Read 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – 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.
The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.
The Second Coming has two parts. The first element is what many of us call the rapture of the Church. The rapture is the event where Christ gathers His saints both alive and dead in the clouds. This event will happen at an unknown time when people are unaware and many will be unprepared. Those who are looking for His appearing will join Him supernaturally in the air. This is part of the Blessed Hope of the Church. This event is eminent and will change the world by taking the Church from the earth. The second element of this event is followed by the Lord coming back to this earth with the saints. Come Lord Jesus, come quickly!
– David Raley serves as the Field Representative for Light for the Lost.
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