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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: Greeting, mommapbs! Thank you for the welcome. Since my note to you, a few people have joined in on the discussion: Morant61 (Tim Moran), gracefull, and MaTT. To save time, I ask you to take a look at those exchanges, as well as those following a question I submitted, "Rapture different from Second Coming?" which is related to this subject. But here's the premise, in a nutshell: It is too late for those who have already died without having professed Christ. They are forever lost and, according to what most Christians - in my experience and by what I've read - believe, they are already burning in hell. Incongruously, most also believe in a "secret" rapture, in which Christ returns to Earth years before what we call "the Second Coming" or "the Glorious Appearing" (although some even differentiate between these as two separate events). Whether we (the saved) understand these things or not has no effect on our salvation, but it is a stumblingblock to many who might believe, in that it contradicts the very gospel we exhort them to believe - that Jesus died for the sins of the whole world, that God is love, and that he is willing that none should perish, that he is just, and that he is sovereign. In fact, this has been called by many "The Case Against Christianity"! In Jesus' Name, Jay |