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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 4:15 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 4:15 For we say this to you by the Lord's [own] word, that we who are still alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede [into His presence] those [believers] who have fallen asleep [in death]. |
Subject: "not some secret catching away" |
Bible Note: A visible, noisy, glorious event... ...not some secret catching away! 'Paul gives us even more details of the rapture of the Church. The most famous rapture passage is in 1 Thessalonians 4: '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. 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. Then 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 (1 Thess. 4:15-17). 'Paul comforts the Thessalonian believers by telling them that the dead in Christ will be resurrected just before the translation of living believers. Christ will descend visibly with a shout, the archangel Michael will raise His voice, and the trumpet of God will be blown. This is a visible, noisy, glorious event, not some secret catching away! The word Paul uses for "remain" is perileipo, which is best translated as "survive." There will be many believers killed during the Great Tribulation, but Paul is saying that "we who survive until the coming of the Lord" will be caught up to meet Christ along with resurrected believers.' ____________________ http://solagroup.org/articles/endtimes/ep_0012.html |
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