Jim Parker
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This Christ's return, as described in Thessalonians, reflects the custom of the time in which Paul was writing.Jesus Christ will physically return at the end of the age, to gather His people at the resurrection/rapture, in which all His people will be caught up into the air, in the clouds to be with Him as He descends down to Jerusalem.
When a king or heroic general (or some other big shot) would visit a city, the people who were loyal to him would go out to meet him and escort him into the city. (Those who didn't like him would try to hide.)
When Christ comes again in the clouds of God's glory, the saints will meet Him in the air and escort Him.
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