keras
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Yes, the first five Seals will remain in effect until the Return. But the 6th and 7th are one off events.toknowthetruth said:You're correct that the NHNE doesn't come till the end of the Mil. What I said regarding the seals is that they will cover up till the NHNE. According to your interpretation the destruction of Gog and Magog just before the NHNE isn't mentioned in the sixth seal. It is in mine. That's where we disagree.
Regarding the events leading up to the Return, that's one way to interpret the prophecies you mentioned. I don't see it that way myself. In regards to Matt. 24:27-28 I see it as a reference to the verses that follow in Matt 24 about the rapture. Rev 19:13 to me will happen at the culmination of Armageddon just before the dawn of the Millennium.
There is another attack by a type of Gog/Magog at the end of the Millennium. This doesn't preclude the original attack upon new Israel, a few years after the Sixth seal. Before the GT, before the Return.
The lightning flash does not refer to His Return, that is described in verses 30-31, Zech. 14:3, Rev 19:11. It relates to His judgement/punishment of the nations, when He will not be seen. Psalm 18:11, Hab 3:4 & 12, Psalm 11:4-6 The Lord is in His throne in heaven....He rains fiery coals down onto the wicked....
I do not see any removal of any living person to heaven. [Only the two witnesses] Jesus is coming down to reign, to be with Him is our goal and only those who keep their faith during the forthcoming time of trial and testing will be worthy.