On the day when Jesus returns to the Earth, the Scriptures clearly tell us what happens to the Believer on that day. Believers, both deceased and living, will experience a miraculous transformation. The dead in Christ will rise first, followed by those who are alive, who will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. This signifies the fulfillment of God's promise of eternal life and the ultimate redemption of the faithful. It is a moment of unprecedented joy and triumph, where believers are forever united with Christ, stepping into an eternity free from sorrow and sin, as they commence their everlasting life in His divine presence.
How Believers Should Be Living
Believers are called to maintain an active posture of readiness and expectancy, living lives that reflect their faith and readiness for His coming. The Scriptures urge believers to stay spiritually awake, clothed in righteousness, and engaged in godly pursuits, exemplifying the profound hope and eager anticipation of meeting the Lord in the air. By embodying these virtues, believers demonstrate their preparedness for the day when they will meet Christ face to face.
Bible Verses About Happens to Believers on the Day Jesus Returns:
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 KJV: "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: 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."
1 Corinthians 15:52 KJV: "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Matthew 24:30-31 KJV: "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
Fulfillment of Promise:
John 14:3 KJV: "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
Hebrews 9:28 KJV: "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."
Fulfillment of Prophecy:
Daniel 12:1-3 KJV: "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."
Zechariah 14:4 KJV: "And his feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south."
