“I believe that all believing Old Testament and Pentecostal assembly (church) believers are ‘in Christ,’ but are not in the Body of Christ and will not be included in the Rapture, but will be resurrected in Revelation 20:4. Am I right or wrong and what Scripture location will give me some kind of assurance of my thinking?”
You are correct regarding the Old Testament saints and those saved under the Kingdom program in the early chapters of Acts. They are “in Christ” but not in the Body of Christ. No matter the dispensation, any person must be “in Christ” to be saved. The Apostle Paul wrote about those saints in Romans 16:7, “Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.” These saints would’ve been saved under the ministry of Peter and the eleven apostles.
Old Testament and Pentecostal saints, though “in Christ,” have a different hope and will be resurrected to enter the Millennial Kingdom when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to rule on the earth (Rev. 20:4 cf. Dan. 12:2). Our hope, as members of the Body of Christ, will take place at the Rapture. This resurrection is our “blessed hope,” at which time we will meet the Lord in the air; He will change our bodies to be like His, and we’ll forever be with Him (1 Thes. 4:13-18; Titus 2:13 cf. Rom. 8:23; Phil. 3:20-21). What a day that will be!
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