The First Resurrection!
Since I became a Christian in December 1974 I have heard
about The Rapture where JESUS CHRIST returns to the earth to take all
Christians to heaven just before the seven years of the Great Tribulation. Then
JESUS CHRIST returns at the end of the Great Tribulation to rule over the
nations of the earth from Jerusalem.
Since I completed my third year of Bible College in 1986, I
have not believed that! The Bible does not teach that I and do not know why so
many Christians proclaim it. They are like the prophets in Jeremiah’s day that
kept proclaiming that GOD was going to deliver Jerusalem and Judea from
Nebuchadnezzar, even as the siege ramps were being built up to the walls of the
city.
JESUS did not say that He was going to come and take the
Christians out of the world just before the Great Tribulation. He said He was
going to return and reward his servants and judge the nations of the world from
Jerusalem.
Revelation 11: 15-19 is the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet
that Paul talks about in 1 Corinthians 15. Revelation 14-19 is the Last Day,
the Great Day of JESUS’ return to the earth for the second and final time.
Revelation 14:14-16 is the Rapture, also called The First
Resurrection (Revelation 20:4-5). Revelation 14:17-20 is the judgment of GOD’s
wrath on humanity (Revelation 16-19).
Revelation 19: 11-21 is the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation
19:15 is Revelation 14:17-20).
The Seventh Trumpet is the Last Great Day – the Day of
CHRIST’s Return to the earth – the Day of the Rapture (First Resurrection) –
the Day CHRIST establishes His Rule over the nations from Jerusalem for 1000
years.
So yes, the Christians will be raptured from the earth just
before GOD’s final Wrath (the bowl judgments of Revelation 16). But, not before
the Great Tribulation!
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