1Th 4:16 | PNT | STEP | For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven . They seemed to have thought that the living saints would hurry to meet the Lord, and that the dead would be powerless to follow. On the contrary, Christ comes to them. He will descend. With a shout . The voice of an archangel. The voice of command. With the trumpet of God . The trumpet blast as a signal and a summons. The dead in Christ shall rise first . Before the living are gathered, all the saints who slept in Christ shall be gathered around him. In the final day, the first act is the gathering of the departed saints; the next, the gathering of the living saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven. They seemed to have thought that the living saints would hurry to meet the Lord, and that the dead would be powerless to follow. On the contrary, Christ comes to them. He will descend.

With a shout. The voice of an archangel. The voice of command.

With the trumpet of God. The trumpet blast as a signal and a summons.

The dead in Christ shall rise first. Before the living are gathered, all the saints who slept in Christ shall be gathered around him. In the final day, the first act is the gathering of the departed saints; the next, the gathering of the living saints.