Marvelous Escapism! Bravo! From trying to find squirm-room in the Greek to a dig on poor dead Russell- you've done a GREAT job of stretching that imagination far past the breaking point! (Any minute now!)
Let's try this AGAIN!
1 Thess 4:16- For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,
with a loud command,
with the voice of the archangel and
with the trumpet call of God,
and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Churchianity befouls almost EVERY biblical word!
"The Lord" actually means ONE of the Three Lords, in churchese! Jesus comes down WITH:
(1) A Loud Command- is someone ELSE commanding?
(2) The Voice (authority) of THE Archangel- they say there's more than one, so which one does Christ have? Or is it Christ at ALL being referred to: roll the dice, if you trust in clergy!
(3) The trumpet call of God- trumpets were used to direct the attack of an army, Lord )or Lords) only knows what churchoids will claim here!
Young's LITERAL translation has it-
"because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first"
So the account CLEARLY shows Christ Shouting a Command as Archangel (Chief Messenger) and using the battle call of his God and Father.
Buuuut- that makes WAY too much sense for churchoids!