KML (11 Jan 2015)
"Jovial (17, Aug, 2014) "Absence of Proof and Proof of Absence""
 
I have taken the liberty of posting your letter here:
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2014/jovial817-1.htm

Quote: While it is true that "Absence of Proof is not Proof of Absence" it must also be understood that the absence of proof is not proof.  Un Quote.

I' agree with this statement as it is written.
Those who would use this statement concerning the "catching up" or " the being taken out of the way" are not noble, in that, they are lazy and do not study to show themselves approved unto God, a [workman] that needs not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY dividing the word of truth.
The same statement could be said by unbelievers of Jesus Christ; and his resurrection from the dead.
God tells us, the reader; Seek ye out (the book of the Lord) and READ.
This statement and command of God shows us that there IS (the book) of the Lord, and not the BOOK(S) of the Lord.
ALL the 66 books that make up (the book of the Lord) are ONE book.
Yet not all books that would be called the book of the Lord, Are, the book of the Lord. Just as the letters that the Thessalonians had read as if they were from Paul, and were not. They were false letters, as there are false books of the Lord.
IN the book of the Lord NONE shall want her mate, Isaiah 34:16 KJV
ISAIAH 28: 9-11 KJV
WHOM SHALL HE TEACH KNOWLEDGE? and Whom shall he make to UNDERSTAND Doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 11) FOR WITH STAMMERING LIPS AND (ANOTHER) TONGUE WILL I SPEAK TO THIS PEOPLE. ( Israel)
I have never understood why believers who have received the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, LISTEN to teacher who say ....We must go back to the Hebrew and Greek to truly understand the Bible. GOD said he was going to speak to them in another tongue, that they will not understand. They have IN PART been blinded to OUR gospel of Jesus Christ. WHY would any seek them and their understanding  and interpretation of Christ's gospel, whom they have rejected?

Quote: The only proof that can be offered that something did not happen IS a lack of proof that it did, because that is all the evidence that is going to be there.

This statement is also true, but again it does not apply to the so commonly called " Rapture" or rightly called "the catching away," because we know this is spoken of in the scriptures of truth.
It is the placement of the TIMING of The Event, which needs proof.
 There is proof in the scriptures of being caught up together with them that have died in the Lord, at his coming IN THE CLOUDS.
The proof actually rests upon the acceptance of an individual as to the time of the event.
Which we know is whether this event is PRE or POST " the time of Jacob's trouble, which is commonly called Tribulation.

QUOTE: So while the statement "The absence of proof is not proof of absence" has some truth to it, there are times where the absence of proof, where proof would be expected is the best evidence one can get.   Un Quote.

In the Volume of The Book I' Come, [It is written] of me to do Thy Will O God.
Psalms 40:7 and Hebrews 10:7 KJV

I believe in this case proof would need to be placed upon the timing. For I have shown that there is THE EVENT in the scriptures, and according to your final statement, you are looking for the possibility of either or PRE- POST tribulation, known as " the time of Jacob's trouble'.
Which God has made it clear that it is a time of Jacob's trouble. A TIME that has never been before, nor shall ever be again.

As it is understood by the Christian community, RAPTURE, is a WORD.
A WORD in which we know is Not mentioned in the word of truth, which is the Bible.
But the words CAUGHT UP and CAUGHT UP TOGETHER are used.
While CAUGHT UP  is mentioned FOUR out of FOUR times in the scriptures of Truth, CAUGHT UP TOGETHER is only mentioned ONE time and it is specified as being in the clouds, and a MEETING with him in the air. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 KJV which is the LAST mention until Revelation 12:5 where it is speaking of the man child ( Christ himself) being caught up unto God, and to (his) throne.

Many will argue as to whether we as a Christian community even have the TRUE words of God, and that we can actually say we Hold It In Our Hands !
I will continue with the understanding, that I' personally believe that I' without any doubt, know, that I' hold the words of God in my hands, in this blessed book called the King James Bible.
For I' am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, nor am I' ashamed to say that I trust God in his word, that he would preserve it. And I believe that he has preserved it through the King James Translation, in my English language.

For man does not live by bread alone, But by (Every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.)
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, As In All Churches of The Saints.

