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NASB | Matthew 24:31 "And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:31 "And He will send His angels with A LOUD TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect (God's chosen ones) from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. [Is 27:13; Zech 9:14] |
Bible Question:
Scripture ... Mat 24:29-31; 2 The 2:1 ... Who are His elect (vs 31)? If they are Christians, will we go thruough the tribulation (vv 29-30)? Episunagoge (gathering together) (2 The 2:1) is from Episunago (gather together) used here. Searcher |
Bible Answer: No, we will not go through the tribulation. Throughout the NT, the church is mentioned 115 times; 2 in Matt. before it was built; 96 is Acts-Jude; 16 in Rev 1-3; and last in Rev 22:16. We are told to look for Christ, not the tribulation. Don't you think Christ would have told them? The Bible teaches immenent return of Christ, not the trib. Nothing has to happen between now and the return of Christ. Throughout the gospels, Israel is told to look for signs of trouble, we're told to look for Christ. (John 14:23, 1 Cor 15:51, 1 Thess 4:15-18, col 3:4, col 2:15) The object of attack by Satan in Rev 12 is Israel, not the church. In our day, Satan is persecuting the church, in the trib he persecutes the woman, why? because we are not there. It fits God's character to take out the righteous before times of perril. Rahab was taken out before the fall of Jericho (Josh 2:13) Lot in Gen 19:22, God withheld judgment and wrath until righteous were gone. He took Noah (Gen 6:9) and gave him safety above all of the flood. It's not God's character to let us suffer. Daniel and Jesus speak of the trib and don't mention the church. 7 years the church is not there. the church's trib is now. in Rev ch 2,3 7 letters to 7 churches. 16 times "church" is mentioned and 7 times the phrase "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Rev 3:10 to Philadelphia "Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth" Furthermore there are 3 parts to Rev. Ch 1 "write therefore the things in which you have seen" The patmos vision. 2nd thing to write is the things which are, written in 96 A.D. the church is "which are". Ch. 3 deals with things which are. 3rd thing, "things which shall take place after these things. back to 3:10 "to keep you from" is the Greek prepositioni APO means "out from" (immunity to, to be kept from, not kept through). the church is mentioned in Rev 3:22 parrallel with rev 13:9, NO CHURCH! |