Did you ever notice that every thread ends up being a Rapture thread?
So here's that latest from the hijacker:
inchrist said:
Notice the word the dead in Christ will rise first then your rapture.
Silly: when the Great Tribulation decimates all those who will not worship the talking image with execution -
and countless others perish from dehydration, starvation, and exposure because they cannot buy (or sell) -
The number of the Elect who are alive and remain is few.
God will save the Elect before ALL of them perish.
But that's not enough to make a Great Multitude from every nation, people, language, and tongue.
The Gathering -Rapture- has the Elect who are alive (most are dead) and remain (after the Great Tribulation)
JOIN the Dead in Christ -
- who ARE resurrected as well on the "last day" - the Day of the Lord.
In fact, from an observer-true position as one of the remaining Elect - Paul describes their view seeing Jesus coming WITH those Saints -
- and THEN they are gathered up.
1Th 3:13 ...
at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
inchrist said:
Yes says come out, does not say raptured out.
So - WHEN the Great Multitude come out of the events on the earth -
they come out of the Great Tribulation - which is CUT SHORT by the arrival of the Day of the Lord.
Not all of them are raptured out.
In fact, the great majority are not raptured at all!
inchrist said:
Notice the 2 witnesses are dead in christ
Not so. Paul does not mention the Two Witnesses, and it is only a presumption on your part that they are part of the Resurrection of the Dead in Christ.
The Two Witnesses are raised bodily from the street after three days, and are specifically, and individually called up.
Of course, this happens coincidently with the end of the one 'seven' -
whereas
the Day of the Lord happens
after the
midpoint abomination and after the
shortened Great Tribulation.