so then Quote "Christ's Church being caught up to the Lord in the Clouds, Above the Earth" and i'll apologize, my mistake I guess
I will have to presume, you agree that Christ's Church ARE those
WHO...
believe in God in Heaven & Christ Jesus
WHO...
Have asked for forgiveness.
WHO...
Have confessed their belief
WHO...
Agreed to being crucified with Christ..
....
( the soul saving, spirit quickening, living in Christ....etc. etc)
IF you agree Christ's Church ARE THOSE "IN" Christ...then it is primarily...
The Catching UP off the earth to the clouds, to the air...is revealed in:
1 Thes 4
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14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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15] For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
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16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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17] 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.
Revelations reveals an endtime prophecy...
By whom and to whom the prophecy is given is in Rev 1.
Rev continues with specific things John is to tell the Chruches.
Rev then reveals John is called up hither to SEE the future that shall unfold.
Remembering John himself was IN Christ, ie a member of Christ's Church.
John sees things that shall happen IN Heaven, and things that shall happen ON Earth.
The beginning of the THINGS that affect the EARTH, begin....
WHEN...SEALS are opened.
continue
WHEN...TRUMPETS are sounded.
Continue
WHEN...VIALS/BOWLS are poured out.
Those things are God SEPARATING THINGS, that have BECOME "DIVIDED".
Men become DIVIDED, when they become "IN" Christ.
THEY ARE "DIVIDED" from men who are NOT "IN" Chirst.
Which BTW, Jesus plainly taught was His intention when He came to earth.
Luke 12
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51] Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather
division:
Gods PLAN is to EFFECT the DIVISION of MEN....into a Final SEPARATION....and that is revealed in Revelations....the last of the men being divided WITH God & Christ and WITHOUT God & Christ.
A man ALREADY DIVIDED, and IN Christ. is already prepared to be REDEEMED.
And Just as John was called UP to observe the futher...He was NOT ON EARTH..the same applies to every man IN Christ.
There is NO PURPOSE for a man IN CHRIST to BE ON EARTH....suffering the wrath of the Lamb or the wrath of God....AND specifically Scripture teaches...a man IN Christ is NOT SUBJECT to "WRATH".
1 Thes 5:
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9] For God hath
not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Rev 4
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1] After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
The beginning of wrath, woes, and Gods Tribuation upon the Earth...
Rev 6
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1] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
This is just brief...but the Big Picture is who will BE WHERE....and WHY.
My belief is based on a whole series of teaching that apply to Christ's Church.
Glory to God,
Taken