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1 | The Rapture in Revelation | Revelation | Morant61 | 18807 | ||
Commentary................................ Greetings Yoshua! The usual response is that Rev. 4:1 may be a reference to the rapture of the Church, since the Church is not mentioned after this point. Personally, I think there is another option. This is just my theory, not fact! :-) Here is what I posted on 8/23/01: ********************************************* When I first asked this question, I wasn't try to trick anyone. I just wanted to see what range of thought there was about this issue. Personally, I believe that Rev. 14:14-20 is the best choice for the Rapture in Rev. I base this on several points. 1) I believe in the pre-Wrath or Mid-Trib view of the Rapture. The first 3 1/2 years being a the time of Jacob's Trouble and the last 3 1/2 years being a time of God's Wrath. 2) Rev. 14:14-20 takes place immediately following the sounding of the last of the Seven trumpets in Rev. 10:7. The events described in Rev. 10-13 all take place at the sounding of the trumpet, with the exception of Rev. 12, which appears to be an historical insert. 3) The description of Rev. 14:14-20 fits the description of the Rapture. The "good" are harvested, and the "bad" are thrown into God's winepress of wrath. Whichever view we take, it is wonderful to know that our God is going to take us home one day. ******************************************* Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | The Rapture in Revelation | Revelation | Yoshua | 18836 | ||
I do agree with your commentaries about the Second Advent in Rev 14:15-16. But I think from verse 17 until 20 it refers to the final destruction of the wicked. "This can hardly be applied at the time of the second advent, for events are here given in chronological order, and the destruction of the wicked would be contemporaneous with the gathering of the righteous. Again, the living wicked at Christ's coming drink of the "cup" of His indignation. But this passage brings to view the time when they perish in the "winepress" of His wrath, which is said to be trodden "without the city," answering completely to the description of Revelation 20: 9, this latter expression more naturally denoting their complete and final destruction." Urias Smith in "The Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation" |
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3 | The Rapture in Revelation | Revelation | Morant61 | 18853 | ||
Greetings Yoshua! I would definitely not be dogmatic about my view, but I think that the winepress refers to the pouring out of the seven bowls of wrath in the remainder of Revelation. Thus the first group would refer to Christians being taken from the earth, while the second group would be those left, who are given over to God's wrath. These would all be events prior to His second coming. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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