1 Thessalonians 4:
16. For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of GOD. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first.
17. Then we, the living ones who remain, shall simultaneously be caught up along with in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always we shall be with the Lord!
Matthew 24:
3. While He was seated on the Mount if Olives, the disciples came to Him privately and said, Tell us, when will this take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of age?
30. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and beat their breasts and lament in anguish, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31. And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the universe to the other.
Revelation 20:
4. Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom authority to act as judges and to pass sentence was entrusted. Also I saw the souls of those who had been slain with axes for their witnessing to Jesus and for the Word of GOD, and who had refused to pay homeage to the beast ofr his statue and had not accepted his markor permitted it to be stamped on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived again and ruled with Christ a thousand years.
5. The remainder of the dead were not restored to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
Colossians 1:
18. He also is the Head of body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place.
Hebrews 1:
3. He is the sole expression of the glory of GOD, and He is the perfect imprint and very image of nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high.
Therefore in other words, Jesus is the 'firstfruit' of the resurrection, and since then there's no resurrection of the dead in Christ/His elect.
Until as according to Revelation 20:4&5/Matthew 24:21-31/1Thessalonians4:16&17, where the 'first resurrection' takes place after the 'great tribulation'.
In this 'first resurrection' were the dead in Christ from the Apostles until the reign of beast His elect were martyred, and the living likewise persecuted and not martyred.
Since the Lord appeared like a thief in the night when least expected, even the world was surprised as was anounced and seen, the ready and waiting elect were taken up.
This 'first resurrection' happens on His 'Second Coming', where these elect of His risen from dead or alive, were caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
To conclude, He did not come down to earth since He was on the clouds and in the air where these elect met, and taken to Heaven.
Revelation 6:
9. When the Lamb broke open the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for the Word of GOD and for the testimony they had borne.
10. They cried in a loud voice, O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgement and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on earth?
11. Then they were each given a long and flowing and festive white robe and told to rest and wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
Apparently, the elect in the 'first resurrection' were told to rest during the thousand years they lived again and ruled with Christ.
And no longer there'll be resurrection of dead until the thousand years were completed and when there'll be the judgement of the great white throne. (Revelation20:11)
Only those who're not found in the Book of Life, was hurled into the lake of fire, but those who're found will resurrect unto life to join the 'first resurrection' elect already in Heaven. (vs.15)
Matthew 25:
31. When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
32. All nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats;
33. And He will cause the sheep to stand at His right hand, but the goats at His left.
34. Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My FATHER, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Shalom in the name of Lord Jesus Christ
16. For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of GOD. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first.
17. Then we, the living ones who remain, shall simultaneously be caught up along with in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always we shall be with the Lord!
Matthew 24:
3. While He was seated on the Mount if Olives, the disciples came to Him privately and said, Tell us, when will this take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of age?
30. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and beat their breasts and lament in anguish, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31. And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the universe to the other.
Revelation 20:
4. Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom authority to act as judges and to pass sentence was entrusted. Also I saw the souls of those who had been slain with axes for their witnessing to Jesus and for the Word of GOD, and who had refused to pay homeage to the beast ofr his statue and had not accepted his markor permitted it to be stamped on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived again and ruled with Christ a thousand years.
5. The remainder of the dead were not restored to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
Colossians 1:
18. He also is the Head of body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place.
Hebrews 1:
3. He is the sole expression of the glory of GOD, and He is the perfect imprint and very image of nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high.
Therefore in other words, Jesus is the 'firstfruit' of the resurrection, and since then there's no resurrection of the dead in Christ/His elect.
Until as according to Revelation 20:4&5/Matthew 24:21-31/1Thessalonians4:16&17, where the 'first resurrection' takes place after the 'great tribulation'.
In this 'first resurrection' were the dead in Christ from the Apostles until the reign of beast His elect were martyred, and the living likewise persecuted and not martyred.
Since the Lord appeared like a thief in the night when least expected, even the world was surprised as was anounced and seen, the ready and waiting elect were taken up.
This 'first resurrection' happens on His 'Second Coming', where these elect of His risen from dead or alive, were caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
To conclude, He did not come down to earth since He was on the clouds and in the air where these elect met, and taken to Heaven.
Revelation 6:
9. When the Lamb broke open the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for the Word of GOD and for the testimony they had borne.
10. They cried in a loud voice, O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgement and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on earth?
11. Then they were each given a long and flowing and festive white robe and told to rest and wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
Apparently, the elect in the 'first resurrection' were told to rest during the thousand years they lived again and ruled with Christ.
And no longer there'll be resurrection of dead until the thousand years were completed and when there'll be the judgement of the great white throne. (Revelation20:11)
Only those who're not found in the Book of Life, was hurled into the lake of fire, but those who're found will resurrect unto life to join the 'first resurrection' elect already in Heaven. (vs.15)
Matthew 25:
31. When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
32. All nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them from one another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats;
33. And He will cause the sheep to stand at His right hand, but the goats at His left.
34. Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My FATHER, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Shalom in the name of Lord Jesus Christ
