I had previously mentioned the upsidaisium theory.

The reason was when I heard some use:

II Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

and they teach that the falling away is actually the blessed hope (rapture).

This initially freaked me out, because I thought that they were teaching that the believers were going to "fall up", from the earth.

Like antigravity, where believers "fall upwards", rather than downwards, like gravity works.

All I could think of, were those old episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle, where there was something called, "upsidaisium".

This element did have antigravity properties, and if a piece was let loose by itself, it would "fall upwards" into space.

The element was found in a mine on Mount Flatten, which floated in the sky.

The upsidaisium was forcing the mount upwards, but the gravitational pull upon all the regular rock and dirt, pulled it downwards.

The net result was the mount hovering at a certain point up above the earth.

Bullwinkle inherited the mine, which gave way to a multi-episode story line.

I realize, now, that most of those who teach that the falling away is the blessed hope (rapture), is due to their arguments involving Koine Greek.

Many of them teach that it meant "departure", rather than "apostasy".

I have not believed that, but they do.

I only hope that there are not others, like I was, who think that these teachers are making a case for believers "falling away" upwards in the (rapture).

It was so strange to think that is what was meant.

I'm sorry for any confusion I may have caused.