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Hello iamsoandso,
I have been studying end-time events for quite some time, and I live in the book of Revelation. It is because I have and do look closely at these things as the reason why I am confident about what I am claiming. If I did not look closely at these things, then I would have no right to make any claims regarding them and in fact would not be proclaiming anything. I do not contend for these truths for my own glory, but because I am zealous for the truth and accuracy of God's word.
Here is why the wrath of God, the Day of Lord, is going to take place and who it is going to take place against:
"See, the day of the Lord is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it."
"See, the day of the Lord is coming -a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger--to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of His burning anger. - Isa.13:9-13
"The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. 1Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft. - Rev.9:20-21
And the following is what the result of God's wrath via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments is going to be:
"I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” “When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth,” declares the Lord. “I will sweep away both man and beast; I will sweep away the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea—and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.” “When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth,”
That would be true if the worship of the beast, his image and receiving his mark was the only reason that God is pouring out his wrath. But as you can see from the scriptures that I provided above, His wrath will be against the haughty, the proud, the arrogant, the works of their hands, that they would not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, wood, murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft, etc., etc.
I think that you need to go back and read that, because I did not say, nor have I ever taught that the resurrection of the church takes place at the end of the seven years. It in fact takes place prior to the beginning of the seven years. After that, the antichrist is revealed where he establishes that seven year agreement with Israel. There is also a resurrection of the great tribulation saints after the Lord returns to the earth to end the age, as revealed in Rev.20:4-6. This group is not the church, but will be those who receive Christ after the church has been gathered known as the great tribulation saints.
You are confusing 1 Thes.4:13-18 with Rev.20:4-6, the former being the gathering of the church and the latter one being the resurrection of the great tribulation saints. Both of these belong to the first resurrection.
I have been studying end-time events for quite some time, and I live in the book of Revelation. It is because I have and do look closely at these things as the reason why I am confident about what I am claiming. If I did not look closely at these things, then I would have no right to make any claims regarding them and in fact would not be proclaiming anything. I do not contend for these truths for my own glory, but because I am zealous for the truth and accuracy of God's word.
Here is why the wrath of God, the Day of Lord, is going to take place and who it is going to take place against:
"See, the day of the Lord is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it."
"See, the day of the Lord is coming -a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger--to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of His burning anger. - Isa.13:9-13
"The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. 1Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft. - Rev.9:20-21
And the following is what the result of God's wrath via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments is going to be:
"I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” “When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth,” declares the Lord. “I will sweep away both man and beast; I will sweep away the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea—and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.” “When I destroy all mankind on the face of the earth,”
That would be true if the worship of the beast, his image and receiving his mark was the only reason that God is pouring out his wrath. But as you can see from the scriptures that I provided above, His wrath will be against the haughty, the proud, the arrogant, the works of their hands, that they would not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, wood, murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft, etc., etc.
I think that you need to go back and read that, because I did not say, nor have I ever taught that the resurrection of the church takes place at the end of the seven years. It in fact takes place prior to the beginning of the seven years. After that, the antichrist is revealed where he establishes that seven year agreement with Israel. There is also a resurrection of the great tribulation saints after the Lord returns to the earth to end the age, as revealed in Rev.20:4-6. This group is not the church, but will be those who receive Christ after the church has been gathered known as the great tribulation saints.
You are confusing 1 Thes.4:13-18 with Rev.20:4-6, the former being the gathering of the church and the latter one being the resurrection of the great tribulation saints. Both of these belong to the first resurrection.
In fact rev 14 shifts specifically to the jew.
The 7 year GT is in fact jacobs trouble,not christian trouble .
Rev 20 is simply saying what John saw,and those beheaded are from the innumerable number way back at the beginning of the GT.
They are already in heaven.
To further bolster that,you leave out that they the martyrs have already been to the bema seat,recieved the martyrs reward.
Those foolish virgins are the innumerable number,as are those martyrs in rev 20.
It is the same group.
It even says of the martyrs early on to stay under the altar UNTIL YOUR NUMBER IS COMPLETED.
THEN we see them no longer under the altar.
Because that number is completed by the AC.
IT even says all on the earth take the mark.
There is no resurrection at the end of the GT.
They are resurrected early on and seen in heaven as the innumerable number,not resurrected at the end of the gt.
All the stragglers and the dead not raised in 1thes 4 rapture are raised at the GWT JUDGEMENT.
That is the sheep /goat, wheat/tare judgement at the end of the mil.
Or the end of the world jesus referred to in mat 24 where the sea gave up her dead.
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