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1 Thessalonians 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.
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.
Verse 16. _THE LORD HIMSELF_] That is: Jesus Christ _shall_ _descend from heaven_; shall descend in like manner as he was seen by his disciples to ascend, i.e. in his human form, but now infinitely m...
FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN - notes, Acts 1:11. WITH A SHOUT - The word here used (κέλευσμα keleusma), does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. It properly means a “cry’ of e...
IV. THE SEPARATED WALK AND THE BLESSED HOPE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The separated walk 1 Thessalonians 4:1)_ 2. The coming of the Lord for His saints 1 Thessalonians 4:13)...
THE CONDITION OF THE DEAD. This paragraph is written to allay a misgiving which had arisen among the Thessalonian Christians that certain of their friends who had died would be deprived of their share...
THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...
We do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are asleep, because we do not wish you to sorrow as the rest of people do because they have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and...
FOR. Because. Greek. _hoti._ HEAVEN. Singular. See Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. SHOUT. word of command. Greek. _keleusma._ Only here in NT. In the Septuagint in Proverbs 30:27, the rendering of which
_For the Lord Himself_ "In His personal august presence" (Ellicott). Comp. 2 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Thessalonians 3:16, for this kind of emphasis; also Ch. 1 Thessalonians 3:11;...
Section VI. The Coming of the Lord Jesus Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11 This solemn topic, as we have already seen (note on ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, and Intro
§ 8. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Concerning them that fall asleep Thessalonian faith had its “deficiencies” on the doctrinal as well as the practical side (see note introductory to last section). In rega...
ΠΡΩΤΟΝ: D*G and many Fathers, πρωτοι; latt. vg, _primi_. 16. ὍΤΙ ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ἘΝ ΚΕΛΕΎΣΜΑΤΙ, ἘΝ ΦΩΝΗ͂Ι�, ΚΑΤΑΒΉΣΕΤΑΙ�ʼ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΥ͂. _For the Lord Himself with a shout-of-command, with the archangel’s...
ΚΈΛΕΥΣΜΑ (G2752) приказ, клич. Это слово использовалось очень разнообразно. Это команды, которые рулевой отдает гребцам, а׳колесничий — своим лошадям. По отношению к морскому или сухопутному сражению,...
DISCOURSE: 2202 THE RESURRECTION 1 Thessalonians 4:13. I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For, if w...
WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD:— It was a custom among the ancients to summon assemblies by the _sound of a trumpet:_ to which custom probably the Apostle here alludes. It has generally been inferred from the...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:16) 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; Tran...
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: HIMSELF - in all the majesty of Hi...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE 12 Paul gives us the true motive and incentive of a holy life and a steadfast faith. It springs from the overflow of love to our fellow saints and to all others as well. It looks f...
Cp. Matthew 24:30; Matthew 24:31. At the Resurrection of the Just the dead will rise before the living: see 1 Corinthians 15:51 regarding the spiritual body....
EXHORTATION TO PURITY AND BROTHERLY LOVE. THE SECOND ADVENT 1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance in it more and more.' 3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing willed by...
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 4 HOW YOU OUGHT TO LIVE 4:1-8 V1 Brothers and sisters, y...
FOR. — A justification of the statement that we shall certainly not _prevent_ the dead; therefore, the words as far as “trump of God” are logically _parenthetical;_ and the proof only begins at “_They...
CHAPTER 11 THE DEAD IN CHRIST 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (R.V.) THE restlessness of the Thessalonians, which caused some of them to neglect their daily work, was the result of strained expectations of Chr...
περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων....
κελεύσματι = the loud summons which was to muster the saints (so in Philo, _De praem. et poen._, 19: καθάπερ οὖν ἀνθρώπους ἐν ἐσχατιαῖς ἀπῳκισμένους ῥᾳδίως ἑνὶ κελεύσματι συναγάγοι ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ περάτων...
UNITED NOW AND HEREAFTER IN THE LORD 1 Thessalonians 4:9 It is suggested that God Himself is the teacher of love. Others may teach the lower classes in the school of grace, but the highest is reserve...
At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation. Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated that they needed some words of kindly warning. The first subject i...
PAUL'S DESCRIPTION OF THE SECOND COMING Paul described the Lord's second coming with quick, powerful words. He said the Lord will come down from heaven in a way that will cause all on earth to be able...
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a (h) shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (h) The word which the apostle us...
