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1 Thessalonians 4:17

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then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

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Macedonia was the Roman province in northern Greece where Thessalonica was located, and Paul wrote to the church there after establishing it during his missionary work. Though 1 Thessalonians 4:17 names no place directly, its promise of believers meeting Christ addresses this Macedonian congregation’s grief and hope amid a pagan imperial setting.

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1 Thessalonians 4:17 mentions Macedonia.

Macedonia · Sakistriantafyllou

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