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Do you know how many NT scriptures are against your invisible "side show"?


None.

Here is just one of many: KJV- 2 Thes. 1[7] And to you who are troubled rest with us, WHEN the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,


WHEN? WHO? WHAT?

WHEN?- On a day of His choosing.

WHO?- Thee "Lord JESUS".
....uh? WHO? Christ?
....uh? No.
WHO?- THEE Lord JESUS.

WHAT?- REVEALED/ SEEN

REVEALED WHERE?
1Thes 4
[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the [B} clouds,[/B] to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Surely you know it was the LAMB OF GOD that was SENT out from God TO EARTH.

Surely you know it was the LAMB OF GOD, whom God SAID...CALL HIM JESUS, CALL HIM THE SON OF GOD.

Surely you know it was God who SAID;
JESUS would be a SON to God;
AND
GOD would be a FATHER to JESUS.

Surely you know, men "OF" the Earth CAN NOT SEE "CHRIST", BUT CAN SEE, thee "Lord JESUS".

Surely you know, IT WAS "JESUS" who came to Earth, and SHALL RETURN TO EARTH.

Surely you KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, The Clouds and The Earth!

2 Thes 1:7
Is simply giving fore-KNOWLEDGE...
THAT "Thee Lord Jesus" shall Descend from Heaven, and BE SEEN IN THE CLOUDS, BY PEOPLE "OF" the EARTH.

Surely you know, men "IN" "CHRIST" are NOT PEOPLE "OF" the Earth....

Surely you know, the Difference between BEING REVEALED "IN" the Clouds, and RETURNING "TO" the Earth.

Glory to God,
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KJV- 2 Thes. 1
[8] In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ...

WHO? JESUS.
WHERE? In the Clouds.
WITH? 1) His Mighty Angels
WITH? 2) Power
WITH? 3) Authority

What is the NAME of Gods POWER? Christ.
What is the POWER of God? Light.
What DOES LIGHT DO?
...1) Destroy Darkness
...2) Overcome Darkness

WHAT IS THE DARKNESS?
People, WHO HEAR, and REJECT the LIGHT.

WHAT? Is the Light DOING?
Taken Vengeance.

WHO? Is the Light TAKING VENGEANCE upon?
They who REJECTED the Gospel of Thee Lord Jesus Christ.

Surely you know, it was JESUS who Came to Earth.

Surely you know, it was CHRIST revealed IN Jesus, WHILE JESUS "was" ON Earth.

Surely you know, MANY men HEARD, and HAVE HEARD of JESUS for the past 2,000 + years.

Surely you know, FEW men HAVE COME TO KNOW and BELIEVE JESUS IS THE Christ.

Surely you know, FEW men HAVE "CONFESSED" and "GIVEN" their LIFE "TO" CHRIST Thee Lord JESUS.

Surely you know, it is JESUS, the Son, in the Likeness AS a man, that those "OF" the World CAN SEE.

Surely you know, it is CHRIST the Lord Jesus, that MEN "IN" Christ, SHALL be CALLED UP "TO" the Clouds to MEET the Lord in the AIR.

Surely you know, VENGEANCE, is Gods Punishment UPON men of the Earth, "WHO", for hundreds of years have PERSECUTED men WHO Became CONVERTED "IN Christ".

Surely you KNOW, it is the Lord Jesus, (the Son of God) WHO descends (WITH POWER) FROM HEAVEN, TO the CLOUDS.....
REDEEMS UP to Him, those IN Christ.
THEN
From the Clouds, EXACTS, "HIS WRATH and VENGEANCE" Upon those who Rejected Christ.

Jesus IS NOT "ON" the Earth, AND those IN Christ, ARE NOT UPON the Earth, WHILE the "LAMB OF GOD" is punishing those WHO REJECTED HIM!!!

You want to Learn about the "WRATH OF THE LAMB" ?

WHY, the Lamb shall exact His Wrath, is BECAUSE MEN (who believed IN GOD, but rejected Jesus, the Lamb of God), shall be SUBJECT to the WRATH OF THE LAMB.

The Lambs Wrath, Begins the 7 year Tribulation....with His Opening of the Seals.

Rev 6
[16] And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

THOSE who BELIEVE in God, but not Christ, suffer the Wrath of the Lamb.
THOSE will BECOME INTO Belief IN Christ during that time; (the SEALS Judgements).
SHALL be SOUL Saved,
Shall be BODILY Killed,
Shall together their SOULS rise up to Heaven.
Shall NOT Suffer the: (the TRUMPS Judgements, the VIALS Judgements)

2 Thes 1:8
Has NOTHING whatsoever with Jesus, the Lord, thee Christ, BEING, "ON" Earth.

Glory to God,
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KJV 2 Thes 1:
[9] Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

WHO? Those who REJECT Christ the Lord Jesus.

