1 Thes 4:13-18. The Thessalonians were waiting expectantly for the Son’s return (1:10). They knew the church would be removed before the day of wrath, but had a question about those Christian’s who had passed on before them? Had they missed the resurrection? What would happen to their bodies? Were they now with the Lord? or is the re such a thing as “soul sleep”? or when we die, are we immediately present with the Lord? Paul sets out to answer these important questions and more.