During a recent Sunday Evening Story-Time, the ‘teaching elder’ of Illinois described what-he-calls ‘the rapture’. He said, ‘It’s going to be a NOISY event.’
1 Thess 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
(The ‘teaching elder’ said there’s this voice of a trumpet that God will sound.)
with a shout, (The ‘teaching elder’ said that during the dispensation of grace, the heavens are silent, and the shout is an audible voice that ENDS the dispensation of grace.)
with the voice of the archangel, (The ‘teaching elder’ said this is another voice coming from the archangel Michael .... and that this voice is the signal to restart the prophetic program and the restoration of Israel.)
and with the trump of God: (The ‘teaching elder’ said then you’re going to have God’s voice. He said the trump of God is the voice of God associated with resurrection.)
and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
The ‘teaching elder’ repeated, "So it’s going to be NOISY!" Now I’m wondering how the ‘teaching elder’ thinks no one in the world will notice the 3 loud sounds?! (He is constantly trying to protect his 'mystery' paradigm.) Even ‘the dead’ will hear. But .... at Christ’s supposed ‘mystery-secret-but-NOISY’ coming .... no one on earth will hear, except just those who have been saved through the writings of PAUL?!
The scripture even says that ALL the dead will hear His voice:
John 5:28-29 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming,
in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
The ‘teaching elder’ teaches that the ONLY dead that will hear and rise .... are those dead that were saved through PAUL’s ministry. But the scripture says ‘the dead in Christ will rise first’:
1 Thess 4:16 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:
What about those dead relatives of Paul .... who were in Christ BEFORE he was?
Rom 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles,
who also were in Christ before me.
The verse indicates there were OTHERS who 'also' were in Christ before Paul. But, according to the teaching of the 'teaching elder', they don’t get to rise then .... even though
1) they are dead and 2) they are in Christ.
It looks to me like they qualify.
This is David Dowell, saying, "Think about it!"