SHALL What? Be punished.

HOW?
1)Everlasting Destruction FROM the presence of the Lord.
2) Everlasting separation from the glory of the Lords POWER.

WHEN?
Temporarily...for 1,000 years.
After 1,000 years, Raised to Damination.
Raised /Resurrected ON Judgement Day.
After JUDGEMENT.
Sentenced TO Everlasting Destruction and Separation From Thee Lord God Almighty.

This is ABOUT WHAT those WHO REJECT God and Christ the Lord Jesus, CAN EXPECT.

Glory to God,
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Again I ASK!!! Why not just read and believe God's Word and ignore the silly ideas of little sin loving ignorant men???

Why not just believe God's Word on the catching up (rapture)??

16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain """shall be caught up together""" with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words1 Corinthians 15:51- 57
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
 

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Great rapture promise from God to born-again believers!!===
Revelation 3:10-20 (NKJV)
10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 Behold,I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.
 

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And no one of the world (the unsaved) shall see Christ, in the day of Jesus' return, to be glorified in his Saints? Really??
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Do you know how many NT scriptures are against your invisible "side show"?
Here is just one of many: KJV- 2 Thes. 1[7] And to you who are troubled rest with us, WHEN the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
[8] In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
[9] Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
[10] WHEN he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed)
in that day.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but according your belief system, you have Jesus/God returning 2 times.
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The NT scriptures are plain enough, that Jesus returns only ONCE.

The scriptures you quoted speak of a invisible presence not a literal one. Think about it, if Jesus comes literally, why does Jesus need to be revealed to the world. If Jesus comes literally physically all you do is look up and there he is if he comes literally, no revealing required.
 

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KJV- 2 Thes. 1[7]
[10] WHEN he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed)
in that day.

WHEN? In that day.
WHAT DAY? In that day He Comes To be Glorified IN His saints.
WHICH saints?
...HIS CHURCH That He comes From Heaven To The Clouds.
....HIS saints That He rise Up to Him, IN their Glorified Bodies, they who believed, became Converted IN Christ Jesus, and Admire Him.

Glory to God,
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Believe God's Word!!!

Acts 1:11

“Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”
 

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At the rapture all born-again believers will be caught up to meet Jesus in the clouds and be taken to heaven where we will receive crowns of reward that we will lay at the feet of Jesus and praise the Lord!! When Jesus returns to earth to defeat all evil and set up His kingdom we raptured believers will return with Him!!!
 

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OK, but you didn't answer my question. Will we be in Glory WITH Jesus, or somewhere else in Heaven?
 

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Read my post very slowly!!== At the rapture all born-again believers """will be caught up to meet Jesus in the clouds and be taken to heaven""" where we will receive crowns of reward that we will lay at the feet of Jesus and praise the Lord!! When Jesus returns to earth to defeat all evil and set up His kingdom we raptured believers will return with Him!!!
 

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WHEN? In that day.
WHAT DAY? In that day He Comes To be Glorified IN His saints.
WHICH saints?
...HIS CHURCH That He comes From Heaven To The Clouds.
....HIS saints That He rise Up to Him, IN their Glorified Bodies, they who believed, became Converted IN Christ Jesus, and Admire Him.

Glory to God,
Taken
"Taken" has gone sideways with scripture, and has decided to come up with his own formula of belief about the Rapture.
 

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Read my post very slowly!!== At the rapture all born-again believers """will be caught up to meet Jesus in the clouds and be taken to heaven""" where we will receive crowns of reward that we will lay at the feet of Jesus and praise the Lord!! When Jesus returns to earth to defeat all evil and set up His kingdom we raptured believers will return with Him!!!
Again, will we be with Jesus in Glory or somewhere else in Heaven?
 

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Read my post very slowly!!== At the rapture all born-again believers """will be caught up to meet Jesus in the clouds and be taken to heaven""" where we will receive crowns of reward that we will lay at the feet of Jesus and praise the Lord!! When Jesus returns to earth to defeat all evil and set up His kingdom we raptured believers will return with Him!!!
Oh, I see what you mean, when Jesus returns, we are Raptured, but when the 1000 years are finished, we and Jesus return and all evil is then defeated.
I think that is what you are saying.
 

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NO!! Raptured believers return with Jesus to set up His 1000 year kingdom and after the 1000 years and satan and all evil are defeated for eternity the earth will be cleansed by fire and made new back to perfection and will be the home of God with His family for all eternity!