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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: When did the term tribulation take on the idea of being raptured? |
Bible Answer: The Rapture is a term in Christian eschatology which refers to the "being caught up" discussed in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, when the "dead in Christ" and "we who are alive and remain" will be "caught up in the clouds" to meet "the Lord in the air" The problem is it may mean many things to different people. Some see a rapture of people before the final tribulation here on earth. This idea was found in the early church and on and off through church history. But the latest refinned definition of it came about in the 1830's being taught by John Nelson Darby and made widely known through the Scofield Reference Bible Others see this passage talking of Jesus second return and people coming up from earth to met Jesus before Jesus touches down on earth. There is an interesting and fairly informative decision of this on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture It provides both sides of the issue. |
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