"For The Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet The Lord in the air. And so we will be with The Lord forever." 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NIV)
The Apostle Paul, the human writer of almost half (thirteen of the twenty-seven Books) of The New Testament of The Bible, recorded in his letter to the believers in Thessaloniki that those who died believing in Christ would be raised from the dead, and they would meet The Lord in the air. Those of us who are alive when Christ returns, will meet up with them in the air. This meeting in the clouds in the air is referred to as the rapture of The Church.
The first time that Christ came to earth, He came as The Sacrificial Lamb, to die in our place, to pay the price for our sins for our salvation. (John 1:29, John 18:37, 1 Corinthians 15:3, and Galatians 1:4) Jesus said that He would come to earth a second time. (John 14:2-3) Also an angel appeared to His disciples after He ascended to heaven and told them that He would return. (Acts 1:11) When He comes to earth the second time, He will be coming to translate and rapture His Church. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) He is coming to gather all believers unto Himself. Get ready, no one knows the hour or the day of His return. (Matthew 24:44, Matthew 25:13, Mark 13:32, and Luke 12:40) He may return sooner than we think. (James 5:8)
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