[enat]

“To conclude she is dead is to reject eternal life.”

Who are the dead/sleep in Christ that Paul mention if not all of the saints who have gone on before, including, I expect Mary?

1Th 4:15-18, “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 them which are asleep. 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: 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 them which are asleep. 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”

[wagglebee]

Who are the dead/sleep in Christ that Paul mention if not all of the saints who have gone on before, including, I expect Mary?

Nearly all scholars agree that First Thessalonians was on of the earliest portions of the New Testament (probably written around 52 AD). The Blessed Virgin Mary was still in the care of Saint John at that time.

[Marysecretary]

Great verse, enat. Carry on!

[Forest Keeper]

Who are the dead/sleep in Christ that Paul mention if not all of the saints who have gone on before, including, I expect Mary? 1Th 4:15-18, ......

Thanks, Enat. I'm always enraptured by that passage. :)