Only the op,in a later post,tied in heavens view of end times.
It is bride /groom based.
He is returning for his bride.
Mat 25 "....but the bridegroom tarried..."
The next major event is the rapture.
Ruth,Naomi,Boaz,
The kinsman redeemer,we see in revelation early on,in heaven. Rev 5.
Rev 5 is the kinsman redeemer.(Boaz)
1 thes 4,Ruth,rev 5,and mat 25.
Therin lies the next great event.
Why is it hidden?
Nobody is even talking about the next great event that preoccupies those in heaven.
"..and then 6 days before the passover Jesus returned to Jerusalem"
" go and prepare a place that we may eat the passover"
"You will find a man with a pitcher of water,he will show you an upper room"
"...And the Spirit and the BRIDE say come...."
"...I will not drink of the fruit of the cup again,till i drink it with you in heaven"
"...I go and prepare a place for you in my fathers house"
(The last supper is a vivid,vivid picture of Jewish wedding BETROTHAL.
End times without the bride/groom prism is end times without a cause.
The purpose of the gt is Jacobs/Israel's trouble.
The church is gentile. (Ruth)
Ruth=the gentile bride.