1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God… A gentleman walking in one of the metropolitan cemeteries observed kneeling beside a tombstone a little girl about ten years of age. In her hand she held a wreath, which she placed upon the grave. Going up to her, he asked if any one very dear to her lay there. "Yes," she replied, "my mother is buried here." "Have you a father, or sisters, or brothers, little one?" inquired the stranger. "No, they are all dead, and I am the only one left. Every Saturday afternoon I come here, and bring flowers to lay on mother's grave. Then I talk to her, and she talks to me." "But, dear child, if she be in heaven, how can she talk to you?" "I don't know," was the artless reply, "but she does, and tells me to be truthful, and do what is right, so that one day Jesus will take me to live with her in heaven." Parallel Verses KJV: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: |
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