If the wage of sin is death - why are those raptured exempt?

Romans 6:23 states: 'For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.' I've understood this is a difficult concept since while some believe it to mean a purely physical death (which we are redeemed from during the end times in our resurrection) others seem to believe that this may simply be a *spiritual* death, entailing disconnection from God? Assuming the physical death is an aspect of this death, how come those who are raptured during the end times are not condemned to death before rising again if the wage of sin is death?