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: 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” (1 Thess, 4:16-18).“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality” (1 Cor. 15:51-53).
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[TD]1 Thes 4[/TD]
[TD]1 Cor 15[/TD]
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[TD]Saints coming from heaven[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Lord Coming[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Angel(s) Present[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Voice of Anchangel[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A Shout[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alive Caught up/Gathered[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Meet in clouds in "air"[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Always be with the Lord[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Timing Given[/TD]
[TD]x*[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]A Trumpet[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Asleep Proceeding Living[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dead in Christ Resurrected[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Living "Changed"[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Kingdom of God[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]In a moment/twinkling of eye[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Last Trump or Trumpet[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]x[/TD]
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[TD]* in 1 Thes 5:2[/TD]
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1 Thes 4 describes the Day of the Lord, not some fabricated Pre-Trib Rapture. Context, context, context!! Why do you (and others) insist on cherry picking this passage and not take the whole lesson in context??? Read on...
1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.
2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
3 For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
The passage continues and Paul tells us to "watch and be sober." It would be kinda hard to watch for the Day of the Lord if we have already been raptured off to heaven. I guess we could watch from up there but the warning would lose it's importance, don't ya think???