[crazytaxidriver]

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.

Don't take my word for it, and if I'm wrong someone please correct me..

But if i remember correctly the book of thessalonians was written by the apostle Paul. And it was a series of letter he wrote to the 12 different churches. The dead in christ are the ones who were believers before Jesus came to save mankind. Cause before that there was no way into heaven save for going through all the Jewish rituals, and such.
I'm a little foggy on the details.

But that, the ones that are left that is spoken of is the current believers, that Jesus is the son of God. And what will happen is our souls will be taken up. No actual death. Just a promise to live forever in heaven.


Like I said, I'm rusty on my facts, but i'm pretty sure that's what most of this is talking about