Greetings Michael,
The Lord's "harpazo" as described in Matthew 25:1-13; 1 Corinthians 15:21-23; 15:51-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:1; Revelation 3:10; 3:15-19 is no fantasy, this event is paramount and exemplfied as one of the most significant future events that has been revealed in scripture.
These verses in Matthew and Revelation also reveal that there are 2 groups in the Church, one that isn't here for the Great Tribulation, and one that is.
And I think this is what leads post-tribbers to believe that they will be here for the trib because there is evidence in scripture as I've just shown you that some will be here.
(State of the faithful dead)
“After that, he was seen of above five hundred
brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but
some are fallen asleep.” – 1 Corinthians 15:6
“He said to them, “
Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.” Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” However,
Jesus spoke of his death, but
they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly, “
Lazarus is dead.”” – John 11:11-14
“Yet in My mercy,
I have made death likened unto a dreamless sleep, so all those whom I love do not suffer in death, but only close their eyes to this life and then reopen them again to The Kingdom of God, which is in Christ Jesus.”
~ (Letters from God and His Christ – Volume 1 - “Death and Awakening”)
“Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the sleep of death.” – Psalm 13:3
“When Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father,
‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’” Having said this, He breathed His last.” – Luke 23:46
*The spirit that the Lord Jesus committed to the Father was not “Himself” or “His Soul”. Rather, it was the life-force, the breath of God that sustained Him. While He was alive, the Lord Himself revealed where He would be during the time between His death and resurrection:
“As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish,
so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” – Matthew 12:40
*The Lord Himself also spoke to where He was not during the time between His death and resurrection:
“Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I
have not yet ascended to My Father.”” – John 20:17
For My Son did sleep
in the lower parts of the earth, His tomb, for three days and three nights... By no means did He descend into the evils of man’s imaginings!
~ (Letters from God and His Christ, Volume 4 – “Proclaim NOT the Hell of the Churches of Men... In Their Words is No Mercy Found, Only the Makings of Satan”)
“They stoned Stephen as he was calling on
God and saying, “Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.” Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this,
he fell asleep.” – Acts 7:59-60
*The Apostle Paul speaks here of believers, like Stephen, whom have fallen asleep:
“But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him
those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive
and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are
asleep. 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.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16
And here:
“Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and
the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”” – 1 Corinthians 15:51-54
“Even Moses showed in the
burning bush
passage that
the dead are raised, when he called the Lord
‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him.”” – Luke 20:37-38
“But now is Christ
risen from the dead, and become the
first fruits of them that
slept. For since by man came
death, by Man came also the resurrection of
the dead. For as in Adam
all die, even so
in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits;
afterward they that are Christ's
at his coming.” – 1 Corinthians 15:21-23
“Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the
firstborn from the dead…” – Revelation 1:5
*Even of His own soul did the Apostle Paul speak, saying:
“Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me
on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved
His appearing.” – 2 Timothy 4:8
“The rest of the
dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished.” – Revelation 20:5
“Grieve not over all these dead, for
by no means does death have the last word...”
~ (Letters from God and His Christ, Volume 7 – “I Shall Bring My Hand Against ALL Nations Who Have Forsaken Me”)
“Come, all murderers; watch Me
raise you, and
all who sleep, from the grave.”
~ (Letters from God and His Christ, Volume 1 – “Come...Love Awaits You”)
“
There will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.” – Acts 24:15
“Listen, oh peoples of the earth, and have understanding of the penalty of sin, which is death.
All, who have sinned, shall die and rest, save those who are awake and forgiven in My blood at the time of My coming. They shall be lifted up, not preceding those yet asleep in death who are redeemed in Christ.” ~
(Letters from God and His Christ, Volume 2 – “The Judgment of God is True and Without Question. The Error of the People is Great, Brought Forth Out of Deception and Evil Arrogance, Leading to Corruption and Death")
*Likewise did the Lord Jesus speak concerning those whom are His:
“Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when
the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and
those who hear will live.” – John 5:25
And:
“Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and
I will raise him up at the last day.” – John 6:54
*Therefore, what the Lord has spoken, stands. And thus has the Lord spoken to this modern generation:
“All people, both good and evil, sleep in death...
They are in no way among the living, forthey know nothing; all their thoughts have perished with them. And so they wait until the great and glorious day of The Lord, unto which it is appointed to raise all who sleep...
First, all who belong to Christ... And then later, all those who remain, unto the seat of judgment.Yet understand this also: To be absent from the body is to indeed be with The Lord, for all those who die in Christ will see Him in the blink of an eye. For those who are Mine, among the dead and sleeping, know not the passage of time; they do not even know they have died. For they only knew the end of this life was near, then suddenly they awake to the beginning of their new life with Christ.”
~ (Letters from God and His Christ, Volume 1 - “Death and Awakening”)
Since you have taken the stance of despising prophecy you should hear what the Word says about it.
1Th 5:20
Do not despise prophecies.
And just because you have misinterpreted scripture does not make these prophesies false. Be very careful not to speak against what the Holy Spirit has given.
Mat 12:32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but
whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the [age] to come.
Let All in the Earth Partake of My Word and Be Brought Into Deep and Profound Silence; And Let the Obstinate Stay Silent, Let Him Open Not His Mouth to Speak, Let Him Be Quiet and Consider, Says The Lord
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