These erroneous beliefs are based around a mistaken interpretation of 1 Thess. 4:16,17: "The Lord himself shall descend from heaven...and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord".
Makosa ya imani hizi msingi wake upo kuzunguka tafsiri inayokosewa ya 1 Thes. 4:16, 17; "Bwana mwenyewe atashuka toka mbinguni ….. nao waliokufa katika Kristo watafufuliwa kwanza; kisha sisi tulio hai, tuliosalia, tutanyakuliwa pamoja nao katika mawingu, ili tumlaki Bwana hewani; na hivyo tutakuwa na Bwana milele.