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13 But [de] I would [thelo] not [ou] have [thelo] you [humas] to be ignorant, [agnoeo] brethren, [adelphos] concerning [peri] them which are asleep, [koimao] that [hina me] ye sorrow [lupeo] not, [hina me] even [kai] as [kathos] others [loipoy] which [ho] have [echo] no [me] hope. [elpis]KJV-Interlinear
13 But we do not want you to be
uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as
do the rest who have no hope.NASB
From this text, it was
obvious that there were those who had died and Christ had not yet
returned.Therefore, a worry of sorts
that they had missed out on the coming Kingdom of Christ here on the earth.The common expectation in Pauls time, was that the return of Christ in order to
establish His Kingdom on Earth, was to happen at any time.That was the general understanding from the
Old Testament scriptures.
However, Paul is aware
that there is now a new dispensation, and that the coming of Christ to
establish His Kingdom, would not occur until three events had occurred
first.The first of these three events
was the dispensation of the Church Age, and the second event was the Rapture of
the believers who will live during this dispensation, and the third event would
be the seven year period of the Tribulation.
However, folks who lose
their loved ones, would naturally grieve for the loss
of their loved ones.And that grief was
and is a normal response to ones loss.
However, our loss of today, is not a permanent loss, because we will see our
loved ones again.And we will see our
loved ones because we are the saved through faith in Christ.
Those who will not see
their loved ones, are those who have refused to
believe in Christ. Without salvation,
they have no hope, no confidence, nothing to look forward to, for all of
eternity.
When a person, a
believer, dies, he leaves his body behind and his soul and spirit go to be with
the Lord in heaven.
When an unbeliever
dies, he too leaves his body behind and his soul only (unbelievers have no
human spirit), go into the realm known as Torments.There they await their calling before Christ
at the Great White Throne, which will occur at the end of the Millennium.From that judgment they will be thrown into
the Lake of Fire and remain there separated from everyone and everything, in
extreme torment, forever.
Believers will remain
in heaven until the moment of the Rapture, and then when that event occurs,
they will return into a new resurrection body, and then reunited with family
and friends, etc. and return to heaven while the events of the Tribulation play
out back here on the earth.
So, while we grieve our
loss when we lose someone close to us, we have a confidence within us that we
need to understand, and that is that even through death, we will not lose our
loved ones forever, but only for a short time.We will see them again at the Rapture.
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