This book is about the Tribulation period that takes place after the Rapture of the Church. It starts on a plane; people suddenly disappear, leaving only their clothes, jewelry, etc. The airplane pilot, Rayford Steele, is the main character. Non-believers in Jesus Christ and his followers are terrified and afraid as they try to understand what happened to their loved ones. Rayford Steele is sent back to his airport. Flights across the world are grounded due to car crashes, sudden disappearances and, believe it or not, plane crashes. His wife and son had once become very devout Christians. As he picks up the 7-47, a thought crosses Rayford's mind: my wife is still here, my children are okay, is my family still alive? Guilt overwhelmed him, so he struggled with his marriage and he thought he was having an affair with his chief flight attendant, Hattie. Hattie befriends a young journalist on the plane and they attempt to make contact with their families after the kidnapping. They plan to stay in touch after the plane lands. After hours of confusion and turmoil, Rayford returns home. Only to find his wife and son missing, their clothes the only piece of evidence remaining. When the dramatic feeling sets in, he contacts his daughter, Chloe, and she immediately returns home. Desperate for answers, Chloe and Rayford search for answers to these mysterious disappearance cases. Suddenly, Rayford remembers his wife talking about what Christians called "the rapture," she always talked about how they would disappear from the face of the world. Earth. Rayford took her for granted and completely forgot about her. Everything she said began to make more and more sense, so to find the rational explanations he needed to answer these prophecies, he took up the Holy Bible. Rayford took the next step; he went to his wife's church to find Bruce, who was also too proud to accept a word the Christians had said before the Rapture. Bruce gives Rayford an explanation video about the Rapture and Rayford studies it. In the tape, he learns that the Rapture is the event in which Jesus takes his disciples, known as Christians, and brings them to heaven, where Christians will receive eternal life. At the end of the video, Rayford Steele then received the Lord God into his heart and became a Christian..