Hello, John and Doves,Brother Richard, well put.Even in a nursery at a church, "all" means "all."As regards infants and very young children, there is usually a plaque on the nursery wall that says,"We shall not all sleep, but we all shall be changed."In HaShem,Mike C.Richard L. Wills (28 March 2011)
"To DANNY: Regarding WHERE DOES IT SAY ALL?"
First: Notice the word "WE" Plus "ALL" in verse 51.
This does not refer to EVERYONE ALIVE, but
to the SAVED. Jesus died ONCE for ALL.
John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that He
gave His ONLY begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER
BELIEVETH in HIM" (not in self, or in our OWN righteous-
ness, which is as filthy rags, but in HIS righteousness).
"might NOT PERISH, but have
EVERLASTING Life."
1st Corinthians 15:50-52 (KJV)
"Now this I say, BRETHREN, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption.
Behold, I show you a MYSTERY; we shall not ALL sleep,
but WE SHALL ALL be changed.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST TRUMP: For the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and WE shall be changed."
The dead here are NOT ALL dead, But ALL the dead who had been SAVED. The WE
here are NOT all the living, but ALL those who have TRUSTED Jesus Christ for
their salvation. The changed are changed from the flesh & blood that canNOT
inherit the kingdom of God to the RAPTURED.
1 Thess 5:4, 5, 9 "For ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should over-
take you as a thief. Ye are ALL the children of light, and the children of the day:
WE are NOT of the night, nor of the darkness......For God has NOT APPOINTED
US to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our LORD JESUS CHRIST."