... then where is your "tribulation period ( 7 years)"? Rev. 13:5 correctly says 42 months.
Which is to say that the MARTYRED are the FIRST Resurrection and that they WILL NOT DIE during the Millennial Kingdom, and the SECOND Resurrection is when ALL the dead are raised including from the seas. And AFTER ALL the DEAD are raised, then those who are alive and remain on earth (including Jesus, the Martyred, and the church) shall be caught up to be with the LORD Forever In The Air.
Did you think otherwise?
Bobby Jo
Rev. 13:5 is what Jesus called the great tribulation which is the second half of what we call the tribulation period. but that it is a 7 year period is found in Daniel 9.
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
the midst of the week is when the Antichrist rises from the dead- enter the holy place as said in Matthew 24 and is teh abomination that makes desolate. Then the Jews flee Israel and go to the city of Petra for the last 3 1/2 years as described in Rev. 12:
Revelation 12
King James Version
12 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
A quick synopsis of the 7 years is:
Teh first six seals are pre tribulation events that bring the rise of the antichrist and the peace and safety Paul said in thess, before sudden destruction comes.
The opening of the sixth seal begins the tribulation period or 70th week of Daniel Then somewhere around the sounding of the 7th trumpet starts the great tribulation portion of the 70th week or the last 3 1/2 years before Jesus physically returns.
Ummmmmmmmm, that's the funniest (or saddest) statement I've read in a long time. -- Perhaps Bible Prophecy is written IN ADVANCE so that WE'LL KNOW BEFORE IT HAPPENS so that we can prepare ourselves and our households for DIFFICULT TIMES.
Well that was for Keraz. But yes Prophecy is for us to know in advance what will come. but that does not give anyone the right to simply make up statrements that are not found in Scripture to make a name for themselves.
I have taught end times theology at the College level for well over 25 years. I started as an a-mill and then became a dispy, pre mil because of the evidence of Scripture!
I have read literally dozens of books written on the end times from all sorts of perspectives (even the Jw's and Mormons) so I could learn and see what is the most biblically sound.
I am not perfect nor do I have a lock on full knowledge of Scripture, but over the years ( I have been saved almost 46 years now) I have seen all these whacky thesis come and go and the allegorical interpretation of prophesy (that is teh Scripture says one thing but people make it mean something different).
I have also learned that to form an accurate opinion of prophesy- we must take in all the Scriptures talking about teh events and times to get the full picture! Many on this forum and others I have been on, do not do this.
Could I possibly be wrong? Absolutely! But no one yet has given me a better argument from Scripture to shake my belief that I am rightly dividing the Word when it comes to the last days and the events.
I am not foolish enough (anymore) to try to identify things like what are those creatures that come out of teh bottomless pit and torment men for five months or what is the star that pollutes the waters etc. I do know symbolism and that SCripture defines its own symbols, so I need not look elsewhere to know what a symbol means.
The greatest work I have ever read on end Times studies is:
Footsteps of teh Messiah" by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum.
He is a Messianic Jew who by the age of 13 had the Pentateuch, and the poetic books memorized in order ( He was the son of a rebbe and studying to be one). He goes into great depth in defining symbols and understanding the se days which the bible calls "the Time of the Gentiles".
I encourage you if you have a burden to read on the last days to invest in this book. It is a long book and a little pricey, ($39) but well worth the investment if one wants a Scripture rich look at the end times from a dispensational view.
Well this is where I come from in talking about the end times.
