1st Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Furthermore, our first passage instructs persons to believe His prophets, for even though there may be various schools of thought on the issue, the servant of God makes it plain, so that we could understand…. [Life Sketches pp 65, Par 1] Soon we heard the voice of God like many waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus’ coming. The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake.
[WLF pp 14, Par 2] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake….. [Test 1 pp 59, Par 1] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake….. [LSMS 83, Par 1] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake.
When God spoke the time, He poured upon us the Holy Spirit, and our faces began to light up and shine with the glory of God, as Moses’ did when he came down from Mount Sinai….. [EW pp 14 Par 1] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake. [R.H July 21, Par 2] The living saints, 144,000, in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake.
Revelation 16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!