1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 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:
[17] 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.
When Jesus comes in the air, He will catch away all those He has redeemed by His blood, first from the graves then those who are alive.
He will meet them in the air and take them home to glory to be with Him. Praise God, I am Redeemed!
Imagine the media trying to explain this.
Meeting in The Air
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You have heard of little Moses in the bulrush, — You have heard of fearless David and his sling; — You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph, — And of Jonah and the whale you often sing. — There are many, many others thru the Bible, — I should like to meet them all, I do declare! — By and by the Lord will surely let us meet them — At the meeting in the air.
CHORUS:
There is going to be a meeting in the air, — In the sweet, sweet by and by; — I am going to meet you, meet you there — In that home beyond the sky. — Such singing you will hear, never heard by mortal ear — 'Twill be glorious, I do declare! — And God's own Son will be the leading One — At the meeting in the air.
Many things will there be missing, in that meeting, — For the mourner's bench will have no place at all; — There will never be a sermon preached to sinners, — For the sinner had refused to heed the call. — There will be no mourning over wayward loved ones, — There will be no lonely nights of pleading prayer; — All our burdens and our anguish will be lifted — At the meeting in the air.
May Taylor Roberts
Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit.