God has throughout the scriptures of truth, Put His Words in The Mouths of His Prophets. They are not the prophets words, but the words of God through the vessel of the prophet, which God himself called, and established before the foundation of the world.
Every individual has the opportunity to accept this truth, or reject it. I' accept it, and I' stand behind this blessed King James Bible.
Should yourself, or any other individual choose to name me among those you deem to be a part of a cult; that is your prerogative.
Ecclesiastes12:10-14 KJV
14) For God SHALL bring every work into judgment, with every Secret Thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

For those who esteem the King James Only users, as a cult, Praise God; because it is prophesied that this too shall happen.
To these who accuse and esteem as a cult, the Word of God shall become unto them as a book that cannot be read. Isaiah 29:11 KJV
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which ARE some things Hard to be Understood, Which (they) that are Unlearned and Unstable wrest, ( wrestle with) as they do also (the other Scriptures,) unto their own destruction.

Satan himself said these words; "I' will ascend into heaven, I' will exalt My throne above the stars of God(:) I' will sit ALSO Upon the Mount of The Congregation, In The Sides of the North.
The word "Congregation" is exampled in the scripture as being the children of Israel and the church congregation.
  The Lord Jesus saw it needful to speak to the different churches in his Revelation; and give each an admonishment, except, for the church of Philadelphia, in which he has set an open door.

Even the Psalmist wrote:
Thou preparest a table before me in the [presence] of mine enemies(:) Psalms 23:5 KJV
Where is the Table of shew bread placed in the tabernacle?
Exodus 25:30 KJV  And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.
25:35 KJV  And thou shalt set the table WITHOUT THE VAIL, " and thou shalt PUT the table ON THE NORTH SIDE.

We understand from scripture that Jesus is the BREAD of life. We also understand that Jesus stands between Satan and us as our mediator, and high Priest before God the Father, and he is our salvation through his suffering and victorious resurrection from death, hell, and the grave; that he has overcome the world.
He who stands upon the head of that old serpent, the devil.
IF therefore Satan states that he will (sit upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the NORTH.) Then OUR ENEMY is also (A Congregation) which sides with Satan.

How will we know them ?
They will be of the spirit of the anti-Christ, which we know was already at work in the world, from the garden, and at the time of Christ, and in the tempting of the early church, as shown through Paul in the letters of 1st and 2nd Thessalonians.
We can see them CLEARLY  when we read 1 John 4:2,3 KJV and ALSO in 2 John 1:7 KJV

HEREBY KNOW YE THE SPIRIT OF GOD(:) EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH (IS OF GOD.)

AND EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH (NOT) THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME (IN THE FLESH) IS (NOT) OF GOD :
AND (THIS) IS THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST, WHEREOF YE HAVE HEARD 
( THAT IT SHOULD COME;) AND EVEN NOW ALREADY IS IT IN THE WORLD.

FOR ( MANY) DECEIVERS (ARE) ENTERED INTO THE WORLD, WHO CONFESS (NOT)  THAT JESUS IS COME (IN THE FLESH.)
THIS IS (A) DECEIVER AND AN ANTICHRIST.

I will ask you this question concerning the OTHER translations of the Bible.

Look if you will, in these other translations, and SEE if the verses I have just quoted are even in them, and if they are in them, do they state ( Jesus is come in the flesh) ? " IN THE FLESH " and do they show that Jesus is " THE ONLY [BEGOTTEN] SON " of God ? Do they show "A VIRGIN" or do they say "A Young Woman" shall conceive? Where is the miracle in A Young Woman conceiving and giving birth?   A virgin giving birth is A Miracle !

God has many sons, 1 John 3:2 KJV    Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be(:) but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him(;) for we shall see him as he is.
Most of your OTHER translations read " his ONLY son " not his only [Begotten] son.
THIS is the spirit of antichrist in these other translations.

DON"T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.  ARE YOU ONE OF THESE, OR ONE OF THOSE ?
THESE were more noble than THOSE in Thessalonica, in that they, SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY, WHETHER THESE THINGS WERE SO.

IF we do not have the same BOOK, isn't there disadvantage, seeing that the book(s) do not read the same, or some words and passages have been added to, re-worded, or removed altogether?
The NKJV was just ONE step away from The Standard. Now look at how many translations there are where MAN has determined (by himself) to re-write what he deems to be the correct translation for the Word of God.
Woe be unto that man or men who seek to hide the truth of God as did the Roman Catholic church for centuries. Now we have a Synthetic Doctrine delivered by a Synthetic watered down excuse for the Word of God.
No Wonder.... the Lord said; " And FEW there be that find it."

The Catching Away" commonly called   The Rapture"

Let us begin (without) including Rome. Catholic church.  She is the serpent in the way, an adder in the path, which strikes the horses heal and causes the rider to FALL BACKWARD.( as are the Synthetic Bibles)
She is head of " The Falling Away " she has sent more people to hell than any other so called church. She is An Harlot, the great whore, and has drank from the golden cup the blood of the saints for generations. Full of Idolatry, witchcraft, and satanic rituals.
 
