Only one rapture of all the saints, and only one second coming of Christ

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David, I keep taking the time to answer your questions, then you never reply or acknowledge them and then ask me more questions. Any reason?

What question did you ask me? I was responding to a post between you and @rwb, not a post between you and me. I was basically giving my 2 cents, so to speak. Ppl do that all the time since this is a public forum. None of these conversations are private unless one takes those discussions to a DM or something. Some might see it as butting in, but how can it be if one is posting publicly for everyone to read and where anyyone can even respond to if they care to?
 
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What quetion did you ask me? I was responding to a post between you and @rwb, not a post between you and me. I was basically giving my 2 cents, so to speak.
I didn't ask you a question I answered a few questions that you asked me this week,
 

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David, I keep taking the time to answer your questions, then you never reply or acknowledge them and then ask me more questions. Any reason?

May have slipped my mind. I may not have even read it yet. There could be numerous reasons why. Plus I do have my mind occupied with other things, I admit that.

For one, a woman that I have been knowing and very close to since she was 22, I just found out recently, thus way after the fact, that she was struck and killed by a train in late June. She was 54 and had 2 grown kids and several grandkids. I am still in shock about that. I can't even imagine what her dad is going though. I would call him but he changed phones again, and the number I have is no longer a working number for him.

As to her kids and grandkids, I never really knew them except when her kids were still real young, maybe 6 yrs old at the time, when their mother brought them to work with her on occasion. I never knew them as adults, though.
 

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May have slipped my mind. I may not have even read it yet. There could be numerous reasons why. Plus I do have my mind occupied with other things, I admit that.

For one, a woman that I have been knowing and very close to since she was 22, I just found out recently, thus way after the fact, that she was struck and killed by a train in late June. She was 54 and had 2 grown kids and several grandkids. I am still in shock about that. I can't even imagine what her dad is going though. I would call him but he changed phones again, and the number I have is no longer a working number for him.

As to her kids and grandkids, I never really knew them except when her kids were still real young, maybe 6 yrs old at the time, when their mother brought them to work with her on occasion. I never knew them as adults, though.
That’s okay Dave and sorry to hear about that, I,ve had a hard week too. Its just that if I answer questions I hope the people at least answer them and don’t ignore them if they don’t agree with the answer
 

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Harpazo is written about the living, not the dead. A different verse speaks of the dead being brought with Christ.
Hey EQ
"bring with"
"rise first "
Bring with from Heaven sounds logical then "rise first" seems to imply otherwise.
I'll fence sit this one for now.
Thx for your i/p :Thumbsup:
1 Thess 14
v14 them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
v16 and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
 
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Hey EQ
"bring with"
"rise first "
Bring with from Heaven sounds logical then "rise first" seems to imply otherwise.
I'll fence sit this one for now.
Thx for your i/p :Thumbsup:
1 Thess 14
v14 them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
v16 and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

They rise in heaven in the resurrection, then Christ brings them to the clouds and then the rapture happens and the living are brought up to the clouds to meet with them.
 
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Of course, Jesus brought the kingdom to the earth, but I believe that the coming in Matthew chapter 24 was His coming in judgement.

According to the Bible Christ will make an appearance only a second time.

Hebrews 9:28 (KJV) So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Matthew 24 speaks of the second coming, just as written in Hebrews 9. Matthew writes the sign of the Son of man shall appear in heaven, and those alive then will see the Son of man coming with power and great glory to gather together His elect, all who have been born again unto salvation...

Matthew 24:30-31 (KJV) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

I do agree that Christ has already come to believers through His Spirit within us, but that was not in judgment but with grace through faith for all who believe on Him.

Matthew 3:11-12 (KJV) I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

John 14:16-19 (KJV)
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

The Lord Jesus will physically come again, then shall be the judgment of fire that shall come down upon this earth that shall be burned up by fire along with whosoever has not been born again. Since the judgment has not yet come, we know the Lord has not yet returned the second time.

2 Peter 3:10 (KJV) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
 

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Take note that it says nigh at hand, meaning it hasn't arrived yet until all these other things have come to pass first. In this case, it is not meaning the unseen kingdom of God one can already experience in the here and now. That aspect of the kingdom has already arrived.

Christ says the Kingdom of God was near at hand because it would spiritually come after the cross and three days later His resurrection. The Kingdom of God that came with Christ cannot be visibly seen, because the Kingdom of God is within and in the midst of believers. After the cross and resurrection, the spiritual Kingdom of God could be spiritually known and entered to whosoever is born again of the Spirit.

Luke 17:20-21 (KJV) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

John 3:3 (KJV) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see [know] the kingdom of God.

John 3:5-7 (KJV) Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
 
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Revelation 14 twice reaping, one to salvation, one to wrath

The first reaping by Christ

The second by an angel, cast into the great wine press of the wrath of God.

I don't read any length of time between these reaping's, and that fits what Christ taught of the tares and the wheat, as occurring together at the same time.

Not 2 raptures!

What is your point?

14 And I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and upon the cloud sat one like unto the Son of Man, having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle.

15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, “Thrust in thy sickle and reap; for the time has come for thee to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in Heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.”

