Enoch, then Elijah, and...

   Paul commends believers for turning from idols to serve the one true God and to wait for his Son, from heaven, whom he raised from the dead ... Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. 

   Of all the churches Paul wrote to - Galatians, Romans, Philippians, Corinthians, etc. - it  was to Thessalonica that God chose to reveal this awesome, singular act through Paul's letter. 

   For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. We who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. - 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. 

   This could happen in our lifetimes. Or not.

   It helps to read the latter chapters of Revelation - to follow the course of events. It's not complicated, as the cell-phone company says in commercials.

   Most early people displeased God, which explains the Flood. Most people displeased God in "Bible times," which explains the miraculous visit of Christ, his voluntary death and resurrection. And his assignment for us - tell the world the "good news" of his free offer to save.

   Most people in our much-advanced world still displease God, by disbelief if nothing else. Which explains the coming 7-year tribulation, concluded by his return to Jerusalem - in power - and his millennial Kingdom to follow. 

   The trib will be a time of judgment not only for disbelievers, but for fallen angels as well. 

   Do you doubt the Lord could take living believers directly to heaven? Make your case with Enoch and Elijah.

            Jimmy