I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 19 details John’s visions of the “rider on the white horse” with the “armies of heaven” following him to defeat the beast and his armies on earth. However, nothing is mentioned about the arrival of the church in heaven, other than the host of martyrs who are killed during the Tribulation period. Thus we turn to the writings of the Apostle Paul in I Thessalonians 4 to flesh out the arrival of the Bride of Christ in heaven prior to the parousia or 2nd coming of Christ.