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caught up, took away
Definition
The term "caught up" or "took up" refers to God transporting a person in a powerful, supernatural manner, usually to heaven.
- The apostle Paul talked about being "caught up" to the third heaven.
- Paul said that when Christ comes back, Christians will be "caught up" together to meet him in the air.
- In the Old Testament it says that God "took" Enoch (implied that he took him to heaven).
- In the New Testament it is said that God miraculously "took away" Philip the evangelist to another region.