Hismessenger
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1Th 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.The proof is in the text. These are the army which comes with Christ to gather the remaining church from the earth. They are not raptured but those who remain alive at his coming will be as given by the scripture above from 1 Thess.
1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.Not raptured but asleep/dead in Christ. If the whole text was taken in it's proper context, we would not even have this thread to contend with. The rapture is at the last day for nowhere does it speak of a rapture before the tribulation as professed. Only someones speculation with out definite proof texts to back it up.
Truth wins.
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