14:1-3 What future event in time is Jesus alluding to here?
14:1-3 What future event in time is Jesus alluding to here?
The future event in time that Jesus is alluding to here is the First Resurrection, when He will come again to take all the saints of God - Old Testament and New Testament alike - back to Heaven with Him.
Dead saints will be raised up to life, and together with those still living and walking around at that time, will all go to Heaven, forever to be with Jesus (CP 1Cor 15:19-23, 51-58; 1Th 4:13-18).
Many Christians believe that Jesus is only coming back for the New Testament saints here; that the Old Testament saints will be raised up at a later time, but that is not correct. Scriptures clearly teach that all the righteous dead are raised up together (CP Dan 12:1-2; Jn 5:28-29; Rev 20:4-6). The Old Testament saints as well as the New will all go up to be with Jesus.
Christ died to redeem the Old Testament saints too. They looked forward to the cross and its salvation benefits in faith as we look back to it in faith.
We are all one in Christ now (CP Ro 3:23-26; He 9:13-15; 11:1-2, 13-16, 39-40). See also comments on Lu 21:36; Jn 5:28-29; 1Cor 15:51-58; Php 3:20-21; 1Th 4:13-18, 5:1-11; 2Th 2:1-3, 6-8; 2Ti 2:18; Rev 1:19, 3:7-13, and author's study
The Rapture in his book Foundational Truths of the Christian Faith.