What needs to happen before the rapture?

Nothing!

The only thing that needs to happen is your salvation through Jesus Christ.

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As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another prov. 27:17

So... to the original question. What needs to happen for the rapture to take place?

Luke 24:47 says And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. I have heard it preached many times that we must evangelize the whole world before the rapture takes place, after all that just wouldn't be fair to the people who didn't hear the Gospel. there will be more people come to Christ in the 7 years after the rapture then the 70 years prior to. 144,000 messianic Jews will evangelize like there is no tomorrow, and two prophets will show signs and wonders and all nations will see them lying in the streets for 3 1/2 days and then they will be resurrected (Rev. chapt. 11). The whole world will be evangelized in the last days so the thought that God would wait on us just doesn't sound very sound.