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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: Searching for the truth |
Bible Note: For the most part, if not at least 98o/o, and for what little it may be worth, I agree. However, the word does state that there are mysteries that are not for man to know. Not teaching this fact , I should think would be detrimental to the student and the pursuit of (truth,) and would put the teacher in the place of the watchman who did not sound the trumpet, as in Eze 33. The word also states that for everything there is a time. This, I should think includes understanding; for as I love to quote “if understanding came before acceptance, one would accept very little.” I.e.;Do you understand how your microwave, telephone or CD player works? I don't, but because they have performed for me previously, I accept on faith that they work and forget about worrying why. Where the word is concerned, I personally like to rely on the Holy spirit to fill in for where I lack. If one can not find an answer with reasonable effort, there are some things which are better left alone than researched. For as is stated in Ecc 12:12 “much study is a weariness of the flesh.” Where the word of God is concerned, I have yet to seek the answer to a sincere question, which was not given me at one time or another. The answer may have come after I had long given up on the question, but the important answers were delivered as soon as the time was right. Thus, once again, my faith is a proven performer. I should think that a “Bible Teacher” would, not only teach that one should study. But that they would consider bringing this fact to light as well. In Christ George |