Resurrection of the Dead in Christ and the Rapture of Living Saints to Heaven
Resurrection of the Dead in Christ and the Rapture of Living Saints to Heaven Below is the 23rd of multiple excerpts of commentary from Parts I and II of The Parousia , the late 19th-century masterpiece on the Second Coming by James Stuart Russell. The initial 31 posts on this blog deal with the Book of Revelation, which is cogently interpreted in Part III of Russell's magnum opus. (For all blog posts, see russellparousia.blogspot.com) "EVENTS ACCOMPANYING THE PAROUSIA [SECOND COMING]. "1. The Resurrection of the Dead in Christ. "2. The Rapture of the Living Saints to Heaven. " 1 Thess. iv. 13-17 [1 Thess. 4:13-17 ]--- 'But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by (in) the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and...