What Does "Rapture" Mean in 1 Thessalonians 4?
The name rapture comes from the Latin wording behind the phrase about being caught up in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, not from the Greek text itself. The passage's own emphasis falls on comfort: the dead in Christ are not lost, and the living have no advantage over them.
Revelation 21:4: God Wipes Away Every Tear
Revelation 21:4 does not offer a temporary pause in grief but the end of the whole order that produced it. The comfort rests on God's own presence with his people, and God himself does the wiping.