Pretty much AGREE
(I suspect we differ *slightly* on the details of the timing of items falling within these "7 years, but basically pretty much AGREE).
And I agree there are
"9 'after these'" which
fall WITHIN the "7 year period"
(this does not mean I think that each mention of this is spaced something like "280 days apart"... just to be clear to the readers
)
Pretty much agree.
(
note: I see the 24 elders, who say, "hast redeemed
US" as being the completed "Church WHICH IS HIS BODY" / or, at the very least
representing it/us)
Agreed.
More ppl will indeed be coming to faith in Christ
FOLLOWING "our Rapture" (while they are IN / EXPERIENCING what is commonly called the Tribulation period [the 7 year period])
I suspect we differ
slightly as to the matter of what event / events mark the
MID-point.
I see the
"5th Trumpet [events] / 1st Woe unto the earth" as pretty much being the
MID-point (Rev9:
1,12 / Rev12:12,
9,14 / Rev8:
13;
the "abyss / bottomless pit" is
not opened more than ONCE during the 7-yr period;
and I see the "2Ws' 1260 days" as STRADDLING the two halves somewhat, with
THEIR "1260 days" concluding in the
"6th Trumpet [events] / 2nd Woe"... that being somewhat AFTER the MID-trib point [which is 5th Trumpet]);
...so while there are
9 mentions of "after these," I see 1:19c as like a summary intro statement...
...and I see 4:1's TWO mentions as speaking of the same thing (the 7 years' commencing point, so to speak);
... so that if you were to
list these mentions ("after these") out (
minus the INTRO summary one, and combining the two in 4:1), there would be a LIST of
SEVEN mentions... so (as I see it) it would be
the MIDDLE ONE of those SEVEN
(9:12) that I see as reflecting on what just took place surrounding the
MID-trib point / events ("5th Trumpet [events; 9:1] / 1st Woe unto the earth")...
...so you and I only differ
SLIGHTLY on the nitty-gritty details of the timing of certain items WITHIN the 7 Trib years...
...no biggie. = )
P.S. on this general point ^ ... This
doesn't mean I think
the mention of "after these"
in 7:9 is speaking of things within the first half (since it would be among the LISTED mentions falling in the LIST
before the 9:12 mention [
MID-trib events point])... since I see the phrase (in 7:14) "[coming out of] the
GREAT tribulation" to be referring specifically to the SECOND HALF of the 7 years... not that these folks don't EXIST in the first half... lol
...we only differ SLIGHTLY on the timing of this point, in particular (for reasons I explained a little, above).
Pretty much AGREED.
Yes, I am among those who DO see a "
pre-trib" Rapture of "the Church WHICH IS HIS BODY" (us)... with more ppl coming to faith in Christ
FOLLOWING "our Rapture" (when they are IN the Trib); I've stated in past posts that "our Rapture" is a primary IMPETUS that helps Israel turn in faith to Christ... and it is THEY who
go on [in the Trib yrs] to DO the "INVITING" TO the
earthly MK age, which follows the 7 years and commences upon Christ's "RETURN"
to the earth (RETURNING *with* us / the Church WHICH IS HIS BODY)