where will the elect be during that time ? why are day shorten for the elect sake ?
Matthew 24:22 (NKJV)
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And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.
First you need to understand who and what GOD's Election refers to.
GOD ELECTS to save a remnant BY GRACE. And EVEN when we choose to Receive Jesus Christ as LORD and MASTER, we do not get to pat ourselves on the back, because it is because of GOD's Election to shed HIS GRACE ON US, and the fact that a major part of that GRACE, is when then HOLY SPIRIT poured
the LOVE of GOD into our hearts (Rom. 5:5), therefore our ability to Repent, CHOOSE, Submit, Obey, Serve, etc.; ALL SPAWN OUT OF HIS GRACE AND LOVE.
Those whom GOD Elected to save are made up of four groups of Saints who have
all been Sanctified in the Blood of the Lamb.
They are:
Old Testament Saints
Church Age Saints
Tribulation Saints
and the 144,000 HE chose or elected to be saved in their
MORTAL BODIES, who are all Isrealites, who inherit the land of Canaan, fulfilling HIS everlasting Covenant with Jacob (1 Ch. 16:17-18).
NOTICE what is happening as CHRIST comes back to SHORTEN that time:
Revelation 17:14 (NKJV)
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14 [/SUP] These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings;
and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful."
WE who have already been given our white robes, (OT, Church, & Tribulation Saints) are coming from HEAVEN back to Earth WITH JESUS CHRIST. Therefore we KNOW this event is AFTER the last Tribulation Saint is beheaded, and perhaps that is when the Tribulation Saints get their resurrected glorified bodies as we return to Earth. I believe the "Armies of Heaven" include us Saints as well as Angels.
Revelation 6:9-11 (HCSB)
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9 [/SUP] When He opened the fifth seal,
I saw under the altar the people slaughtered because of God’s word and the testimony they had.
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10 [/SUP] They cried out with a loud voice: “Lord, the One who is holy and true, how long
until You judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?”
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11 [/SUP] So a white robe was given to each of them, and they were told to rest a little while longer until ⌊the number⌋ would be completed ⌊of⌋ their fellow slaves and their brothers,
who were going to be killed just as they had been.
Revelation 7:13-14 (NASB)
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13 [/SUP] Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?"
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14 [/SUP] I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me,
"These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 19:14 (NKJV)
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14 [/SUP] And
the armies in heaven, clothed
in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him
on white horses.
That is one of my wife's favorite verses because she loves white horses.
THEREFORE the TIME is SHORTENED, at the END lest more are killed than was in GOD's plan.
WHICH OF THE FOUR GROUPS IS THE ONLY GROUP LEFT ALIVE WHEN HE COMES TO END THE GREAT TRIBULATION?
The 144,000 HE chose or elected to be saved in their MORTAL BODIES, who are all Isrealites.
I hope that explains it sufficiently?