Right (but of course, this wasn't the instance of the "snatch" that pertains to "the corporate Church which is His body" which the text of 1Th4:17 specifically speaks to);
1Th4:17 also is not a verse to be understood apart from its context--in other words, IF 1Th4:17 had words surrounding it that tell us that we (the Church which is His body) will be "snatched" FROM one location on the earth TO another location on the earth, LIKE PHILIP WAS, then we wouldn't even be having this conversation, right?
But its surrounding CONTEXT does have words telling us the "WHERE" of our corporate "snatch"...
--first stop: "TO the meeting [noun] of the Lord IN THE AIR"
--and next stop (
per 3:13) "
in the presence [G1715] of the God and Father of us, in the
parousia/presence [/coming] of
our Lord Jesus Christ
with [G3326 - accompanied-with]
all His saints"
(that is FURTHER ON UP, higher... TO "in the presence of the God and Father of us")
[2Th2:1 is another verse speaking
of the Subject of our rapture / snatch event]
As to your comments on 1 John 3:2 ^ , notice the SAME Greek word that's used twice
in 1Jn3:2 is also used twice in the following verse (which verse supplies
a bit more info)...
G5319 (2x in each of the following verses):
"
When Christ,
who is our life,
shall appear [G5319],
then shall ye also appear [
phanerōthēsesthe -
G5319]
with [G4862 - UNIONed-with] him in glory." - Colossians 3:4
(addressed to "the Church WHICH IS HIS BODY"... "WHEN" He shall
appear, [the Church which is His body] "
YE shall also appear UNIONed-with Him in glory" ["appear" where and to whom?? another text, elsewhere, answers this decisively... but that's a conversation for another day... This is enough for now])
--
https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/col/3/4/ss1/t_conc_1110004 [G5319 - 2x]
--
https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1jo/3/2/t_conc_1162002 [G5319 - 2x]
I hope you can see my point, here ^ ... that the Colossians 3:4 verse elaborates further beyond what 1Jn3:2 states simply.
Great conversation, thank you for engaging. I'm enjoying the thought-provoking interaction.