1 THESSALONIANS 4:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord — 'caught up' (harpazō) suggests divine rapture, sudden seizure. The 'meeting' (apantēsis) is not mere encounter but communion; 'always be with the Lord' (dia pantos syn kyriō) is the ultimate eschatological goal. Separation is overcome; union is perpetual.
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