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1 Thessalonians 5:10
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10 Who [ho] died [apothnesko] for [huper] us, [hemon] that, [hina] whether [eite] we wake [gregoreuo] or [eite] sleep, [katheudo] we should live [zao] together [hama] with [sun] him. [autos] KJV-Interlinear
10 who died for us, that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him. NASB
Paul mentioned this subject earlier.
There is no advantage to being alive as a part of the Rapture generation, verses those who have already lived their lives and passed on into death.
It has been well over 1900 years since this letter was written, and over sixty generations of peoples, since then, have been born into this world and have died.
Their lives were no lesser than yours or mine. And, if the Rapture does not occur for another century, then all of us will be gone from this world as well.
Christ went to the Cross for all people everywhere, regardless of when they lived in history, or where they lived in the world.
Just as your earthy talent or abilities, or disabilities do not give you any advantage or disadvantage with regard to your salvation or spiritual growth, so too, the date in history in which you live gives you no advantage or disadvantage, either.
Our technological age does not make us any better people than those who lived in ancient times. And those who make the comment, ‘Well, it is the twenty-first century!’ implying that our latter date in history has some maturing affect on humanity, have no concept of reality or the role of technology in history.
If anything, having technology and the easier life gives us even less of an excuse for not advancing in our spiritual lives, than those who lived more difficult lives in the past.
And yet, even today, with all of our discoveries, with all that we have come to realize just how complex a world and universe God has created, the world is mostly an unbelieving world. And of the believers, most are indifferent and not advancing in their spiritual lives.
But, nonetheless, Christ went to the Cross for us all, whether stone-age or high-tech.
We will all leave this world by death or Rapture, and then live in heaven forever with God.
And the things of this world, whether simple or high-tech gadgets, will all fade into a distant memory as other far more advanced lives in eternity, will replace what we have now.
