is own order:
Christ the first fruits; afterwards _they that are Christ's_ at His
coming, * * * Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but
we shall _all_ be changed (1 Cor. xv:23, 51). It is clear that _all_
means the whole company of believers.
But there are other scriptural proofs that all believers will be taken
up when the Lord comes. One is the unity of the body. "For as the
body is one and hath many members, and all the members of that one
body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. For by one Spirit
are we _all_ baptised into _one_ body" (1 Cor. xii:12 and 13). It is
clear then that all believers are members of the one body. The
teaching in the above cited paragraphs is an open denial of the truth
revealed of the church as the one body. "There is _one_ body and _one_
Spirit even as ye are called in _one_ hope of your calling" (Ephes.
iv:4). This one body, of which every believer is a member, will be
joined to the glorified Head, it will be _one_ joining and one
presentation of the assembly. Now, if only certain believers are
caught up and another number passeth through a part of the tribulation,
and still another company is taken later and other believers will not
be raised at all till the great white Throne is set up, the revealed
truth of the one body, its organic unity and vital connection with Him
in glory is completely set aside.
Furthermore, _the_ apostasy and the revelation of the Antichrist cannot
come till that body, the church, is taken from the earth (see 2 Thess.
ii). The appearance of the final Antichrist therefore demands the
complete removal of the one body. A remnant of believers, members of
the one body, left in the earth during the great tribulation would
still hinder the revelation of Antichrist and postpone it. The Saints
in the tribulation are _not_ members of the one body, but they are
Jewish believers. The next chapter will enter into this more fully.
Again, "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ." This
is the _Bema_ in the air. _All_ believers will have to appear before
Him to receive approval or disapproval (_not_ salvation or
condemnation). Now, if they are _all_ to appear before that seat in
the air on the day of Christ--they must _all_ have been taken up. When
He comes at the end of the tribulation He comes with _all_ His Saints.
Many other Scriptures might be quoted which declare the same truth,
Every believer will share in
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