Jesus will return to gather His church to take them to the new heaven and new earth created by God for them.
Revelation 21:1-5 (God showed this to the apostle John)
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
There will be only righteousness in the new heaven and new earth.
Revelation 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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For decades church groups have debated: Will Christians go through the great tribulation at the end of this world?
Jesus answers this question:
Matthew 24:21-22
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Some of the elect of God, Christians, will be on this earth during the great tribulation.
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Luke 21 (Jesus says)
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
(The earth is currently kept in the solar system by the Word of God. But the time will come when God will speak and the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Here is a dream God gave me showing this event. The earth slipped on it's axis. People were terrified. The governments of men were meeting with scientists and religious leaders to see what could be done. Nothing can be done for it is of God. A TV newsman was trying to report this story. But he became so frightened that he couldn't talk knowing this would affect him also. So he just got up and walked off camera.)
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Isaiah 13:13 God says: Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of HIS fierce anger.
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Matthew 24 (Jesus says)
30 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.
(They "mourn" when they see Jesus coming for they know it is all over for them. All their reputations among men of this world will end and only God and Jesus will matter. Their possessions will be destroyed. Gold and silver will be worthless. And at the end God will destroy heaven and earth.)
31 And HE (Jesus) 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.
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Jesus will raise the dead in Christ and the elect of God will be removed from this present earth and all will meet "in the air" and will be taken to the new heaven and earth wherein dwelleth only righteousness.
These earthly bodies will not be taken into heaven. We will be given new spiritual bodies.
I Corinthians 15
(God is a Spirit. We will be raised as spiritual bodies.)
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,
52 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.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,
52 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.
(Blink: that is how fast we will be changed from these earthly bodies to our new spiritual bodies before we are taken into heaven.)
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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Concerning the dead in Christ: Paul says:
I Thessalonians 4
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go before) them which are asleep (dead).
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:
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.
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God will destroy this current heaven and earth with fire.
2 Peter 3
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
(One day as I was reading this God said to me: "You will never make this present earth righteousness no matter what you do. It is the new heaven and the new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.")
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
(From now to the return of Jesus we must focus on living in peace and being without spot and blameless. No one knows the day and hour of Jesus' return, therefore we must be diligent daily to live in peace, without spot, and blameless because if Jesus returns and finds us debating and arguing and having spots from previous unsettled problems and blamed, we may suffer great loss.)
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Luke 21 (Jesus says)
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting (over indulgence), and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
(Prayer over all problems and concerns makes us connects us to God and makes us "worth to escape" all these things coming upon this earth.)
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Philippians 4:6-7
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (The Word).
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