REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty - Endurance for the Holy Ones - Conclusion

 This promise harmonizes well with Paul's prophecy concerning Jesus' presence.  "Those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first. Afterward we the living who are surviving [those of the anointed ones who survive into the Lord's day} will, together  with them be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air." (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17) After Satan's ouster from heaven, those who were dead in union with Christ rose first.  (Revelation 6:9-11)  Afterward, those of the anointed ones who die during the Lord's day  are promised a special privilege.  Their resurrection to spirit life in heaven is instantaneous, "in the twinkling of an eye." (1 Corinthians 15:52) How marvelous this is! And their works of righteousness continue right on in the heavenly realms.

Next time: REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT  HAND!/ Chapter Thirty - Harvest of the Earth 

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