Here I have to disagree with you dc....... "The Dead in Christ shall rise. In other words, these people believed in Jesus or called upon his name when they died.
Please read the following:
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 (KJV)
"13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
Here it tells you those who believe "WE which are ALIVE and REMAIN"...........
It is only the believers that will go.
The biggest problem with the movies "left behind",,,,,,they are too mamby-pamby.... When 1/3 of the people of earth are going to die,,,,it is a big thing. Earthquakes that levels all walls and mountains.
If they showed it with those that 'now-- after the rapture' believe will have their heads cut off, and thousands dying, many more people would be asking us questions instead of scoffing at us.[/QUOTE\]
What is your point bro?....all I did was summarize that ALL the saved will be gone and there is no split rapture....
The dead IN Christ (the ones brought with him such as Moses, David, Abraham, Abel, N.T. saints EVERYONE who has died a believer and under that banner) WILL rise first from the dead with GLORIFIED bodies and then THOSE which are ALIVE and remain (believers still alive) will be CHANGED, TRANSLATED and GATHERED by the angels of God.....