Moriah's Song
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And your scripture reference is what?Scripture says no such thing. And "the last day" is used as a metaphor for a very long period, not for a 24 hour day.
WHEN HE COMES THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL FIRST RISE AS HE COMES WITH A SHOUT
1 Thess. 4:16-18 - "For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first; then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words."
- Jesus' second coming could be at any time and we should always be ready for it.
- Jesus' imminent physical recognition (presence) will be signaled by the voice of an archangel and the trumpet of heaven. It will be an event that is obvious to all people on the earth.
- Jesus will appear in the clouds.
- This will be followed almost immediately by a general resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
- The righteous dead will be caught up with Jesus in the air, after which those saved who are still alive will also be caught up; this, by definition, will be a separation of the saved from the lost, who will remain on the earth.
- The righteous will live with Jesus, His father and the Holy Spirit forever in heaven.
- The lost will be cast alive into the lake of fire where they will ever be doomed with the devil and his angels.