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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 5930684" data-attributes="member: 65823">One of the things that will happen when Jesus returns will be to resurrect all the dead (John 5:28-29; 6:39, 40, 44; 12:38; Acts 24:15; 1 Thess. 4:16).&nbsp;Premillennialism puts a thousand year reign between the resurrection of the righteous and the resurrection of the wicked.&nbsp;The Bible puts them both at the same time.The &quot;proof&quot; text that offers &quot;no proof&quot; for&nbsp; &quot;the Rapture&quot; is&nbsp; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17.&nbsp;But, here the wicked dead are not under discussion. Paul is dealing with those who died in hope. The contrast is between the righteous living and the righteous dead. The issue in Thessaloniki was, what about the Christians who die before Jesus returns? The righteous living will have no advantage over the righteous dead. The dead in Christ will be raised first, then both they and the living saints will be changed (1 Cor. 15:51, 52) and caught up in the air to meet the Lord and be there with him forever ( never to set foot on earth again). These words were designed to comfort those who were grieving (1 Thess. 4:18).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 5930684, member: 65823"] One of the things that will happen when Jesus returns will be to resurrect all the dead (John 5:28-29; 6:39, 40, 44; 12:38; Acts 24:15; 1 Thess. 4:16). Premillennialism puts a thousand year reign between the resurrection of the righteous and the resurrection of the wicked. The Bible puts them both at the same time. The "proof" text that offers "no proof" for "the Rapture" is 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17. But, here the wicked dead are not under discussion. Paul is dealing with those who died in hope. The contrast is between the righteous living and the righteous dead. The issue in Thessaloniki was, what about the Christians who die before Jesus returns? The righteous living will have no advantage over the righteous dead. The dead in Christ will be raised first, then both they and the living saints will be changed (1 Cor. 15:51, 52) and caught up in the air to meet the Lord and be there with him forever ( never to set foot on earth again). These words were designed to comfort those who were grieving (1 Thess. 4:18). [/QUOTE]

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