1 Thessalonians 4:16
“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.”
King James Version
Fulfillment References
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 John 14:1-3 Matthew 24:31
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
CatholicThe general resurrection at the Last Day; no separate pre-Tribulation rapture.
DispensationalPre-Tribulation Rapture — the Church removed before the 7-year Tribulation.
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