1 Thessalonians 4:17

The Comfort Of The Lord's Return

¹⁶ The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first; ¹⁷ then we the living, who survive, will be caught up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall be with the Lord for ever. ¹⁸ Now then, encourage one another with these words.

Meet the Lord in the Air

On Earth

To the Lord

Christ

Revelation 11:12

and heard a loud voice from heaven telling them, "Come up here." So up to heaven they went in a cloud, before the eyes of their enemies.

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

Acts 1:9

On saying this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him out of sight.

Matthew 26:64

Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Mark 14:62

Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

John 14:3

And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

John 17:24

Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Acts 8:39

When they came up from the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch lost sight of him. He went on his way rejoicing,

2 Corinthians 5:8

and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:2-4

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. In the body or out of the body? That I do not know: God knows.

Philippians 1:23

I am in a dilemma between the two. My strong desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far the best.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

For we tell you, as the Lord has told us, that we the living, who survive till the Lord comes, are by no means to take precedence of those who have fallen asleep.

2 Peter 3:13

It is new heavens and a new earth that we expect, as He has promised, and in them dwells righteousness.

Revelation 1:7

Lo, he is coming on the clouds, to be seen by every eye, even by those who impaled him, and all the tribes of earth will wail because of him: even so, Amen.

Revelation 7:14-17

I said to him, "You know, my lord." So he told me, "These are the people who have come out of the great Distress, who washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 12:5

She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron flail; her child was caught up to God and to his throne,

Revelation 21:3-7

And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, crying, "Lo, God's dwelling-place is with men, with men will he dwell; they shall be his people, and God will himself be with them:

Revelation 21:22-23

But I saw no temple in the City, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb.

Revelation 22:3-5

None who is accursed will be there; but the throne of God and the Lamb will be within it, his servants will serve and worship him,