The
Coming of the Lord
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
13 "But
I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have
fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if
we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with
Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say
to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until
the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of
God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17
Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always
be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another
with these words."