Does the Bible teach there should be a separation of church and state?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez.

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First up today, let's go to Bill, who's calling in from Missouri. Bill, what's your question for, Adriel?

Good afternoon. I really enjoy your program. I have a question on the second coming. Would you compare First Thessalonians four where it talks about the dead and Christ

you'll rise and those that remain will be caught up in the air?

And then Zechariah 144 and like Acts 11, where it talks about Jesus coming back to earth

and landing on the Mount of Olives.

And then where does the marriage supper of the lamb fit into the second coming timeline?

Hey, Bill. Thank you. Yeah, bringing together a number of passages, Zechariah 14, talking about

the Day of the Lord, something that you see actually repeated throughout the minor prophets.

And then, of course, First Thessalonians chapterlex for one of the key texts to go to

speaking of the day of the lord the coming of the lord

uh... and i i think all of these passages are referring to ultimately the second

coming for the final judgment

uh... contemporaneous with that means happening at the same time as the

resurrection of the dead

uh... entrance into the the the everlasting eternal state, we might say,

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