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...we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For 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. After that, 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. And so we will be with the Lord forever. (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17)

Christians argue that Paul speaks about his own presence at the last day only hypothetically.<ref>New Jerusalem Bible, Standard Edition published 1985, introductions and notes are a translation of those which appear in La Bible de Jerusalem - revised edition 1973, Bombay 2002; footnote to 1 Thessalonians 4:15: "Paul includes himself among those who will be present at the parousia: more by aspiration, however, than by conviction."</ref> They point out Paul later states the Day of the Lord comes like a thief ({{bibleverse|1|Thessalonians|5:1-2|31}}) which is a word Jesus uses himself ({{bibleverse||Matthew|24:43-44|31}}) expressing the impossibility of predicting His second coming ({{bibleverse||Matthew|24:36|31}}).<ref>[http://books.google.at/books?id=VPO4POTRD44C&pg=PA141&dq=romans+13:11Ben Witherington, III, ''The Paul Quest'', InterVarsity Press, 2001, pages 141-142]</ref>

*Paul prophesied in 1 Thessalonians 5:2-11: "For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, Peace and safety, destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape."