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The Day of the Lord
1 Thessalonians 4:13-
“…those who are asleep.”
Paul wants the church to understand the condition of those Christians who have died.
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sleep = dead
greek = koimao= to sleep or to be dead.
Used 18 times in NT, 14 meant dead, 5 meant to sleep.
In this context Paul is using it to describe the dead in Christ.
This does not imply nothing about the intermediate state.
NT teaching clearly points to a conscious existence during the intermediate state.
(Luke 16:19–31; 23:39–43; Acts 7:55–60; 2 Cor.
5:6–10; Phil.
1:20–24; Rev. 6:9–11).
This was a common and universal way to speak of those who had died.
The Primary Issue
“…that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
“For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.””
Eph 2:12
The Primary Issue
1 Cor 15:12-13
2 Cor
Eph 2:12
The Order of Things
The Lord will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.
v.16
1 Thess 4:15-17
Matthew 24:29-31
The dead in Christ will rise first.
v.16b
Those who are alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds.
v. 17
1 Cor 15:51-
We will always be with the Lord.
v.17b
parousia=the arrival of Jesus, a grand event.
We meet him ‘in the clouds’.
Be Comforted
1 Cor 15:58
(here it means console or comfort)
1 Thess 4:
This passage is intended to give us hope and to comfort us concerning those who have passed on before the return of the Lord.
This is not the stuff of speculative prophecy or bestsellers on the end times.
The text is located at the funeral home, the memorial service, and the graveside.
It is placed in the hands of each believer to comfort others in their time of greatest sorrow.
The decidedly bizarre pictures of airplanes dropping out of the sky and cars careening out of control as the rapture happens detract from the hope that this passage is designed to teach.
The picture presented here is of the royal coming of Jesus Christ.
The church, as the official delegation, goes out to meet him, with the dead heading up the procession as those most honored.
One coming is envisioned, which will unite the coming King with his subjects.
What a glorious hope!
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