The premillenial system I was first taught says; we lose down here, but then we win in the future.
Christians ha e been given eternal life, not only is that winning heaven, but it also gives us love, peace faith, hope, life in the full down here. I consider it a win - win situation in heaven and in earth, even though we must still contend with sin and live in a fallen world.
Mt24;
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Now The sun, moon and stars have had many meanings. In ancient civilizations, they were seen as the gods and goddesses. In the Bible, stars are symbolic for angels. The sun, moon and stars had a sense of permanence and so people likened them to God or angels. In Joseph's dream, he saw the sun, moon and eleven stars. Jacob understood that to mean his family were to bow down to Joseph. The sun, moon and stars in Rev. 12 describes a women (Israel) and the twelve tribes. Out of comes a child (Jesus). Catholics would say the women is Mary. The scripture may have multiple meanings - symbolic and literal as well. The point is symbolism evolves. What the stars meant to ancient civilizations mean something different today. Joseph's stars were his brothers. But in other scriptures they are angels. And sometimes they means stars. In Revelation, they fall from the sky. Too big to do that so it could be a meteor shower. The sum and moon not giving its light could be the result of the entire middle East at war and burning, smoke blocking out the sun, moon and stars light. And we have seen blood moons, they are orange/redish.
The wise men followed a star to Bethlehem. Was that symbolic? No, it wasn't a dream or prophetic vision it was a light in the sky. It probably was an angel or a planet because it moved through the sky. Jupiter does that every year and rests inside Virgo. And on rare occasions, Virgo has a crown of 12 stars around her head, clothed in the sun and the moon at her feet. So that is a literal rare constellation alignment.
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.
The resurrection (rapture)
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood
A literal worldwide earthquake will happen that levels every building on the planet. Hid shakes the world and "the earth moves out if her place"
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It is He who shakes the earth from its place, And its pillars tremble;" Job 9:6
Think about if a super volcanic eruption occurred. How well would you see the sun, moon or stars in that part of the world? Rev. 8:7
Smoke would block them out. describes 1/3 of the planet on fire, trees, grass, etc.
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Meteor shower or missiles. These explanations could not be in the Bible, they did not have that knowledge.
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
A nuclear bomb looks exactly like the clouds roll up like a scroll. A mushroom cloud it's called.
Again a worldwide earthquake is combined with this other eventm
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Now they fear the Lord. When did that happen in history.
7 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Well, any believers left behind who survive.
