Prayer 101 - Part 60: Caught Up

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1 Thess 4: 1-18

v5 concupiscence - strong sexual desire

v12 without - state of destitution or absence from

As His church we will ‘meet the Lord in the air’

To these Christian Greeks, Paul holds out the assured hope of reunion with loved ones who were believers, a reunion in the air, when Jesus comes for His church.

We shall be caught up in clouds, cloud of believers. That is the great masses of glorified saints going up to heaven, will have the appearance of clouds. Refer to Hebrews 12:1

The inspired writer visualising a Greek stadium with its thousands of onlookers occupying the tiers upon tiers of seats. The same word is used in the Greek classics of a large army of foot soldiers.

Jesus of Nazareth will exert His omnipotent power in taking the saints with Him to heaven through the kingdoms of Satan, and against his power and the hordes of his demons.

The word harpazo also means ‘to rescue from the danger of destruction.’ - but only those in the visible church whose Christian profession will stand the test of actual possession of salvation. Nominal Christians will be left behind.

The Church will be caught up before the tribulation period begins.