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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: Which saints will be left behind? |
Bible Note: Hello M. Royal, Allow me to interject here with a bit of info. My understanding is that "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED"- a quotation from Joel 2:32- will apply to this period. J. Dwight Pentecost says this in his article "Salvation in the Tribulation": "One of the questions most frequently raised by those antagonistic to the dispensational premillennial position is the question of salvation in the tribulation period. Allis is representative of our critics when he asks: “If the Church consists only of those who have been redeemed in the interval between Pentecost and the rapture, and if the entire Church is to be raptured, then there will be no Christians on earth during the period between the rapture and the appearing. Yet during that period 144,000 in Israel and an innumerable multitude from the Gentiles (Rev. 7) are to be saved. How is this to be brought about, if the Church has been raptured and the Holy Spirit removed from the earth? There are numerous Old Testament passages which promise salvation to Israel. It should be borne in mind that while the emphasis is placed on the national salvation, that national salvation must be preceded by individual salvation. Paul himself (Rom. 9:6) restricts the “all Israel” of Romans 11:26 to the saved individuals. Thus, in the Old Testament any promise of salvation must include both aspects (cf. Jer. 30:7; Ezek. 20:37–38; Dan. 12:1; Joel 12:31–32; Zech. 13:1, 8–9). We would observe, then, that the Old Testament specifically promises a salvation for Israel, which is associated with “that day,” or the Day of the Lord. Since this salvation has not been experienced by Israel it must be experienced by that nation during the time when God is dealing with them as a nation again, in the tribulation period. Thus the unfulfilled Old Testament promises lead us to expect salvation to be experienced during the tribulation. Not only does the Old Testament predict the salvation of Israelites before the coming of the Lord, but a host of Gentiles as well (cf. Isa. 2:2, 4; Isa. 60:3, 5; Isa. 62:2). The Lord reiterated during His earthly ministry the same promises in such passages as Matthew 13:47–50; Matthew 24:13; and John 3:1–21. The promises were not nullified." [Bibliotheca Sacra : A Quarterly Published by Dallas Theological Seminary., 56] The basis of salvation during the Tribulation will be by faith, by the blood of the Lamb and by the Holy Spirit. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |