Study it in the app“For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in the Messiah will rise first;”
Paul comforts grieving Thessalonians: we will always be with the LordJesus Will ReturnPaul writes so that they will not grieve like those who have no hopeDeath and Eternal Life
Forὅτιthe Lordὁ κύριοςhimselfαὐτὸςwill descendκαταβήσεταιfromἀπ’heavenοὐρανοῦwithἐνa shout of command,κελεύσματιwithἐνthe voiceφωνῇof an archangelἀρχαγγέλουandκαὶwithἐνthe trumpetσάλπιγγιof God,θεοῦandκαὶthe deadοἱ νεκροὶinἐνthe MessiahΧριστῷwill riseἀναστήσονταιfirst;πρῶτον
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appearsgo down, come down
Go down, come down, descend.
Where else “katabēsetai” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranou” appearscommand, shout
Shout of command: an order given aloud.
Where else “keleusmati” appearsvoice
Someone's voice, or a shout.
Where else “phōnēi” appearsarchangel
Archangel: a chief messenger of God, a ruling angel.
Where else “archangelou” appearstrumpet
Trumpet; also the sound of a trumpet.
Where else “salpingi” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekroi” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appearsrise
To come back to life.
Where else “anastēsontai” appearsfirst
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōton” appears15For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
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17then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be always with the Lord.
