The Rapture of the Church is debated among Christian scholars however, the biblical interpretation of this passage agrees with a classical dispensational interpretation of the text. This will be all of the Christians who placed faith in Jesus prior to His Second Coming. When Paul is telling the Church of Thessalonica that “the dead in Christ will rise first,” he is referring to the fact that at the Rapture, those who have passed away and placed faith in Jesus before they died will rise first. Paul mentions the Rapture in other places in his writings, such as in 1 Corinthians 15:52-55. What Will Happen at the Rapture?ġ Thessalonians 4:13-18 is Paul’s discourse on the Rapture of the church.
Paul proclaims to the Church of Thessalonica, “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first” ( 1 Thessalonians 4:16).įrom this passage of Scripture, we are told that “the dead in Christ will rise first.” At first glance, this passage of Scripture can be confusing however, reading the surrounding context can help the reader understand what it means when Paul says the dead in Christ will rise first.
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