Rev.19:6-8 also has the church/bride in heaven attending the wedding of the Lamb. And verse 14 has us following Christ as He descends from heaven to the earth to end the age. Suffice to say, in order to follow Christ out of heaven, we would necessarily already have to be in heaven.
In addition, the church must be gathered from the earth prior to the wrath of God, which is initiated by the opening of the first seal. And that because Jesus already suffered God's wrath on behalf of every believer, satisfying it completely. Therefore, God's wrath no longer rests upon the believer. When we became believers, we were credited the Lord's righteousness and reconciled to God.
Hi, Ahwatukee.
I've already addressed John 14:1-3 and what you referenced from I Thessalonians chapter 4, so I'll just concentrate on your other points in this response.
Here's what Revelation chapter 19 says:
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6] And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
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7] Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him:
for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
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8] And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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9] And he saith unto me,
Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
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10] And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Where does this say "Rev.19:6-8 also has the church/bride in heaven attending the wedding of the Lamb"?
Instead, it says "the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready" (vs. 7).
It also says "Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb" (vs. 9), and then we see Jesus returning.
In other words, we don't actually see anybody partaking of the marriage supper in heaven, and there are good reasons for that.
Look, my desire truly is to be respectful, but, at the same time, I honestly believe that we must be ashamed at times for things which we've wrongly believed so that we can genuinely repent and forsake such things.
With that in mind, please allow me to ask you some questions.
Do you HONESTLY believe that while "the marriage supper of the Lamb" is allegedly taking place in heaven there are saints on the earth who are excluded from the same?
I mean, as saints, aren't they also part of Christ's bride?
Do they at least get a doggy bag or something?
Seriously, it's pure, heretical nonsense, and anybody who truly believes these things should literally be ashamed of themselves.
I can just picture it now...
There are saints on the earth during a time a tribulation like the world has never known.
They're crying out in desperation to Jesus...and he's eating a piece of lamb or something in heaven.
Doesn't scripture tell us that Jesus will remain seated at the Father's right hand until his enemies are made his footstool?
Doesn't he continually make intercession for the saints while at the Father's right hand as our merciful and faithful high priest?
Of course, he is and does, but you would have us to believe, I guess, that some sort of folding tables are going to be set up around his throne so everybody can have a feast WHILE SAINTS ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED ON THE EARTH.
Look, I honestly like you, I truly do, but, seriously, please just give up this heretical nonsense and embrace the actual truth of scripture.
Again, there are only TWO RESURRECTIONS, and "the first resurrection" takes place when Christ returns, so how the heck did people allegedly receive glorified, resurrected bodies in an alleged "rapture to heaven" PRIOR TO THE FIRST RESURRECTION?
Of course, the correct answer is that they didn't.
Jesus said:
Matthew chapter 26
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29] But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Do you think that maybe, just maybe, there might be a little "fruit of the vine" at "the marriage supper of the Lamb"?
I do, and it will be drunk "in my Father's kingdom", and that kingdom is COMING to this earth.
In fact, I believe that Isaiah not only prophesied of this "supper" or "feast", but also told us where it will actually take place when he wrote:
Isaiah chapter 25
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And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
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7] And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
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He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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9] And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
"He will swallow up death in victory"?
Where have we heard that before?
Right here:
I Corinthians chapter 15
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50] Now this I say, brethren, that
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
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51] Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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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.
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53] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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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.
Don't you see any correlation between the two?
I do.
As far as the whole "wrath of God" thing is concerned, I already covered that in a previous response.
Like it or not, ACCORDING TO JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, at the timeframe between the pouring out of the 6th vial of God's wrath and the 7th vial of God's wrath, JESUS HAS STILL NOT RETURNED AS A THIEF OR AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT:
"Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." (Rev. 16:15)
Are you wiser than JESUS CHRIST?
Seriously, you're literally preaching the EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT JESUS CHRIST TAUGHT, and that really ought to strike terror in your heart.
Please read Revelation 16:15 in context, and see if what I just told you isn't true.
Seeing how it is the truth, why do you fight against it?
Are you stronger than the Lord?
Of course, i don't believe that Christians are appointed unto God's wrath, but this does not mean that they won't be here when it is poured out upon the earth.
God made a distinction between his people and the Egyptians during the plagues of Egypt, and he'll similarly make a distinction as his wrath is being poured out in the last days.
I'm done for the night.
I've been wearied by saints for telling the truth.
What a shame.
Good night.