In the twinking of an eye

Paul wrote about a certain event taking place – "In a moment, in the
twinking of an eye..." (1 Cor. 15:52).

Many apply this to the sudden disappearance of Christians in the
Rapture. Supposedly, in less than the time it takes to blink, all true
believers will vanish from the earth before the Tribulation and the
rise of Antichrist. Is this really what Paul meant? Or could such an
idea be o­ne of the many "fables" (see 2 Tim. 4:4) taught as truth in
these last days? To find out the answer, all o­ne has to do is read
the context of the verse.

Paul wrote in language too plain to be misunderstood, "Behold, I show
you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put o­n incorruption,
and this mortal must put o­n immortality." (1 Cor. 15:51-53).

Here are the facts:

This event takes place "at the last trump," not seven years before it.
When this happens, "the trumpet shall sound." It will be loud, not quiet.
It is not the return of Jesus Christ that takes place in the twinkling
of an eye.
Rather, it is the changing of the bodies of believers from mortality
to immortality.
Thus, 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 does not teach the idea of vanishing
Christians at all. Rather, it reveals a loud return of Jesus Christ
during the final sounding of the last trumpet and the "instant"
transformation of believers into immortality at the end of the world.