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[Alexandr Korol]

Divine services fulfill the commandment of Jesus Christ: “Do this in remembrance of Me,” and therefore the practice of worship holds Divine meaning only in the fulfillment of this commandment through partaking of the Body of Jesus Christ and the sacraments that accompany it. Meanwhile, the practice (action) of the deification of oneself as a person is the work of the Divine Providence of the economy of the Kingdom of God, in the same way as Jesus Christ deified and saved His human nature — His Body. Deification is not accomplished in divine services; therefore, the saints did not limit themselves to worship services, but sought ways to recreate themselves, and as the “Lives” testify — they would leave the services and withdraw far away if anything interfered with the practice of deification — the work of the salvation of man.”

The Rapture of the Church. “A significant portion of Protestants believe that the Rapture of the Church and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ for judgment upon the world are two separate events, occurring at different times. The term ‘rapture’ is taken from the Synodal translation of the Bible, from the words of the Apostle Paul addressed to the Christian church in Thessalonica: 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 so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Thess. 4:17
According to Baptist theologian I. V. Kargel, the Rapture ‘contains within itself the highest triumph into which the Church on earth will enter — that is, the triumphant victory over death and the grave, the entry with Him, the Exalted Head of the Church, into His glory, which He had before the creation of the world and that glory which will be given to Him as the Son of Man after His entry into His Church.’”

Disagreement in Wikipedia — the section “One Event or Two”: “Some believers consider that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will consist of two distinct events, or it will be one event carried out in two stages. This view arises from contradictions that emerge when two groups of biblical passages about the Second Coming are interpreted literally (with the key passages being 1 Thess. 4:13–18 on one side and Matt. 24:1–51 on the other). ‘The meeting of the Savior with the Church will take place in the air (1 Thess. 4:16–17); this concerns only Christians (John 14:1–4);