There will be
a shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet,
and the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven.
1 Thessalonians
4: 16
Those who have
died believing in Christ will rise to life first; then we who are
living at that time will be gathered up along with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians
4: 16& 17
The Bible says,
"Listen to this secret truth; we shall not all die, but when
the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant,
as quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds,
the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be
changed." 1 Corinthians 15: 51, 52
Jesus said, "If
anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah' or 'There He is'
-- do not believe him. For false Messiahs and false prophets will
appear; they will perform great miracles. They will make wonders
in order to trick God's people. If anyone tells you, 'Look, Jesus
is out in the desert' -- do not go there. If they say, 'Look, Jesus
is hiding here' -- do not believe it. For Jesus will come like the
lightning that flashes across the whole sky from the East to the
West."
Remember, every
eye will see Jesus come. Everyone will hear Him. His feet will not
touch the ground. We go up to meet Him in the clouds. Jesus holds
a trumpet and a sickle. Revelation 14: 14
In Lesson 28 you learned about Ellen White. When she was seventeen,
she was shown a picture of Jesus coming. She saw a small black cloud
that looked white when it got closer. A rainbow surrounded Jesus.
He had crowns inside of crowns on His head. There were thousands
of angels with Him. The angels made beautiful music. The bottom
of the cloud was very bright like a fire. The earth shook and the
mountains were moved out of their places. Ellen White wrote this
story down in her book called Early Writings.
Be sure you
study your Bible carefully so you will not be tricked by evil Satan
when he pretends to be Jesus coming for you. |