to leave remaining;, pass. to remain, survive, 1 Thess. 4:15, 17*
WHY THE RAPTURE IN 1 THESSALONIANS 4:15-17 IS NOT PRETRIBULATIONAL Paul’s message to the saints in Thessalonica on the advent of Christ is in two parts: First and Second Thessalonians. In Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians, he mentions those “who are still ALIVE, who are LEFT until the coming of the Lord” who “will be caught up together” with the dead in C... »