![]() "Those who sleep in Jesus" is another commonly misunderstood term. “They” are not in the grave - only “their bodies” are. Those who "died in Christ" will return with Him. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.Paul also shares with us in 1 Thessalonians, some other very important information about our “gathering together” unto the Lord. Both the bodies of the saints in heaven and those who are still alive, must be made "fit for heaven." The term, "in the twinkling of an eye" is used to describe the speed of the changing of the bodies and remains from corruptible to incorruptible and not about the speed of the rapture at all! This whole section of scripture is about “how we shall become like the Lord.” These verses explain how "corruption" is not fit for heaven and how the flesh and blood bodies that we now have, are mortal and of corruption. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Behold, I tell 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 trumpet. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 1 Corinthians 15:48-53 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.Let's look at the verses that precede and follow our key verses: It says “we shall be " changed” in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." It does not say that the rapture happens in the twinkling of an eye. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 Behold, I tell 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 trumpet.What does the biblical term, "in the twinkling of an eye" really mean? Many say that it means that something happens "faster than in the blink of an eye." For certain, whatever it means, it is fast! The next question is, what exactly happens "in the twinkling of an eye"? This verse in 1 Corinthians 15, is one of the most misquoted verses of all time.
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