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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven,.... Not by proxy, or by representatives; not by the ministry of angels, as on Mount Sinai; nor by the ministers of the word, as under the Gospel dispensation; nor by his spirit, and the discovery of his love and grace, in which sense he descends in a spiritual manner, and visits his people; but in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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: 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. Whatever ideas we have...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then we which are alive and remain,.... [See comments on 1 Thessalonians 4:15]. shall be caught up; suddenly, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and with force and power; by the power of Christ, and by the ministry and means of the holy angels; and to which rapture will contribute, the agility which the bodies both of the raised and changed...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Or doctrines; as that the saints, when they die, do not cease to be, but are asleep, and asleep in Jesus; that their souls are with him, and their bodies sleep in his arms, and are his care; that these will be as soon with Christ, as the saints that will be alive when he comes; that the coming of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore comfort one another with these words. This exposition consisted of readings from 1Th_4:13-18; and 1 Thessalonians 5.