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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 4:17 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (raptured) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord! [John 14:3; 1 Cor 15:52; 2 Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; Col 3:4] |
Bible Question (short): Which saints will be left behind? |
Question (full): At the rapture, if Christ comes for both the dead saints and the living saints,before the reign of the man of sin/antichrist, and also the wrath of God being poured out. why would Christ leave behind any of his saints/the church to suffer affliction/tribulation at the hand of the man of sin, or to be here to witness Gods wrath being poured out,ie The saints on the sea of glass Rev.15:1,2. and the 144,000 Rev.14:1. Who will be left behind for this fulfilment to occure? M.Royal |