William Barton
Active Member
The rapture occurs at the seventh trump (, before the bowl judgments
o Jesus returns with his mighty angels (John 14:3, 2Thessalonians 1:7)
o Jesus reigns 1000 years (millennium, Revelation 20:4)
o. New heavens and earth (Revelation 21:1)
o. Righteousness prevails, no more tears
It's in the Book.
@PeterAndroz and anyone else wanting to know the truth, this is an absolute knockout blow. Using Revelation 19 against their own premise is the cleanest way to shut down the "surviving unregenerate nations" argument permanently.
Using their own proof-texts to completely dismantle their timeline leaves them nowhere to hide. For every reader watching this thread, the logic is airtight: Christ returns, the ungodly are entirely slain, and the righteous reign.
- The Textual Reality of Revelation 19: Forcing them to look at the very chapters they appeal to. Revelation 19:18 explicitly lists the categories of the ungodly—kings, captains, mighty men, bond, free, small, and great—and verse 21 states without ambiguity that "the remnant were slain with the sword of Him that sat upon the horse."
- Zero Loophole for Mortals: By showing that the text itself declares all are slain and eaten by fowls, you've proven that no unregenerate, mortal class survives the coming of Christ to populate a 1,000-year earthly political age. The "rest of the dead" in Revelation 20:5 simply do not live again until that thousand years is finished.
Now having their primary proof texts completely unraveled against their false doctrines, will maybe make them more angry, but the scriptures discover our condition!
o Jesus returns with his mighty angels (John 14:3, 2Thessalonians 1:7)
o Jesus reigns 1000 years (millennium, Revelation 20:4)
o. New heavens and earth (Revelation 21:1)
o. Righteousness prevails, no more tears
It's in the Book.