Our Lord’s return for His saints will be announced from heaven forcefully and with great fanfare. There will be no mistaking what is taking place.  The bodies of those who died “in Christ” will rise before any living Christians are caught up to meet the Lord in the air. The Saints of all the ages will be together forevermore with the Lord.

These promises are for those who “die in the Lord” — who die as Christians, and those who are living as faithful followers of Christ at His return.