1 Thessalonians 4:16-18...
"For the Lord himself shall decend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall raise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
Verse 14 declares that when Christ comes at the time of the rapture, he will bring those who sleep (The dead) with him. At this point, someone says "I have found my first contradiction in the Bible! How can Christ bring the dead with him and come after the dead? Well, there are no contadictions in the Bible. Christ can bring the dead with him and come after the dead: here is how: When a believer dies, his spirit and soul go into the presence of God, but his body goes into the grave. "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." 2 Corinthians 5:8. This soul, absent from the body, is with Christ until the great day when body, soul, and spirit are reunited at the coming of Jesus.
God bless you.
Verse 14 declares that when Christ comes at the time of the rapture, he will bring those who sleep (The dead) with him. At this point, someone says "I have found my first contradiction in the Bible! How can Christ bring the dead with him and come after the dead? Well, there are no contadictions in the Bible. Christ can bring the dead with him and come after the dead: here is how: When a believer dies, his spirit and soul go into the presence of God, but his body goes into the grave. "To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord." 2 Corinthians 5:8. This soul, absent from the body, is with Christ until the great day when body, soul, and spirit are reunited at the coming of Jesus.
God bless you.
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