Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Thessalonians 4:14

"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him." — 1 Thessalonians 4:14 (ASV)

There is such a union between Christ and his people that they never can be divided from him. In life, they live in him; in death, they sleep in him; and when he comes again, he will bring them with him. Christ cannot be without his people. A head without a body would be a ghastly thing, and Christ without his people would be incomplete and imperfect.