19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great wine press of the wrath of God.

20 And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even unto the horse bridles, for the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Your passages point to a rapture DURING THE TRIB.
That gathering is not in a pretrib setting.
It is 100% postrib and DURING the trib.
But it is not, nor can it be the pretrib rapture Jesus taught.
Nor is it the second coming on white horses.

So any notion that there is one coming is debunked decisively by scripture.
 

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According to the Bible Christ will make an appearance only a second time.

Hebrews 9:28 (KJV) So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Matthew 24 speaks of the second coming, just as written in Hebrews 9. Matthew writes the sign of the Son of man shall appear in heaven, and those alive then will see the Son of man coming with power and great glory to gather together His elect, all who have been born again unto salvation...

Matthew 24:30-31 (KJV) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

I do agree that Christ has already come to believers through His Spirit within us, but that was not in judgment but with grace through faith for all who believe on Him.

Matthew 3:11-12 (KJV) I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

John 14:16-19 (KJV)
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

The Lord Jesus will physically come again, then shall be the judgment of fire that shall come down upon this earth that shall be burned up by fire along with whosoever has not been born again. Since the judgment has not yet come, we know the Lord has not yet returned the second time.

2 Peter 3:10 (KJV) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Yes I agree but it wasn’t a physical return in 70 AD
 
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Christ says the Kingdom of God was near at hand because it would spiritually come after the cross and three days later His resurrection. The Kingdom of God that came with Christ cannot be visibly seen, because the Kingdom of God is within and in the midst of believers. After the cross and resurrection, the spiritual Kingdom of God could be spiritually known and entered to whosoever is born again of the Spirit.

Luke 17:20-21 (KJV) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

John 3:3 (KJV) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see [know] the kingdom of God.

John 3:5-7 (KJV) Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.




If you fully agree Luke 21:27 = the bodily coming of Christ in the end of this age, why would you then divorce Luke 21:31-32 from the coming meant in verse 27 then apply verses 31-32 to the here and now spiritually? You are all over the place if you are doing that. The context pertaining to the kingdom is nigh at hand in Luke 21:31 involves the same coming meant in verse 27, not the here and now spiritually instead.

Luke 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled

Nor can you divorce verse 32 from verse 31. When this generation passes away it is meaning because of the coming meant in verse 27, and it then no longer being the kingdom of God is still nigh at hand but is at hand, as in has arrived as of verse 27. Verse 32 is impossible to fulfill if the kingdom of God remains nigh at hand, rather than is at hand eventually. In my mind nigh at hand means is approaching, is near. While at hand means has arrived. You can't have Luke 21:31 remain in limbo where it never changes from nigh at hand to at hand, then expect verse 31 to agree with both verse 27 and 32.

Why do some of you want to conflate the spiritual unseen kingdom with that of the physically seen kingdom? Once Christ returns the former is no longer necessary.

The context of the 3 passages you provided is not the same context Luke 21:31 is involving.

When it comes to the Discourse in general, are you mainly reading it in a Preterist manner, where very little of it involves the 2nd coming? For example, Luke 21. The only thing you see involving the 2nd coming is verse 27? Nothing else in that chapter is involving the 2nd coming?

Not to mention, you should be interpreting Luke 21:31 in light of the following.

Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Then when combining that with Luke 21:31, verse 33 above is meaning this---So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is near, even at the doors. And, BTW, to see all these things does not require that you had to be alive at the time in order to have seen all these things. For example, hindsight allows one to see all these things. In hindsight one can see that Luke 21:20 involved the destruction of Jerusalem 2000 years ago. We can then check that one off the list since that has already been fulfilled. So on and so on.

John 11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

John 2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,


Here is an example of something nigh at hand and at hand. I don't think anyone would argue that the Passover was already at hand while it was nigh at hand, and viceversa. And if the passover were to remain in limbo nigh at hand, that would obviously mean the passover never arrives. Now apply that same logic to Luke 21:31.

Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Luke 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Which is it, the KOG is already at hand? Or is still nigh at hand? Which comes first? The former or latter above? No problemo if the former involves the unseen aspect and the latter the seen aspect. Which then means the former comes first, the latter comes later.
 
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Your passages point to a rapture DURING THE TRIB.
That gathering is not in a pretrib setting.
It is 100% postrib and DURING the trib.
But it is not, nor can it be the pretrib rapture Jesus taught.
Nor is it the second coming on white horses.

So any notion that there is one coming is debunked decisively by scripture.
You and I read Revelation very differently.
Nothing is debunked. Sorry for your loss.
There is only the second coming of Christ

No where in scripture does it say different.
But it does say it like this.
Hebrews 9
27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Die once, then comes judgment
The writer of Hebrews is making a valid comparison, if you can see it....
And what do you suppose is that judgment described in v28?
Jesus tells us here


The Parable of the Talents​

14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey. 16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ 22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ 23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’

26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations​

31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the [c]holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

44 “Then they also will answer [d]Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
 

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When Christ comes a second time he saves the church from that wicked age in which they live on the earth, and He judges the world in righteousness

1 Peter 1 alludes to that here
The salvation of our souls is REVEALED AT THE RETURN OF CHRIST, when He comes again a second time for our salvation

A Heavenly Inheritance​

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance [b]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been [c]grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8 whom having not [d]seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9 receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.
 

