James_Newman
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Rapture is like the firstfruits of the harvest. A harvest is performed in stages, with the final ingathering at the end.
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Let's compare Ed's warped conclusions with the verses in question.Originally posted by Ed Edwards:
start of the day:
a falling away
man of sin revealed
6. he might be revealed in his own time
he who letteth will let
8. then shall that wicked be revealed
9. whose coming is after the power of Satan
middle of the day:
4. who opposeth and exalteth himself
above all that is called God
4. so that he as God, sitteth
in the Temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God
End of the day:
8. whom the Lord shall consume with
the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy
with the brightness of His coming [/QB]
The coming of the Lord will not be delayed and is not the issue, before the foundation of the earth God chose a particular day for the rapture that will be fulfilled according to his perfect will.Originally posted by prophecynut:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by James_Newman:
So the real issue is whether our Lord delayeth His coming or not... If you could say that the 'rapture' must occur 'mid-week' and the week hasn't started yet, then the Lord can't possibly come back right now. Personally I believe in a possible mid-trib rapture, but that will be for the ones who woke up after missing the pre-trib rapture.
Originally posted by James_Newman:
So the issue is that if the rapture happens at the beginning of the 'week' and that the destruction comes at the middle of the 'week' you would know when the destruction was coming?
ME - Absolutely, the day of the Lord and its destruction comes like a thief, unexpectedly and suddenly and as a surprise to the inhabitants that dwell on earth. It would not if a period of time transpired between the rapture and the destruction of that day. I would think the day of the Lord and its destruction would begin within several hours after the rapture, thus catching unbelievers unaware like a trap.
What if the rapture doesn't happen at the beginning of the week, but merely before the antichrist is revealed, which is pretty much what you guys are arguing...
ME - The rapture cannot occur before the AC is revealed.
The day of the Lord and its judgment begins with the day of Christ and its rapture, when the church will be "gathered to him." Both days occur within the same 24 hours and is connected to a single day of a thousand years that "will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed." His revealing must come before that day, there is no way around this fact, even if you are pre-trib like I am.
Notice that his revealing is not mentioned in Rev., only in Scriptures related to the Church, therefore, it has to occur during the Church age. I don't know how much time after his revealing God's judgment begins, but enough time must be allowed for the dissemination of this event in order for the Church to hear about it. Shortly afterwards the Church age will end with the day of Christ and be continued with earth's judgment in the day of the Lord.
If the tribulation period were much longer than the seven years that is so commonly supposed these days this would also explain the lack of warning.
ME - Through out the OT and Rev. the length of time assigned to the "great tribulation" is "a time, times and half a time," "forty-two months," and "1,260 days," or 3.5 years. Daniel asked the pre incarnate Christ: "How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?" He was told, "a time, times and half a time," which is 3.5 years and not 7 years (Dn.12:6-7).
Originally posted by prophecynut:
Here is the original LET'S DOOriginally posted by Ed Edwards:
Anyone with marginal intellect like me can understand from the above verses that the AC is revealed when he proclaims to be God in the temple
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