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Originally Posted by Sean
Paul speaks of a taking to heaven.....
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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.
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:
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.
Paul speaks of a thief....
5 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Paul speaks of a drunk.......
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Now Jesus speaks of a taking of a saint.....
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Then Jesus speaks of a thief.....
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Next, Jesus speaks of a drunk.....
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
The ark saved Noah and the flood took all the sinners away.
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Paul in 1 Thes.4, quoted Jesus' statement in exact sequence in Matt 24 very clearly.
Paul spoke of a catching away of saints, a thief, then a drunk.
Jesus spoke of a catching away of saints, a thief, then a drunk.
Now, look at the portion
directly preceding Matt 24:40.....
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field...........
Right, those that are taken are the ones taken in verse 40-41....
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
Which correlates with Paul's portion directly....
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God
bring with him.
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.
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:
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.
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