my personal understanding of the Rapture, which came to me in a dream of such visionary beauty it cannot be doubted, is that the Rapture has occurred not once but many times, but only to individuals, singly: it is the ecstatic culmination of life, in death. it is non-negotiable, non-repeatable, & most of all it is singular. but it is real enough, & indeed it is imminent for you, you & you, & me.