wayfinder Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 Originally Posted By: wayfinder 1 Thessalonians 4:13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep(in death), so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. 18Therefore comfort one another with these words. But he can make his point with this text. Paul is saying that those who have fallen asleep (died) in Christ, will be resurrected when Christ returns for His people. The living at that time will wait for the resurrection of those who fell asleep in Christ and together with the living will ascend into the heavens. Read what I wrote about this text earlier. I brought this text up. This text does not say what you are asserting in your comments on 1Thess. chapter four! mis3, I know, I was making a point about Paul. Quote
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