But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret.------------------ WE WILL NOT ALL DIE, -- BUT WE WILL ALL BE TRANSFORMED! ------ IT WILL HAPPEN IN A MOMENT, --- IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, --- WHEN THE LAST TRUMPET IS BLOWN. ------------------------------------------------- FOR WHEN THE TRUMPET SOUNDS, THOSE WHO HAVE DIED WILL BE RAISED TO LIVE FOREVER. ------------------- AND WE WHO ARE LIVING WILL ALSO BE TRANSFORMED. ---------------------------------------------------------- FOR OUR DYING BODIES MUST BE TRANSFORMED INTO BODIES THAT WILL NEVER DIE; --------- OUR MORTAL BODIES MUST BE TRANSFORMED INTO IMMORTAL BODIES. 1COR15 : 51 ***************************************** And then at last, the SIGN that THE SON of MAN is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. ----- AND THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY. --------- AND HE WILL SEND OUT HIS ANGELS WITH THE MIGHTY BLAST OF A TRUMPET, ------------ AND THEY WILL GATHER HIS CHOSEN ONES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD --- FROM THE FARTHEST ENDS OF THE EARTH AND HEAVEN. ------------------------------------------------------------- “WHEN THE SON OF MAN RETURNS, ------------------------------------- IT WILL BE LIKE IT WAS IN NOAH’S DAY. --------------------------------- IN THOSE DAYS BEFORE THE FLOOD, THE PEOPLE WERE ENJOYING BANQUETS AND PARTIES AND WEDDINGS RIGHT UP TO THE TIME NOAH ENTERED HIS BOAT. ------------------------------------ PEOPLE DID NOT REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THE FLOOD CAME AND SWEPT THEM ALL AWAY. ------------------------------------------- THAT IS THE WAY IT WILL BE WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES. Matt 24:30 ****************************************** And now, dear brothers and sisters, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE BELIEVERS WHO HAVE DIED SO YOU WILL NOT GRIEVE LIKE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO HOPE. ------------------------------- FOR SINCE WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND WAS RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN, ---------- WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT WHEN JESUS RETURNS, -------------- GOD WILL BRING BACK WITH HIM THE BELIEVERS WHO HAVE DIED. ------------------------------------------------ WE TELL YOU THIS DIRECTLY FROM THE LORD: ----------------------------- WE WHO ARE STILL LIVING WHEN THE LORD RETURNS WILL NOT MEET HIM AHEAD OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. ----------------------------------------------------- FOR THE LORD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN WITH A COMMANDING SHOUT, ------------------------------ WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, ----------------- AND WITH THE TRUMPET CALL OF GOD. ----------------------------------------------- FIRST, THE BELIEVERS WHO HAVE DIED WILL RISE FROM THEIR GRAVES. ------------------------------------------- THEN, TOGETHER WITH THEM, ---- WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND REMAIN ON THE EARTH WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. ------------------------ THEN WE WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER. ------------------------------------------- SO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER WITH THESE WORDS. -- 1 THESS 4; 13 ***************************************** ** THEN I SAW AN ANGEL COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN WITH THE KEY TO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND A HEAVY CHAIN IN HIS HAND. ---------------------------------- HE SEIZE THE DRAGON ------ THAT OLD SERPENT, WHO IS THE DEVIL, SATAN --------- AND BOUND HIM IN CHAINS FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. -------------------------------------- THE ANGEL THREW HIM INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, ---------------------------------- WHICH HE THEN SHUT AND LOCKED SO SATAN COULD NOT DECEIVE THE NATIONS ANYMORE UNTIL THE THOUSAND YEARS WERE FINISHED. ------------------------------------------------ AFTERWARD HE MUST BE RELEASED FOR A LITTLE WHILE. --------------------------------------------------------------- THEN I SAW THRONES, --------------- AND THE PEOPLE SITTING ON THEM HAD BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO JUDGE. ----------------------------------------------- AND I SAW THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN BEHEADED FOR THEIR TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS AND FOR PROCLAIMING THE WORD OF GOD. ----------------------------- THEY HAD NOT WORSHIPED THE BEAST OR HIS STATUE, ----------------------- NOR ACCEPTED HIS MARK ON THEIR FOREHEADS OR THEIR HANDS. ----------------------- THEY ALL CAME TO LIFE AGAIN, ------- AND THEY REIGNED WITH CHRIST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS. -------------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION.---------------------------------------------- (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.) --------------------------------------------- BLESSED AND HOLY ARE THOSE WHO SHARE IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION. --------------------------------------------- FOR THEM THE SECOND DEATH HOLDS NO POWER, ----------------------------- BUT THEY WILL BE PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST AND WILL REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS. - REV20:1 ****************************************** MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU, AND HIS SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE. * * * * * * SHALOM. * * * *
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 03:03:56 +0000
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