¹⁶ For the Lord ^(A)Himself ^(B)will descend from heaven with a ^[a](C)shout, with the voice of ^(D)the archangel and with the ^(E)trumpet of God, and ^(F)the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ Then ^(G)we who are alive, who remain, will be ^(H)caught up together with them ^(I)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always ^(J)be with the Lord.

The Seventh Trumpet: Christ’s Reign Foreseen

¹⁵ Then the ^(A)seventh angel sounded; and there were ^(B)loud voices in heaven, saying,

“^(C)The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of ^(D)His ^[a]Christ; and ^(E)He will reign forever and ever.”