Fundamental Principle #22, Part 2 Translation!1
1872 That at the last trump, the living righteous are to be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and with the resurrected righteous are to be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, so forever to be with the Lord.!2
2015 Fundamental #26 When Christ, who is our life, appears, the resurrected righteous and the living righteous will be glorified and caught up to meet their Lord.!3
Examples Enoch Genesis 5:24 Elijah 2 Kings 2:11 144,000 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17; Revelation 14:1 5!4
And as we were about to enter the holy temple, Jesus raised His lovely voice and said, Only the 144,000 enter this place, and we shouted, Alleluia. (EW 18.2)!5
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? [Revelation 4:4] And I said unto him, Sir thou knowest. And he said unto me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. (RH March 9, 1905, par. 1) [Revelation 7:9 17]!6
Michigan Stadium, largest in US and 2nd largest in world 107,601 115,000 Andrew Horne_wikipedia!7
And he said unto me, These are they which came out of great tribulation (v. 14) In the Greek the (ho) great tribulation Daniel 12:1!8
Those whom the Lamb shall lead by the fountains of living waters, and from whose eyes he shall wipe away all tears, will be those now receiving the knowledge and understanding revealed in the Bible, the Word of God. To us has been given the privilege of receiving the wisdom that cometh from God, of seeing the beauty and the glories of that Word which lies at the foundation of all true knowledge. The Bible teaches us what a Christian ought to be, and what he ought to do. (RH March 9, 1905, par. 2)!9
Let us strive with all the power that God has given us to be among the hundred and forty-four thousand. We are to have an intense interest in Christ Jesus; for he is our Saviour. He came to this world to be tempted in all points as we are, to prove to the universe that in this world of sin human beings can live lives that God will approve. (RH March 9, 1905, par. 4)!10
Christ ascended to heaven, bearing a sanctified, holy humanity. He took this humanity with him into the heavenly courts, and through the eternal ages he will bear it, as the One who has redeemed every human being in the city of God the One who has pleaded before the Father, I have graven them upon the palms of my hands. (RH March 9, 1905, par. 6)!11
Our Saviour bore all that we are called upon to bear, so that no human being could say, He does not know my suffering and my trials. In all our afflictions he was afflicted, and because of this, the Father has committed to him all judgment. (RH March 9, 1905, par. 7)!12
Satan declared that human beings could not live without sin. Christ passed over the ground where Adam stumbled and fell, and by a sinless life placed the human race on vantage-ground, that every one might stand before the Father accepted in the Beloved. (RH March 9, 1905, par. 8)!13
Accepted in the beloved Ephesians 1:6 Beloved Father The Father has adopted us by Jesus Christ Jesus has made us accepted in the beloved!14