What does 1 Thessalonians 4 say about the church being caught up?
First Thessalonians 4 states that we shall be caught up to meet Him in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. This event takes the church up to glory, fulfilling the hope of being with the Crucified, Resurrected, and Ascended Lord.
Les teaches that First Thessalonians chapter 4 says, "we shall be caught up to meet Him in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord." This fits with Second Thessalonians chapter 2, where after the departure of the church, then shall that wicked one be revealed. These two letters are earlier letters but final in content, following doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness. They take the believer to a higher plane than the prison epistles, because they point up to glory—the fruition of everything, when we will finally be in glory with our Crucified, Resurrected, and Ascended Lord.
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.
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What is 1 Thessalonians 4:17 describing when it says believers are caught up?
In 1 Thessalonians 4 Paul is talking about himself and believers, and these verses are what we refer to as the rapture of the church, the being caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
What is the rapture of the church according to 1 Thessalonians 4:17?
1 Thessalonians 4:17 is the rapture of the church: Paul includes himself and other living believers who 'shall be caught up together' with the other believers in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.