Paul wrote, saying,
"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 the word of
the Lord, that we which are alive and
remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not prevent them which are asleep.
For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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.
Wherefore comfort one another with
these words." 1Thessalonians 4:13-18