Featured Where do I Find Rapture in Revelation?

It's not my argument...I'm not the one trying to make the First Resurrection the Rapture.

The argument belongs to Post-Trib believers.

Already did: the Two Witnesses.

If you want to see this as a bodily resurrection only, okay. Happy for you.

The other resurrection takes place at the passing away of this Universe:


Revelation 20

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5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.


This demands that the rest of the dead will be resurrected at the end of the Millennial Kingdom, then to stand before the Great White Throne.

On the contrary...it is the only position that can be reconciled to the Whole Counsel of God's Word.

It is a misleading translation.

Do we see "first" in a context of sequence here...


Mark 12:28

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28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?


Was He asking which commandment came first? Or which was the greatest?


Continued...

 

That is explained in the post.


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It cannot be a bodily resurrection because they are carried into Heaven.

Elijah was caught up to the heavens, not Heaven.

In that day men went to Sheol/Hades, not Heaven. It would not be until their sins were atoned for that they would be carried into Heaven.

No, when Elijah did die, his body went into a grave and his spirit went to Sheol.

No, that occurs at the Rapture.

And it is His voice, not that of an Angel. In the Rapture, Christ collects His Church Personally.

If we want to speak about the "first" resurrection and catching away...

...that would the Resurrection of Christ.

Not the Tribulation Martyrs.

Be glad to:


Revelation 11:8-12

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8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

Note that I said "...as to it's occurrence."

I did not say the Rapture itself is still a mystery. That was revealed by the Spirit through Paul nearly 2,000 years ago.

No, and John does not reveal the Rapture of the Church in Revelation. Again...Paul did that.

The timing of the Rapture of the Church remains a mystery, that has not been revealed to us. But, because no other position can be reconciled, this remains the best position to embrace.

And it is quite enjoyable defending it.

It can.

God calls John up...then the Tribulation begins. But as I said, I am not dogmatic on that, though I don't ridicule those who are.

Can you show me how John's experience...is physical?


Revelation 1

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10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

Revelation 4

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1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.


And, you don't think his experience is prophetically significant?

I would agree, it is utterly ridiculous.

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But you did see me saying the earth would be destroyed?

Interesting.


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Follow this verse...

1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order:

So how every man shall be made alive will be in this order;

....Christ the firstfruits; ...

That's the pre trib raptured saints here with firstfruits being plural.

...afterward they that are Christ's at his coming....

That's the saints left behind that are cast into the bed of the great tribulation in coming out of the great tribulation at His coming.

Now think about it. If there was only one resurrection, then why mention the order for which every man shall be made alive in Christ?

If it was just Christ, then there would be no point to set an order for how every man will be made alive.

23 But every man in his own order:....

 

Those who dwell in the Millennial Kingdom, which follows the First Resurrection, will still need to be glorified. They dwell in that Kingdom physically, which brings us back to the very first point in the other post:

If the Rapture of the Church takes place at the end of the Tribulation, then everyone on earth would be glorified, which means we nullify the possibility of a large group rebelling against God at the end of the Millennial Kingdom. We would have to say that glorified believers exist in that Kingdom, procreate, and the offspring that rebels are glorified people.

Doesn't make a lot of sense, does it?

In order to reconcile this problem we would have to say that unbelievers enter into the Kingdom, which stands in contradiction to the Lord's teaching. As mentioned, Matthew 25 makes it clear that unbelievers that physically survive the Tribulation are destroyed at the Sheep and Goat Judgment. Thus only believers who lived through the Tribulation who physically survive and stand at the Sheep and Goat Judgment enter into that Kingdom. Their offspring is the source of the rebellious group at the end of the Millennial Kingdom.


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Old Testament understanding of the Resurrection was a singular event, rather than having resurrections that occur at different time (i.e., the Rapture, the Two Witnesses, the Tribulation Martyrs, and the resurrection of both the Just and Unjust just prior to the Great White Throne). Daniel wrote...



Daniel 12:1-2

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1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

This indicates a resurrection that includes both just and unjust, which is why Paul states he reveals a mystery (a previously unrevealed truth) in teaching about the Rapture of the Church. We know Scripture is not wrong, and while even if the just and unjust are resurrected at different times Daniel and every passage that indicates a resurrection that includes both just and unjust would still be true, because it is a general statement that presents facts concerning resurrection. It would be like me saying "The False Prophet, Antichrist, and Satan will be cast into Hell." Very true, but my statement might lead someone to believe that they are cast into Hell at the same time.

Now, getting back to the question, Paul teaches that everyone in the Church will be raised at the Rapture. Seeing that the unbelieving population will not enter into the Millennial Kingdom, if the Rapture takes place at the end, and the First Resurrection is the Rapture...everyone left on earth is in glorified form (which makes procreation unlikely based on Christ's statement concerning this).

But wait, we have one more problem: we do not remain on earth. We go to Heaven.

So this leaves no-one on the earth.


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I have had to re-post this due to a quoting error that the Editor will not let me correct...it keeps putting a quote at the end, collapsing the post.

A rapture, but not The Rapture of the Church. That would have taken place at least forty two months earlier.

Yes, part of the group. In the Rapture of the Church we have both living and dead in Christ being raptured. The First Resurrection pertains only to Tribulation Martyrs.

Not at all.

Revelation gives a description of events concerning the Tribulation Period for the most part. That is the focus of the Book. No need to give an account for something already stated.

No, because "the other part of the group" are living believers, they are raptured before the Tribulation...not during it.

The resurrections in Revelation are the Two Witnesses, the Tribulation Martyrs, then the general resurrection at the Great White Throne. We could also include the notion that Antichrist suffers a mortal wound and dies, and is then resurrected, but I am not dogmatic on that because in view could be a false resurrection or a resurrection of another sort, such as a political resurrection. An example of that would be a President retaining his Office after his term comes to an end.


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Why is this? Why do they need glorified bodies?[/QUOTE]

Because everyone is resurrected by the time the world passes, both the Just and the Unjust.

Because the Rapture is a resurrection of the Church into glorified bodies. If the First Resurrection is the Rapture Paul teaches...everyone would be glorified.

Yeah, I know.

Part of the Just are resurrected in the First Resurrection. But we still have everyone in the Millennial Kingdom left who will need to be resurrected before entering eternity.


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Nothing in this is relevant to what I said.

It is a well known fact that the understanding of the Jews was that the resurrection was a singular fact.

And I would like to know anyone that doubted the existence of man's spirit.

On second though, never mind.

So you deny that there will be a resurrection that includes both the Just and Unjust?

That was the point.

They are raised from the dead in bodies suited for eternal punishment. It is simply a fact that the unjust will be raised as well as the Just.

Yeah, I get that a lot.

We see both the Just (Tribulation Martyrs, specifically) and the Unjust ("the rest of the dead) raised again in Revelation 20.

The Sheep and Goat Judgment in Matthew 25 makes it clear that unbelievers enter into eternal punishment and do not enter into the Millennial Kingdom.


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Again, the Rapture of the Church is not found in Revelation.

I have done so.

Be glad to:


Revelation 11:8-12

King James Version (KJV)

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

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Revelation 20

King James Version (KJV)

5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.


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