How can one know who a whore is?
She is paid for her services, and will tell you what ever you want to hear, as long as she gets paid, and she will damn your soul to hell.

She is pictured ridding upon the Bull throughout the world. The Bull is a scriptural picture of the nature of God, and she is sitting upon the back of the Bull. The very same bull  image made of Gold by the disobedient generation which came out of Egypt in the Exodus, which the children of Israel made while Moses was upon the mount with God.
God was not (that) Bull, while the Bull he created, represented his very nature.
What did Satan say ?
I' will ascend into heaven
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God
I will sit ALSO upon the mount of the congregation, in the side(s) of the north.
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be LIKE the Most High

ROME wants control of the holy places in Israel, and even control of the Temple mount.
THIS is DAN, who MUST SAY, I have waited for thy salvation O Lord.
He is the ROOT and the very beginnings of " The Roman Catholic Church".
He shall judge his people.
Judges 18:18-25 KJV
The children of Dan said; hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and BE TO US A (FATHER) AND A PRIEST (:)  IS IT BETTER FOR THEE TO BE A PRIEST UNTO THE HOUSE OF ONE MAN, OR THAT THOU BE A PRIEST UNTO A TRIBE AND A FAMILY IN ISRAEL?
And he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
And when they were a good ways from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? And he said, Ye have TAKEN AWAY MY GODS WHICH I MADE, AND THE PRIEST, AND YE ARE GONE AWAY(:) AND WHAT HAVE I MORE? AND WHAT IS THIS THAT YE SAY UNTO ME, WHAT AILETH THEE?
AND THE CHILDREN OF DAN SAID UNTO HIM, ( LET NOT THY VOICE BE HEARD) AMONG US, LEST ANGRY FELLOWS RUN UPON THEE, AND THOU LOSE THY LIFE, WITH THE LIVES OF THY HOUSEHOLD.
AND THE CHILDREN OF DAN WENT THEIR WAY.
God spoke to Moses that he should speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel;  Leviticus 19:4 KJV     Turn ye NOT unto idols, nor Make to yourselves Molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

Here we SEE a Levite Priest gone amuck, and resides in the house of Micah along with the idols which Micah had made himself.
Here we SEE Dan, born of a bondwoman unto Jacob. Which both knew what they were doing, God had commanded they NOT do. And yet the Levite Priest told Dan that God would bless him.

QUOTE :  If you want to prove that A rapture, will happen, you need to provide proof that the Rapture will happen, NOT ARGUE THAT THERE IS NO PROOF THAT IT WONT.
And the "escape Tribulation" argument does not prove it. UN QUOTE

In the Book of Titus, we read:
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, (we should) live soberly, righteously, and godly, IN THIS PRESENTS WORLD(;)
LOOKING for (THAT) Blessed Hope(,) [and] (THE) glorious appearing of (THE) great God (AND) our Saviour Jesus Christ.

 We Should be LOOKING FOR THESE 3 THINGS
1. (THAT) Blessed Hope
2. (THE) glorious appearing of (the) great God
3. (AND) Our Saviour Jesus Christ.
What is THAT Blessed Hope?
John 14:1-4 KJV
Let not your hearts be troubled(:) ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions(:) if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 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. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
IF you RECEIVE something unto yourself, you must reach out and take it, PERSONALLY yourself. And so it will be with Jesus at (THAT) BLESSED HOPE 
Acts 1:9-11 KJV
And when he (Jesus) had spoken these things, WHILE THEY BEHELD, HE WAS TAKEN UP(;) and a CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT of Their sight. And WHILE THEY LOOKED steadfastly toward heaven AS HE WENT UP, behold two men stood by them in white apparel(;) Which ALSO said, THIS SAME JESUS, WHICH IS TAKEN UP from you into heaven, SHALL COME IN LIKE MANNER AS YE HAVE SEEN HIM GO INTO HEAVEN.
They beheld Jesus rise up steadily before their eyes and THE cloud received him out of their sight.
IN LIKE Manner will this same Jesus come again to RECEIVE us UNTO HIMSELF.
DOES this picture LOOK the same as the picture of Jesus coming in POWER and great GLORY as King of King and Lords of Lords, READY to do battle at Armageddon ?   NO NO NO.
THIS is (THAT) blessed Hope we are LOOKING for. The Catching up, the being taken out of the way.
OUT OF THE WAY OF WHAT?
The Day of Wrath !           mentioned 4 times in the scriptures of truth.
THREE in the Old Testament, and ONE in the New Testament.
1. Job 21:30 KJV   That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
2. Proverbs 11:4 KJV  Riches profit not in the day of wrath(:) but righteousness delivereth from death.
3. Zephaniah 1:15 KJV   THAT day is a day of wrath, a day of TROUBLE and distress, a day of wastness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
4. Romans 2:5 KJV   But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:8-11 KJV
But let US, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love(;) and for an helmet, the HOPE OF SALVATION.
For God hath NOT APPOINTED US TO WRATH, but to obtain salvation BY our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should LIVE TOGETHER with him.
Wherefore COMFORT YOURSELVES TOGETHER, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Is there any comfort in wrath? No
Notice Paul used the word BY our Lord Jesus Christ, and not (in) or (through) our Lord Jesus Christ.
" by our Lord " is only mentioned TWO times in the whole of the scriptures of truth. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 and 2 Thessalonians 3:12 KJV


