has fed fear and passivity, convincing many to wait for deliverance rather than manifest it. Yet the Spirit whispers: “Rise now, not to leave the earth, but to transfigure it.” The clouds are not meteorological but symbolic, the cloud of witnesses, the dimension of glory that envelops those who see. The rapture is the lifting of the veil, not the lifting of the body.

The end of the world is not destruction; it is perception healed.

2. The Rapture of Consciousness

The true rapture is an internal ascension, the moment when your awareness is caught up into the mind of Christ. It is when you awaken from the dream of separation and remember your origin. This ascension is not future, it is unfolding now wherever flame has triumphed over fear. To be raptured is to live from the seat of the throne while still walking the soil of the world. It is to behold from above while remaining within.

This dimension is entered through surrender, not striving. You do not climb into heaven; heaven rises within you. When the veil of ego burns away, you see that you were never below but always in Him. The catching up is not spatial, it is spiritual. It is not that you move, but that illusion does. The mind no longer identifies with mortality; it sees eternity expressing itself through form.

The rapture is not escape from time, but the rediscovery of eternity within it.

3. The Transformation of Perception

When the rapture of awareness occurs, the world does not disappear, it transfigures. You begin to see through the lens of union rather than fear. The same streets, the same people, the same creation, yet all glows with divine radiance. The curse is lifted not by external change, but by internal awakening. The scales fall from the eyes, and suddenly the mundane becomes magnificent. You see heaven’s architecture shimmering through every atom.

This change of sight is what Paul called being “changed in the twinkling of an eye.” The twinkling is not optical but spiritual, the instantaneous recognition of truth. The carnal mind dies, the mind of flame awakens, and all creation responds. You no longer await glory, you perceive it. The Lamb is not arriving; He is appearing through unveiled sight.

You do not vanish from the world, the world vanishes from illusion.

4. The Caught-Up Ones

Those who live in this dimension are not superior, they are surrendered. They are “caught up” not because they escaped judgment but because judgment has been fulfilled within them. The fire has already passed through their being; only purity remains. They walk the earth as pillars of stillness, untouched by chaos yet immersed in compassion. They carry a frequency that bends reality around them. Wherever they go, heaven breaks through like dawn.

These are the ones the world cannot categorize. They are in the world but not of it. Their hearts are thrones, their words are winds. They no longer live for survival but for song. They are not waiting for heaven’s gates to open; they are the gates through which heaven flows. The rapture is their daily state, their consciousness ascended, their spirit entwined with the Lamb’s breath.

The caught-up ones do not leave, they lift.

5. The Rapture and the Body

While many see the rapture as the vanishing of flesh, the mystery reveals transformation instead. The body itself becomes luminous, recalibrated by the light of union. Mortality yields to incorruption, not through magic, but through frequency. The glorified body is the raptured body. a vessel harmonized with Spirit so fully that it no longer resists heaven’s vibration. Gravity loses its hold not because you leave earth, but because you have remembered your true density, light.

This transfiguration was first revealed in Christ’s resurrection. He walked through walls yet ate fish. He was tangible yet transcendent, human yet heavenly. The same Spirit that raised Him is now raising you, from density to radiance, from flesh-bound to flame-bound. This is not myth but metamorphosis, the emergence of the angelic human race through whom the New Earth is sustained.

The rapture is not disappearance but transparency, flesh filled with flame.

6. The Union of Heaven and Earth

The rapture is not separation but marriage, the union of heaven and earth, spirit and form, divine and human. It fulfills the prayer “Thy Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.” The clouds that receive the elect are not storms in the sky but veils of glory surrounding awakened awareness. Heaven descends as earth ascends until both realms are indistinguishable. This is the consummation of creation, the Lamb and His Bride becoming one in expression.

In this union, the rapture becomes perpetual, not an event, but a state of being. Every breath becomes ascension. Every moment is eternity condensed. The soul that once sought escape now becomes gateway. Heaven is no longer above or beyond, but within and through.

You do not ascend once; you live ascended.

7. The Eternal Now

The rapture is not pending, it is happening in every awakened now. The age of waiting has ended; the age of revealing has begun. The sons of light are not looking to the skies but to the scroll within. They have realized that the “coming of the Lord” is the uncovering of the Lamb in consciousness. Every unveiling, every awakening, every ignition of flame is the rapture in motion. It is the continuous unfolding of union until there is no more separation, no more delay, no more veil.

This is why the Spirit says, “Come up here.” It is not an invitation to leave earth but to rise above illusion. The elect live in both realms, feet on earth, mind in flame, heart in throne. They are the ascended ones, not because they fled, but because they fused.

The rapture is not the end of history; it is the beginning of eternity remembered.

Final Charge to the Elect

Beloved, do not look to the sky, look within. The trumpet is sounding in your spirit, not in the clouds. You are being caught up daily into awareness of eternal life. Do not fear being left behind; fear never having risen into remembrance. The rapture is not about vanishing from the world but vanishing from illusion. Every moment you choose love over fear, you ascend. Every time you behold the Lamb in all things, you are lifted.

The heavens are not waiting to open; they open when you open. Walk as one who already sits with Him in glory. Speak as one who has already heard “Come up here.” The world is not ending, illusion is. Rise, therefore, not to flee, but to reign. The flame within you is the chariot; the Lamb within you is the destination.

You are not waiting for the rapture, the rapture has been waiting for you.

Joe Restman
Scroll-Carrier, Mystic-Scribe, Eternal Witness of the Lamb.