Enoch was taken to heaven, body and soul, right before the flood I believe.
Quoting: Kalona Rapture events throughout biblical history:
ENOCH—Genesis 5
ELIJAH—2 Kings 6
ISAIAH—Isaiah 6
PHILIP—Acts 8
PAUL—2 Corinthians 12
TWO WITNESSES—Revelation 11
MALE CHILD (Jesus)—Revelation 12
It is not about being caught up. It is about being saved and being resurrected.
In the twinkling of an eye...we will be caught up or snatched to Jesus, who at the rapture event, remains in the clouds and does not set foot on earth, as he does in the second coming... Read 1 Thess 4:13-18.
Rapture is the perfect word because it literally means aggressively pulled away or snatched, as a parent might do to a child who was in harms way. The bible is clear on the term and conveys the rapture precisely. First the dead in Christ rise first (resurrection), then we who are alive and remain (meaning we are still on earth at the moment of the resurrection of the dead) will be caught up to meet them in the air (this provides us timing information...we get raptured pretty darn quickly after the dead in Christ rise.
Take the bible for what it says or not, but it says what it says and the rapture verses are both clear and precise. It's not difficult to understand or interpret. Use Chuck Missler's (RIP) hermeneutics and you really cant go wrong.
Ok lets look at 1 thess 4 and see what it is talking about.
1Th 4:13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
Paul is talking about the dead in Christ here.
1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.
The dead in Christ will also rise and be resurrected like Christ.
1Th 4:15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
Dead have to go first. Paul is clear about this.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
At the voice of an angel the dead rise first. Once again Paul is clear here.
1Th 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Here we see those left over and are still alive then are caught up to meet Christ.
This is after all the dead in Christ are raised up which includes all that die during the tribulation and the 144k and two witnesses who are killed(dead in Christ) by the beast.
All the dead in Christ must go first as Paul says. He is very clear and makes this point many times. Those who die during the tribulation and believe in Christ are the dead in Christ.
