Do not be ignorant about those who fall asleep

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Do not be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.
We believe that Jesus died and rose again so we also believed.
Three things we believed:
1. God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
2. The Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
3. We who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
Therefore encourage each other with these words.
Why?
Our physical body are temporary in the world, our spirit who believed in Him will left with the Lord.
Two problems have arisen out of Paul's teaching on the subject:
1.Some had died in the month between Paul's departure and the writing of this letter. So, will Christians who die before Christ comes lost out? Far from it, says Paul. They will be raised first when Christ comes. And dead and living together will join in the Lord's triumph and enjoy his presence.
2.When will the come? No one knows. But he will come suddenly and unexpectedly- and we need to be ready.
We are missing the loved one have fallen asleep, but we have hope that we will meet again with joy in the presence of the Lord.
How?
All of us will pass away one day, all of us believed in Jesus will living together and join in the Lord's triumph. So we should encourage each other with these words as Paul said.