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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] |
Subject: Order of events at the 2nd Coming? |
Bible Note: Dear Tim, I am in complete agreement with the statement, "I believe that end time events form a *part* of a well-balanced Christian faith." (emphasis mine) I suppose that I am just acting the part of 'official disclaimer clerk' :-) Friend, of course you are free to discuss anything you want! But, in a public forum you always run the risk of unwanted or unwarranted intervention, a.k.a. interaction. Though several Scriptures do exhort us to be aware of the end-time events, the *majority* of Biblical exhortation speaks of being aware of where we are now. (sorry, final disclaimer :-) Tim, if you will look in the statistics window provided on this page, you will find that much more time and energy is spent on conjecture than present-day reality and life in Jesus. The great majority of that majority is about end-time conjecture. (sorry again! :-) I love you brother! Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus! In Him, charis |