Once again a message came to me from the Lord: 
 
“Son of man, give your people this message: 

‘When I bring an army against a country, 

the people of that land choose one of their own to be a watchman.  

When the watchman sees the enemy coming, 

he sounds the alarm to warn the people.  

Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action, 

it is their own fault if they die. 

They heard the alarm but ignored it, 

so the responsibility is theirs. 

If they had listened to the warning, 

they could have saved their lives. 

But if the watchman sees the enemy coming 

and doesn’t sound the alarm to warn the people, 

he is responsible for their captivity. 

They will die in their sins, 

but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.’

Ezekiel 33:1-6

But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. 

We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!  

It will happen in a moment, 

in the blink of an eye, 

when the last trumpet is blown.
 
For when the trumpet sounds, 

those who have died will be raised to live forever. 

And we who are living will also be transformed.  

For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; 

our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.

1 Corinthians 14:51-53

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, 

with the voice of the archangel, 

and with the trumpet call of God. 

First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves.

 Then, together with them, 

we who are still alive and remain on the earth 

will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 

Then we will be with the Lord forever. 

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Blessings of understanding God’s message