Readers -

1 Thessalonians 4:16 declares with it's last five words that the "dead in Christ rise first".

The total numerical value of those five powerful words in the Greek = 4921.

According to the Bible Wheel database, the only Bible verse with a total gematria value of 4921 =

Luke 17:23
"And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!', Do not go after them or follow them.

Here is verse 23 in it's context of verses 22-24:

"Then He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

23 "And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!', Do not go after them or follow them.

24 "For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day."

So 4921 puts you in the Lord's own teaching about how He returns.

Switch number systems to Strong's Concordance:

Strong's Greek word 4921 = Sunistao, to place together, to set in the same place, to stand with or near, etc

The first verse that contains Strong's greek 4921 =

Luke 9:32

 "But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw His glory, and the two men that stood with him."

Here is the context of the verse in verses 30-32:

"30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,

31 who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

32 But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him."

Strong's Greek 4921 puts you right in the account of  transfigured Lord Jesus conversing with Moses (dead) and Elijah (living), the Two Witnesses. Moses represents the group of believers who die normally, Elijah represents the group of believers at the end of the age who do not die but are "caught up alive" with the resurrected saints of old, as found in the 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 verses.

4921 clearly is a prophetic End Times number.

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1 Thessalonians 4:16 has a total gematria value of 13882.

Subtract:

13882 - 4921 = 8961

8961 is the gematria total of the first 18 words in the verse.

Watch:

There are two verses with a total of 8961.

First verse = 1 Kings 7:14

"He (Hiram of Tyre) was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work." (for the Temple).

Switch number systems. Bible verse number 8961 =

1 Kings 7:26

"And it (molten sea/bath/basin) was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths."

This is one of the many castings Hiram of Tyre made for Solomon's Temple.

Amazing! 8961, in two different Bible number systems, puts the reader in the same OT chapter talking about the bronze craftsman and the thing that he made; a huge bronze sea/bath he cast that sat on top of twelve oxen facing the four compass points of the earth.

Bronze is a well known type of Judgment in the Bible.

The second verse in Bible with a total gematria value of 8921 =

Revelation 18:20

"Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her."

"Her" is that city, Babylon the Great, which has been judged and has fallen in one hour! (read the entire chapter for context).

Conclusion:

The 1 Thessalonian 4:16-17 event is one of reunion, the dead and living saints (believers) brought together in one body, in the sky to meet, and forever be with, the Lord Jesus Who descends to meet and receive them unto Himself, and take them to Heaven.

The 1 Thessalonian 4:16-17 event is one of Judgment of the world, and that judgment is severe. It sets off a series of events that are without parallel in the Bible, and are found as the judgments in the Book of the Revelation.

Jesus is Lord!

 





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