6. "Prevent" in 1 Thess. 4:15 means, "get there ahead of."
7. A moment, the twinkling of an eye. 1 Cor. 15:52.
8. They will be changed into bodies like the Lord's own body of glory. (Phil. 3:20, 21.)
9. The "dead in Christ" are all who have died in faith, for it is only in virtue of the Person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ that any could be delivered from the just judgment of God and have part with Christ. Heb. 11:13, in speaking of those of Old Testament times, whose names are given in previous verses of the chapter, says: "These all died in faith * * * " and then verse 40, " God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect." (See also Luke 20:35-38; John 11:25; 8:24.)
10. They will be left without a ray of hope, the ready victims of strong delusion, and will finally find their place in the lake of fire. (Matt. 25:10, 12; 2 Thess. 2:10, 11; Rev. 21:8.