QUOTE: God did not write the Bible from a heresy hunters perspective, arguing against every false notion that COULD arise in the FUTURE. THAT would be IMPOSSIBLE.

The word IMPOSSIBLE is mentioned NINE times in the Scriptures of Truth.
1. Matthew 17:20 KJV
2. Matthew 19:26 KJV with men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
3. Mark 10:27 KJV
4. Luke 1:37 KJV for with God nothing shall be impossible
5. Luke 17:1 KJV Jesus said; It is impossible but OFFENCES will come: but Woe unto him, through whom they come!
6. Luke  18:27 The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
7. Hebrews 6:4 KJV
8. Hebrews 6:18 KJV
9. Hebrews 11:6 KJV  without FAITH it is impossible to please him

NOTHING is (Impossible) with God, NOTHING. 

The word HERESY is mentioned ONE TIME in the whole of the Scriptures of Truth.
Acts 24:14,15 KJV
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way WHICH (THEY) CALL HERESY, SO WORSHIP I THE GOD OF MY FATHERS, believing ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW AND IN THE PROPHETS(:) and HAVE (HOPE) towards God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be (A) resurrection of the dead, BOTH of the just and unjust. ( TWO Resurrections)
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always A CONSCIENCE void of OFFENCE toward God, and toward men.

Dead in Christ FIRST and then we who are alive and remain are caught UP together WITH THEM in the air) ONE Resurrection of the JUST.

Another Resurrection of the UNJUST is yet to come.
The question here again is, WHEN? are the unjust resurrected?
I dought that you will receive this, because to you and those who are like minded as yourself, find the King James Bible a book that cannot be read, and IT is a rock of Offence unto you.
Though righteous Lot was not "caught up" in the same manner as the resurrection of the Just, The angels of the Lord [brought him forth,] and set him without the city, and said ESCAPE for thy life; they said also; Haste thee, escape thither ; FOR I' CANNOT DO ANY THING TILL THOU BE COME THITHER. Genesis 19: 20-23
So also will be the catching away of the righteous BEFORE the Day of Wrath. 
We already have salvation [in] our Lord Jesus Christ.
DELIVERANCE is also being saved, or salvation from wrath.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly OUT of Temptations, and to RESERVE the [unjust] unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2 Peter 2:9-10, and Jude1:8 KJV
Jesus said: Because thou hast kept "the WORD of my patience, I' ALSO will keep thee FROM THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION, which SHALL come upon all the world, to TRY [Them] that dwell upon the earth.
( Surely the hour of temptation is to take the mark of the beast, because one could not buy or sell, lest he had the mark)
Jesus said: I am the bread of life: HE THAT COMETH TO ME SHALL NEVER HUNGER; and he THAT BELIEVETH ON ME SHALL [NEVER] THIRST.

Be sure You have the book of the Lord, and not an excuse for it.

FAITH (IS) the (SUBSTANCE) of (THINGS HOPED FOR,) the (EVIDENCE) of THINGS (NOT) SEEN. Hebrews 11:1 KJV

BLESSED HOPE is mentioned ONE TIME in the whole of Scriptures of Truth.

