How long before the Second Coming does the rapture happen?
The rapture takes place seven years before the Second Coming. While the exact date remains unknown and is not prophetically announced, believers must be ready, because they will leave seven years ahead of that final seven-year scenario and Christ's return.
Les explains that the rapture is not prophetically announced, so no one knows when it will happen. There is nothing to indicate it will be tomorrow or next year. However, he points out that as the world scene is being fulfilled for that final seven years leading to the Second Coming, believers have to be ready at least seven years ahead of that. As the signs of the world getting ready for the Second Coming appear, we should remind ourselves that we are going to leave seven years ahead of that, so we better be ready.