You did indeed indicate that there is more tribulation greater than that which has already been laid upon Christ, as if that was not the greatest of tribulations. If that is not what you meant, please clarify.
No, I did not. The coming tribulation is not for Christ, but humankind. The Cross was for God, and no human suffered on the Cross for their own judgment.
So those on the earth after the Second Coming, will indeed face the wrath of God, because they will bear the same brunt of that wrath, even as God Himself did on the Cross.
Since no human except Jesus experienced the Cross in 30AD, it is still the greatest tribulation ever. Only Jesus will experience it twice, except this time as the one handing out the judgment.
BTW this tribulation is not for the dead currently in sheol. Only those physically alive are going to experience this unprecedented tribulation. The church will not be present either. The church is not going to be judged twice for the judgment of the Cross. You are correct that the judgement on the Cross was supposed to be the greatest tribulation, obviously. That does not negate the wrath of God on those no longer redeemed, still alive on earth.
As for a "double fulfillment", it is a good analogy, but you have a few things wrong:
- It is not double, but simultaneous. What makes it appear to be double is the will of God compared with the I am of God...but they are the same. His will is written, and therefore appears to be on a different timeline, but it is not, only the revelation of His will appears to be so. Yes, therefore nothing can be added or taken away.
The Cross and Second Coming are not simultaneous events.
- That day of happenings was the day of Pentecost, after the forty days of Jacobs burial. Which is to say, after Jesus, the Last of those who were first, was buried with the dead. Then He came "quickly" just as He said...but "each in his own order" as it was revealed to Paul and to us.
All of the OT was removed from death, Abraham's bosom in sheol, and physically ascended to Paradise in 30AD. No exceptions and no other resurrection will be necessary. The Cross was that last day resurrection for the OT. They are now safe in Paradise waiting for the Second Coming and being glorified. Paul covered that in, "Christ the firstfruits". The firstfruits were the whole of Abraham's bosom who were the firstfruits of Paradise. The only one there first was the thief on the Cross. He arrived that day. The rest entered Paradise Sunday after Jesus talked to Mary. Jesus explained He was about to ascend, but would be back later that afternoon.
Paul did not cover the ongoing phenomenon of his own physical passing and all who have already arrived. He did say all the dead rise first and have been doing so since the Cross. At no point would any living procede any who have already physically died.
- As for the reign of Christ on this earth, yes, He reigns since then, and even now--as He said, "I have overcome the world" and "all authority in heaven and earth has been given to Me." Past tense. But the thousand years is not a fixed time on earth, but a fixed time with God, and therefore the term "thousand" here was only given in place of what no man knows. Thus, it simply means "until the end." But again, "each in his own order."
No, at the Second Coming the next group is all those alive at the Second Coming who are redeemed. There is still a third group 1,000 years later. Paul says the kingdom is not handed back at the Second Coming. There is the gathering of the church on earth at the Second Coming, full stop. Then comes the end. The end is not the Second Coming. The end is 1,000 years later.
- As for the 7 year period, this does not refer to years, but times: "a time, times, and the dividing of time."..."They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses." Daniel 4:25 These are all the days of men, and the seven days of men, divided. The only gap, is that half an hour of silence in heaven.
There is no 7 year period, period. Jesus is/was the 70th week. Yes there was a 3.5 year time leading up to the Cross, then Messiah was cut off.
There is not a future 3.5 years to complete the Prince part. The shorter those 3.5 years become, the more of Adam's flesh accepts the Atonement and are saved. There could be 3 years of flesh saved and only 6 months of the greatest tribulation ever. But this time of unprecedented trouble does not start until after the Second Coming in the 6th Seal, and then after the 7th Seal, and then half an hour later.