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What AI and wrong about what?
They are fault finders about anything that does not agree with what they think is the truth....And then they throw everything out, like the story throw the baby out with the bath water! They really end up speaking evil about things they don't understand. God will be the judge of that.
 

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They are fault finders about anything that does not agree with what they think is the truth....And then they throw everything out, like the story throw the baby out with the bath water! They really end up speaking evil about things they don't understand. God will be the judge of that.
AI definitely is designed for that purpose.

AI is actually a more simple way to fool the world into accepting world Socialism and a one-world government system. I have a Microsoft programming certification, and today it's still like the old saying, "GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT." Whoever programs the AI software can manipulate it.
 

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If you fully agree Luke 21:27 = the bodily coming of Christ in the end of this age, why would you then divorce Luke 21:31-32 from the coming meant in verse 27 then apply verses 31-32 to the here and now spiritually? You are all over the place if you are doing that. The context pertaining to the kingdom is nigh at hand in Luke 21:31 involves the same coming meant in verse 27, not the here and now spiritually instead.

Luke 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled

Nor can you divorce verse 32 from verse 31. When this generation passes away it is meaning because of the coming meant in verse 27, and it then no longer being the kingdom of God is still nigh at hand but is at hand, as in has arrived as of verse 27. Verse 32 is impossible to fulfill if the kingdom of God remains nigh at hand, rather than is at hand eventually. In my mind nigh at hand means is approaching, is near. While at hand means has arrived. You can't have Luke 21:31 remain in limbo where it never changes from nigh at hand to at hand, then expect verse 31 to agree with both verse 27 and 32.

Why do some of you want to conflate the spiritual unseen kingdom with that of the physically seen kingdom? Once Christ returns the former is no longer necessary.

The context of the 3 passages you provided is not the same context Luke 21:31 is involving.

When it comes to the Discourse in general, are you mainly reading it in a Preterist manner, where very little of it involves the 2nd coming? For example, Luke 21. The only thing you see involving the 2nd coming is verse 27? Nothing else in that chapter is involving the 2nd coming?

Not to mention, you should be interpreting Luke 21:31 in light of the following.

Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Then when combining that with Luke 21:31, verse 33 above is meaning this---So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is near, even at the doors. And, BTW, to see all these things does not require that you had to be alive at the time in order to have seen all these things. For example, hindsight allows one to see all these things. In hindsight one can see that Luke 21:20 involved the destruction of Jerusalem 2000 years ago. We can then check that one off the list since that has already been fulfilled. So on and so on.

John 11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

John 2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,


Here is an example of something nigh at hand and at hand. I don't think anyone would argue that the Passover was already at hand while it was nigh at hand, and viceversa. And if the passover were to remain in limbo nigh at hand, that would obviously mean the passover never arrives. Now apply that same logic to Luke 21:31.

Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Luke 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Which is it, the KOG is already at hand? Or is still nigh at hand? Which comes first? The former or latter above? No problemo if the former involves the unseen aspect and the latter the seen aspect. Which then means the former comes first, the latter comes later.
One nice way to think of the kingdom of God, it represents Christ, Christ is near at the very doors, and this also as confirmation

Colossians 1:27
To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

For those who are born again of God, Christ dwells in them. That is why logically and truly Christ can say the kingdom of God is within you...Being born of God does not come with observation, Jesus describes it as the wind, but you feel the effects.

20 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; 21 nor will they say, [f]‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is [g]within you.”

22 Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. 23 And they will say to you, [h]‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them. 24 For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. 25 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
 

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Jesus speaking, "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation" Luke 17:20

So much for Greek language.
Do you deny the future, literal, visible, coming of Jesus in the heavens?

Matthew 24:30KJV
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 

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in agreement with the OP I submit:

Let’s look at the absolute chronological math of the resurrection, which completely shatters the two-phase secret rapture theory.
In 1 Corinthians 15:52, Paul explicitly anchors the translation of living believers and the resurrection of the dead to a definitive marker: "at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible."

If the Church is raptured before or during the tribulation at this 'last trumpet,' then any believers who die during the tribulation would have to be raised at a subsequent trumpet when Christ returns visibly at the end. But mathematically, you cannot have a trumpet sounding after the 'last' trumpet. If trumpets are still blowing for resurrection years later, Paul’s 'last trumpet' wasn't the last one at all.
Furthermore, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 explicitly commands us not to be deceived, declaring that our "gathering together unto him" will NOT happen until the Man of Sin is revealed. Paul binds the gathering of the saints and the final day into a single, visible, thunderous conclusion.

So here is my cross-examination question for you: If Paul states the rapture happens at the last trumpet, and that it cannot happen until after the Man of Sin is revealed, by what scriptural authority do you invent a secret, silent, mid-timeline extraction that takes place before the final trumpet blows? Show me a single verse that mentions a resurrection of saints occurring after the 'last' trumpet has already sounded.
 
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