Is There a Rapture in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18?

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Scripture (semicontinuous)

Old Testament: Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

Psalter: Psalm 78:1-7

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13

Scripture (complementary)

Old Testament: Wisdom 6:12-16

Psalter: Amos 5:18-24

Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13

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Prayer

You let us choose, O God, between you and the false gods of this world. In the…