(13) В¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose agai...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
_HIMSELF!_ ‘The Lord Himself.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Nothing is of any value that does not spring from personal love to, and communion with, Christ Himself. He came to earth and returned to heaven,...
16_For the Lord himself_. He employs the term κελεύσματος, (_shout_,) and afterwards adds, _the voice of the archangel_, by way of exposition, intimating what is to be the nature of that arousing shou...
The apostle then turns to the dangers that beset the Thessalonians in consequence of their former habits (and which were still those of the persons that surrounded them), habits in direct contradictio...
FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN,.... Not by proxy, or by representatives; not by the ministry of angels, as on Mount Sinai; nor by the ministers of the word, as under the Gospel dispens...
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: Ver. 16. _With a shout_] _Ingenti ang...
_The Lord himself_ The Lord Christ, arrayed in all his own glory, and in that of his Father; _shall descend from heaven_ “This expression does not imply that the Lord Jesus will fix his tribunal on th...
RISE FIRST; before the living shall be changed. But after the dead in Christ are raised, the living shall be changed, and both ascend together to be for ever with the Lord....
The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and o...
C. The problem about those who had died, 4:13-18 13 BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT, BRETHREN, CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP, THAT YE SORROW NOT, EVEN AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE. 14 Fo...
“FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN, WITH. SHOUT, WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD: AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST” “For the Lord Himself”: “The One who...
13-18 Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die in the Lord. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for our own loss, though it may be their gain. Christianity doe...
FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT; the means which effect this. The word SHOUT in the Greek signifies a command, or word of command; alluding to mariners or soldiers summoned...
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God ["Himself" shows that the Lord will not come by messenger, or by representative...
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul Well, then, what difference is there between heathens and Christians, if the same prison awaits them all when dead? How, indeed, shall the soul mount up to heaven, w...
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THE COMING OF CHRIST FOR HIS OWN (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13). Paul assures the Thessalonians that those who have died in Christ will not be disadvantaged as against those who will be alive at His coming,...
‘For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we who are alive, who are left,...
_Comfort for the Bereaved concerning the Prospects of the Departed._ Paul had preached to the Thessalonians the doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ, and they had apparently taken up the impression...
1 Thessalonians 4:16. FOR. Things shall not happen as you fear, because the following is the order in which the last things are to take place. THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN. The emphatic...
WITH A SHOUT (εν κελευσματ). Note this so-called instrumental use of εν. Old word, here only in N.T., from κελευω, to order, command (military command). Christ will come as Conqueror.WITH THE VOICE...
1 Thessalonians 4:16 The Apostle draws aside yet more the curtain of futurity. He increases and confirms the comfort which "by the word of the Lord" he offers to believers, by revealing additional tru...
1 Thessalonians 4:13. _But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope._ You cannot help sorrowing, for you...
CONTENTS: The model walk of the believer. The hope of Christ's return. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: The design of the Gospel is to teach men not only what they should believe, but also how t...
1 Thessalonians 4:1. _We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us_ the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, _how ye ou...
AND THE LORD HIMSELF WILL COME DOWN. The signal for all this will be the archangel's shout of command, and the sound of God's trumpet blowing a blast. The Thessalonians must have believed the living C...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:16 CRY OF COMMAND... VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL... TRUMPET OF GOD. The three noises summon the dead. The only “archangel” identified in the Bible is Michael ...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:15 WE WHO ARE ALIVE does not mean Paul believed that he would be alive at the second coming. It means all Christians should be prepared for Christ to return d...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13 Paul answers the Thessalonians’ questions about Christians who die before Jesus returns. ⇐...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 Instruction and Exhortation. Paul gives instructions on pleasing God (1 Thessalonians 4:1), the seco
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 4:15. WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD.—“We must recognise that Paul here includes himself, along with the Thessalonians, amon...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the Thessalonians to make progress in the Christian life,...
Let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter four. Paul the apostle was called of God by the Spirit to go to Macedonia, as he saw in a vision a man from Macedonia saying, "Come over and help us." It was...
1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 2 Peter 3:10;...
The word of the Lord, ver. 15, is apparently not intended to include the specific details which follow. In that word the revelation was to the effect that all believers simultaneously should share the...
With a shout — Properly, a proclamation made to a great multitude. Above this is, the voice of the archangel; above both, the trumpet of God; the voice of God, somewhat analogous to the sound of a tru...
These words give us the assurance of the certaninty of Christ's second coming, and of the solemn manner of it, and of the consequence of it. Observe, 1. The certainty of our Lord's coming; THE LORD HI...