Timtofly
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Matthew 13The time of Jacob's trouble does not mean that Jacob is still alive on earth. That simply refers to his descendants.
I never mentioned a harvest. The second coming is not before the trumpets. If you explain what you think the final harvest is, we might look at that.
"He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
The stage set after the Second Coming, the 6th Seal. Jesus as Prince on earth with the angels sowing and reaping. Satan and his angels loosed from the pit. This scenario is called the final harvest. Jesus is on earth in person.
Matthew 24:30-31 Jesus is on the earth with His angels. Matthew 25:31-32 Jesus is on earth sitting on a throne in Jerusalem with His angels.
3 different aspects of Jesus on earth with His angels at the Second Coming. It is the final harvest because all of Adam's flesh and blood will physically die. They will be sent to eternal damnation or firstfruits of the Millennial Kingdom. The church is removed at the Second Coming. But many on earth will live during the Millennium. Not in Adam's dead corruptible sinful flesh. They will be judged and given eternal life. The sheep are changed, not allowed to keep living in sin. The wheat of Matthew 13 are changed humans. They will not bring Adam's sin into the Millennium.
The sheep: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:"
The wheat: "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father."
So we see these are reasonable firstfruits of the Millennial Kingdom. We see they are gathered after Jesus is already on earth. They are chosen and sown after the Second Coming, not one second before. Because the church was gathered one second before the Second Coming while Jesus was on His way to earth. Angels do not currently harvest lost souls. The church has been the harvest gathers for the last 1992 years.
At the Second Coming, the church is no longer around to gather souls. The Second Coming is a totally different harvest and angels are necessary. Because these do not remain in sin and Adam's flesh and blood. The soul is removed from Adam's corruptible genetic body, and placed in God's permanent incorruptible physical body, to enjoy the Millennial Kingdom with Jesus as Prince.