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By studying 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, we get to read some of Paul’s first scriptural statements about the glories of Christ. We also notice Paul’s great compassion and love toward this young Thessalonian church, which may have been only six months old when Paul is writing First Thessalonians. Despite being young, she is doing generally well. Although it is true that there are some difficulties;...

The dead Christians (including Old Testament believers) are resurrected first and are apparently now at ground level. ‘Then’ both the resurrected Christians and those Christians ‘remaining alive’ go ‘together’ to meet Christ, and they do this in the air.33 Because Paul is focusing on the dead Christians, he does not explicitly say that the bodies of those ‘remaining alive’ will also be changed, but that is to be assumed. As I shall argue below, following the meeting in the air, all believers will
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