The April 14 mid-week Bible Study from Travis Baptist Church in Corpus Christi TX with pastor David Beirne.
The Mysterious Moment
1 Corinthians 15:51-54
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We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
-- 2Corinthians 5:8
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
--1John3:2
1. What Is This Mystery? 15:51
*Not all believers will die, but all will be changed.
*We call this The Rapture 15:52
1 Thessalonians 4:14-18: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
2. So what will happen is....
a. The Lord will return in the air
b. He will give new bodies to those who have died in faith and tho faithful alive at that moment
c. We all are caught up together with Him.
*Mortals become Immortals 15:52-53