[M'boroYellowJacket]

Let me get some comments from you guys about this verse...

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
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. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

Im sure there is a lot of debate over, well, anything said in the bible and what it's true meaning is.
For the verse above, in your opinion, what does it mean? Who are the dead in Christ? Who will be left? Where is the mentioning of non-believers?


Also, another interesting question (that a lot of people vary on) is what role do the Jews have in Christ in your opinion. Heaven? Hell? Not sure?

We all have our own opinions, and id love to hear some of your on this.

I believe the Bible means exactly what it says. Since I believe in Pre-Tribulation Theory, I see it that The Dead in Christ are the people who have died and been burried. Now their souls of course have been in heaven, but now they are meeting with their bodies, and their bodies are rising. The Christians will meet God in the air with The Dead in Christ and go to heaven. As for as the non-believers, they stay for the 7 year tribulation period, where at the end God destroys the earth with fire.

Thats the way I have always been taught.