According to Catholicism, will those who are alive on the Day of Judgement die physically?
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At [1 Thessalonians 4:15–17 (NRSVCE)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Thessalonians+4&version=NRSVCE) we read:
> For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever.
Do the words of St. Paul imply that those who are alive on the Day of Judgement will not face physical death, but will directly enter Judgement? What do the Catholic Church's teachings say about such a prospect?
Asked by Kadalikatt Joseph Sibichan
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Nov 13, 2017, 04:37 AM
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