"No Rapture:" Part 2: 1 Thess. 4:17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Strong's =109 aer ah-ayr' from aemi (to breathe unconsciously, i.e. respire; by analogy, to blow); "air" (as naturally circumambient):--air. - psucho 5594. God breathed His Spirit into man. Here "air" means Spirit. We are changed when Christ arrives and will meet Him in our Spirit. Verses in this chapter refer to "Where are the dead?" We cannot proceed or prevent them, as they are already there. Paul spoke cloakial Greek as it was not his first language. Clouds also refer to "group" as meet in a group. etc. "a cloud of blackbirds or cloud of locust".Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Note the word "see" and "coming". We witness this event. The Son of man is coming HERE with HIS army.Rev 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. Christ comes here to set up His Kingdom in Jerusalem with His own clouds of angels. "every eye shall see him" indicates, again, that we shall be here to witness the event.The following is presented to illustrate what God thinks of the "fly away", Rapture Theory." Rapture is NOT mentioned in the Word of God. Not directly NOR indirectly.Ezekiel 13: ( concerns False Prophets and Prophetesses ) 18 And say , Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the women that sew pillows to all arm holes and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt souls of My People, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you ? (They cover God's outstretched saving arms. Only God saves souls.) 19 And will ye pollute Me among My People for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live by your LYING to My People that hear your lies ? (Some will trade their Souls for the promise of prosperity from antichrist, unaware of who he is because they did not read God's Letter.)20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I am AGAINST your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them FLY, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go , even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly! (Evil seduces Souls unaware.)21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver My People out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I AM the Lord. (Here, God Himself, contradicts the rapture theory.)22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hand of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life. (God is not please with this at all.)23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity , nor divine divinations; for I will deliver My People out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. (Hallelujah!)