 So aren't you glad the rapture rescues us from this ever-worsening world? It doesn't rescue us before things get bad. Things are already bad. And for many believers throughout church history, they've paid the ultimate price. In fact, there's more martyrs today for the cause of Christ than at any other time in church history. So the rapture isn't rescuing us before things get bad, but it is rescuing us from this ever-worsening world and ultimately from the outpouring of God's wrath.