Do these occur simultaneously?
Does Scripture say ? men making a loud sound because they saw something is the same time all men shall bow and every tongue swear unto Him?
IS a man making a LOUD sound, the SAME as a MAN calling on the Lord's NAME and confessing BELIEF, asking for FORGIVENESS?
If He's in heaven, then what does Mt.28:20 refer to?
His Body came down from Heaven (AS the Son of Man) and returned to Heaven (AS the Son of Man) and shall return again (AS the Son of Man).
His BODY was last SEEN -
Acts 1
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9] And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and
a cloud received him out of their sight.
His BODY will AGAIN BE SEEN - coming to earth, out of the clouds.
Acts 1
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11] Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus,
which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Mark 13
- [26] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
While His BODY, is in Heaven, His Spirit, IS on earth, Waiting for men to INVITE His Spirit to enter the man. Men WHO DO INVITE His Spirit to enter WITHIN the man;
Forever (alway), His Spirit remains IN the man.
Matt 28
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20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
What you don't recognize IS - Men WHO HAVE invited the Lords Spirit to be WITHIN them. (physically DEAD, or Physically ALIVE), Will NOT ONLY SEE the Lord Coming in the clouds - BUT WILL BODILY be LIFTED UP, by His POWER, to MEET the Lord "IN THE CLOUDS", to receive "their" physical "BODILY" change.
1 Thes 4
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16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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17] Then
we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Phil 3
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21]
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
1 John 3
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2] Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
ALL men SHALL SEE "The Son of MAN", (JESUS), coming in the clouds.
HOWEVER, men WHO HAVE the Spirit of God "IN THEM", shall be lifted up to the Clouds, WITH "The Son of MAN", and receive their glorious BODY, that they CAN THEN SEE -
The "Son of GOD', who is Christ, who is Power, who is God.
God Bless,
SBC