It then becomes clear in the Word that God
has put together a special group in the world,
the body of Christ.

And for that special group, He has a special
destiny. That destiny is to inherit all things
and to take part in the rulership of the world
and the universe.

The message of the coming of the Lord was
no mystery; the Thessalonians knew this
well.

The mystery was that the church, in the form
of the last generation of living Christians, was
to be instantly transported and transformed
without experiencing physical death.

The same message of the Rapture of the
Church, is also in Paul's letter to the
Corinthians. He said,

"Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump; for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed,"
1 Corinthians 15:51-52

We must notice that the doctrine of the
catching up of the Church was a mystery
which was made known to people who
already knew the general outline of the
prophetic future. This is clear from Paul
saying that,

"But of the times and the seasons, brethern,
ye have no need that I write unto you. For
yourselves know perfectly that the day of
the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night,"
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2

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Paul has given us that famous passage in
the New Testament that tells us that there
is a generation of Christians who will not
die.

They will be caught up into the presence of
Jesus along with the resurrected believers
whom Jesus will bring with Him when He
comes for that last set of living Christians
who will be alive when He comes for His
Church!