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With events in the Middle East accelerating to a fever pitch my thoughts go to the fact that Paul himself thought he might be alive when Christ returned to call His church to be with Him. This is known as the imminent return of Christ for His Bride the Church, the Gathering Together, or the Rapture of the Church. Rapture comes from the Greek Harpazo which means to snatch up by force.
A short but complete look at the passage in John 14:1-3 from the Pre-Tribulational Perspective (That Christ comes and Raptures His Church to be with Him before the 7 Year Tribulation Period. I believe it is clearly taught here by Jesus and later by Paul directly from Jesus in 1st Thessalonians 4 and in First Corinthians.
In Christ,
Ross
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