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The rapture for unbelievers is consignment to hell until the end of the millennium.

Satan tempted Eve to sin, long before the birth of Jesus (Genesis 3:1-14).

IMO Jesus reaps the land (Revelation Greek γη = land): και εβαλεν ό καθημενος επι της νεφελης το δρεπανον αυτου επι την γην και εθερισθη η γη "So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle upon the *land,* and the *land* was reaped." (Revelation 14:16) There was no concept of planet *earth*...

Seventh trump is mentioned in Revelation 11:15-19. IMO: The purpose of the rapture is to remove believers from the coming bowl judgments (Revelation chapter 16). The series is: o. Trumpets = announcement, listen up. o. Scrolls = a declaration is read, declaring Jesus Lord of the...

"Olive trees, lampstands" compares the two witnesses to Zerubbabel (governor) and Jeshua (high priest), who led rebuilding of the OId Testament temple (Ezra 5:2). It was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D., because of Jewish rebellion. This comparison suggests the two witnesses similarly lead...

The final "seven" is tribulation, the last half is great tribulation.

IMO: The rapture is indicated in the following places: 1. John 14:2-3 2. 1Corinthians 15:51-53 3. 1Thessalonians 4:15-17 4. Revelation 11:12 5. Revelation 14:16 It occurs at the seventh trumpet, at the midpoint of the seven-year tribulation.

The purpose of the rapture is to remove Christians from the land, so they may avoid the coming bowl judgments. The rapture is noted five times in the New Testament: o John 14:2-3 o 1Corinthians 15:51-53 o 1Thessalonians 4:15-17 o Revelation 11:12 o Revelation 14:16 This is...

Jesus comes during the tribulation, before the great tribulation begins There has always been tribulation in the world.

o. Jesus descends to a cloud (Revelation 14:16). o. He reaps at the 7th ("last" of seven) trumpet (1Thessalonians 4:15-17). o. He returns with an army to the plain of Megiddo (Revelation 16:16).

IM0: o. "If I go" refers to the risen Jesus ascending to heaven (Luke 24:50-53). o. Pre-great-tribulation rapture is depicted in Revelation 14:14-20, and is prophesied in 1Thessalonuans 4:15-17. o. Father's house (John 14:2) is in heaven.

IMO: "Come again and *receive you unto myself* occurs when Jesus descends to a cloud (rapture). No such thing is necessary at the second coming. This rapture is necessary for believers to avoid the coming judgments on the land.

I would think both.

The Father's house is not on earth, rather in heaven: "Our father, *who art in heaven,* hallowed be thy name." (Lord's prayer , Matthew 6:9-13.) The verse you cited refers to the rapture, removing believers from the coming judgments on earth. "Earth" is Greek γη = land. There was no concept...

IMO there are hints about life after death in the Old Testament, but the Old Testament does not address this issue clearly.

IMO: o. Sheol (Hebrew שאול) = "underworld." (Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius, "Hebrew-English Lexicon"). o. The early Jews had no clear concept of life after death. o. Believers of all times are raised to heaven in spiritual bodies upon their deaths (1Corinthians 15:44).

A beast is an animal, and animals have no morals. Calling a person a "beast" is a figure of speech. "Destroyer" indicates an invader. There were six such invaders of Israel, all supported by fallen angels and cerubim: Egypt Assyria Babylon Persia Greece Rome IMO: The "beast" is one of many...

IMO: "Temple," in the context you indicate, is built under direction of the Anti-Christ. When the temple is complete he will sit in it, as though he were God (2Thessalonians 2:4).

"Heavenly Jerusalem" is Jerusalem in heaven come down to earth (Revelation 21:10). This occurs during the new heavens and earth.

"...reigned with a Christ a *thousand years*" (Revelation 20:4) "...until the *thousand years* were ended..." (Revelation 20:5) "...when the *thousand years* are ended...". (Revelation 20:7) Millennium: a period of 1000 years (Webster's Third International Dictionary) "Dissolved by fire" is...