IT is found in Titus 2:13 KJV
Looking for (THAT) Blessed Hope, [AND] (THE) GLORIOUS APPEARING of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Jesus glorious appearing will be when the whole world will see him, with ten thousands of his saints. That is us with him.
We can SEE here that there are TWO events mentioned.
1. To be CAUGHT UP [together] with them who have died in the Lord
1 Thessalonians 4:17 KJV ( the blessed hope)
 AND
2. HIS (Jesus Christ's ) GLORIOUS APPEARING as King Of King, and Lord of Lords at the END of the time of JACOB'S TROUBLE. ( the second coming)

CAUGHT UP TOGETHER  is mentioned ONE time in the scriptures of truth.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 KJV
ONE time, because this event only happens ONCE.
Romans 14:8 KJV
For whether we LIVE, we live unto the Lord; and whether we DIE, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE is mentioned ONE time in the Scriptures of Truth.
Jeremiah 30:7 KJV
ALAS ! for THAT day is GREAT, so that NONE IS LIKE(:) IT is even the Time of Jacob's Trouble(;) but HE shall be SAVED OUT OF IT.
Salvation is to be saved out of Death, Wrath, Hell, Temptation, Evil.
Jesus is our salvation, our blessed Hope, our eternal home.

Matthew 24:14-22 KJV
The gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a WITNESS unto ALL Nations; and then shall the end come.
When ye therefore shall see the abomination, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE, ( whoso readeth let him understand)
[ the holy place is The Body, not the 3rd temple]
THEN let them which BE IN JUDAEA  (FLEE) into the mountains(:)
CHRIST WILL NEVER RULE, NOR DWELL IN THAT THIRD TEMPLE. NEVER.
It is made with hands !
Heaven is his throne, the earth is his foot stool.

Obadiah 13 KJV
Thou shouldest NOT have entered into the gate of MY people IN THE DAY OF THEIR CALAMITY; yea, Thou SHOULDEST NOT HAVE LOOKED UPON THEIR AFFLICTION (IN THE DAY OF THEIR CALAMITY,) nor have LAID HANDS on their SUBSTANCE in THE DAY of their CALAMITY(;)
Neither shouldest thou have STOOD IN THE CROSSWAY, TO CUT OFF THOSE of HIS that Did Escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered UP THOSE of HIS THAT DID REMAIN  in the DAY of Distress.
Genesis 32:11 KJV Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
Nothing has changed even to this day concerning Esau's hatred of his brother Jacob.
That which was is that which SHALL be, there is no New Thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 KJV

THIS is Esau; The everlasting hatred of his brother Jacob.
And there shall NOT be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.

There are Two events of Christ's appearing.
The Blessed Hope AND
His Glorious Appearing When We journey back with him.
Titus 2:13 KJV

Who gave himself for us, that HE MIGHT REDEEM US FROM all iniquity, AND purify UNTO HIMSELF a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
THESE THINGS SPEAK; And Exort, AND Rebuke with Authority.
Let NO man dispise Thee.
Titus 2:14-15 KJV

Redeem:
To pay off
To Fulfill
To set free
To save
To Restore
To Atone
To serve as compensation
ALL of these Has Christ Done and will do for us and Israel.

Contention:
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. 
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder from one another: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
Suppose ye that I am come to GIVE peace on earth? I' tell you , Nay; but rather division:

And so it is even among the church body.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by SPIRIT, nor by WORD, nor by LETTER [as from us] as that "the day of Christ is at hand."
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them through faith and patience inherit the promises.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Because thou hast KEPT (the word) of my patience, I also will KEEP thee from [ the hour of temptation] which SHALL COME upon ALL THE WORLD, TO TRY [THEM] that dwell upon the earth.

Those who are caught up together with the dead in Christ, will not be dwelling upon the earth when Christ comes in Power and great glory.
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
As did God take Elijah.
These TWO men are the two witnesses in the days of Jacob's trouble, whom God will allow to be killed, yet after THREE days, God will Take them UP before all those to whom they were a contention.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.

You might argue, that we who are alive and remain, and are caught up together with [them,] who are the dead in Christ, (1 Thessalonians 4:17) would then not have died.
I will respond in that we who are IN CHRIST die to self daily. We are a New Creature, old things are passed away, and now behold all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV) We die to self, and are born again, in Christ.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1 Corinthians 15:54)
For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
And how shall we preach? except they be sent? as it is written, How Beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring Glad Tidings of good things! (Romans 10:15)
For ALL the promises of God in HIM are yea, and in HIM Amen, UNTO THE GLORY of God by us. (2 Corinthians 1:20)
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from the filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the FEAR of God.
But NOW hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also HE IS THE MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT, which was established upon BETTER PROMISES.
Whereby  are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that BY THESE ye might be partakers of the divine nature, HAVING ESCAPED the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? Let HIM shew out of A GOOD CONVERSATION [his Works with meekness and of wisdom.]
Having a good conscience; that, they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. (James 3:13, and 1 Peter 3:16)

Therefore dear brother, I' am LOOKING for "that Blessed Hope," AND [THE] Glorious Appearing of the great God, AND our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Titus2:13 KJV

May the Lord Bless and Keep you always
KML