By definition, a pre-wrath
harpazo occurs sometime before the
wrath of God
is poured out. Our gathering together with Him 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5,
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, is the subject of our not being appointed to wrath
in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. Luke 21:29-36 is our passage of escape through
Christ catching us away. However, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 also limits our
gathering to Christ after the abomination of desolation. This limits
the timing of the harpazo between the abomination of desolation and the
day of the Lord. This pre-wrath harpazo is the belief that I hold as
far as timing goes. (Note that I do not believe that we know the day
or hour of the harpazo, and therefore I do not set dates on the harpazo.
I do believe there is a
framework of time laid out in scripture describing the events of the
end in which the harpazo will happen at some unknown time.) I will
explain with scripture and clear definitions why I believe in a pre-wrath
harpazo. In all your study and research, don’t take my word for it,
but hold yourselves to the same standards as those whom God called noble.
Acts 17:11
I just came across this presentation by
Chris White
from his presentation given at the Politics of Religion Conference. I found
it a very good collection of many of the points brought together on this
page.
Chris White: The Prewrath Rapture - The Rapture
Puzzle Solved with Matthew 24
The Harpazo and the Day of the Lord
The beginning of the
day of the
Lord is the wrath of God, which comes after the
sixth seal (Joel 2:31) and is contained within the
seven trumpets and
seven bowls/vials. Since the timing of the pre-wrath harpazo is centered
on this beginning of God’s wrath I’ll begin there.
2 Peter 3:8-10 But, beloved, be
not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a
thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his
promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned
up.
The heavens passing away and the earth being burned up happen at the
end of the
millennium since Christ rules the earth for 1,000 years. Since a day
is as a thousand years to the Lord, and this is the day of the Lord, then
I believe this passage is telling us the day of the Lord is 1,000 years
long. It is in this “day” that the earth is burned up. Notice
in verse 10 it says, “the day of the Lord
will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away...” It is within the day of the
Lord that the heavens pass away with a great noise, but the day of the Lord
is 1,000 years, the destruction doesn’t come until the end of Christ’s
rule and the destruction of this heavens and earth for the creation of the
new after the great white throne judgment.
Isaiah 13:6-13 Howl ye; for the day of the LORDis at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall
melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of
them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be
amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Behold, the day of the LORDcometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the
land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give
their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon
shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for
their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of
the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a
man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore
I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of
her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day
of his fierce anger.
There are many more scriptures describing the day of the Lord I won’t
go into here, but it is clearly God’s wrath. We know that at the harpazo
we meet the Lord in the air when the Lord descends from heaven with a shout.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 In order to meet the Lord in the air, we must be
caught up to Him when He arrives, which is directly connected to the time
that God’s wrath comes to which we are not appointed and the day of
the Lord.
Matthew 24:36-39 But of that day
and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father
only. But as the days of Noah were, so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days
that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and
giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And
knew not until the flood came, and took them all away;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
To me, this states that we don’t know the day or hour of His coming,
but when He does, it will be followed by God’s wrath. Like Noah’s
day when the people had warning but no faith, so too is God’s coming
wrath disregarded in today’s world and life is expected to continue
on as before. 2 Peter 3:1-7 However, the day of the Lord is sudden destruction
and comes like a thief in the night. Just as in Noah’s day, it wasn’t
until the rains started that they pounded on the door to be let in but the
door God shut no man could open. This is what we see in Matthew 25:1-13
with the five foolish virgins who will be cast into great tribulation except
they repent of their deeds. Revelation 2:22 I believe this connects Christ’s
coming for His bride and the bride’s harpazo to the marriage of the
Lamb with the day of the Lord, the day of Christ. I further believe scripture
places the timing of that harpazo before God’s wrath. Luke 17:24-37
also associates the sign of the Son of man with the sudden destruction of
Noah, but also that of Lot. From Matthew 24:36-39 and Luke 17:24-37, we
can see the following.
They = Unbelievers outside the ark (place of protection
above the destruction)
Noah & Family = Believers protected inside the ark
Flood = God’s wrath/destruction from Almighty = day
of the Lord
Door = transition portal from place of destruction to place
of protection/escape. Christ is our door. John 10:6-11
The unbelievers are living their lives as normal. Even though Noah and
family have been warning of the coming flood and destruction, they are ignored
and scoffed at. This continues in the same way until the day that Noah enters
the ark. God Himself shuts the door to the ark. He also said that the door
to heaven cannot be opened or shut by man, only God. We can see the transition
of Noah and his family through the door to the place of protection and escape
from the destruction and God shuts the door. The floods then come and destroy
the earth.
At the harpazo, the door to escape will be shut. Matthew 25:1-13 Those
who were unprepared or lacked desire to go meet the bridegroom
figuratively (no personal relationship with Christ) will be shut out from
the door just like those at the flood were as the waters rose. I think the
comparison fits quite nicely between the flood and harpazo and shows that
the harpazo comes around the same time, but just before, God’s wrath
comes. We escape through the door at the harpazo just before the wrath comes
on all them that dwell on the whole earth. When the door to the ark Noah
and family were in was shut, the destruction came.
This eliminates a pre-trib harpazo since the wrath of God doesn’t
come until after the sixth seal, which is “immediately
after” the
time of Jacob’s
trouble. The time of Jacob’s trouble began with the abomination
of desolation. This is in agreement with
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 and the placement of the coming of the Lord at
the day of Christ with sudden destruction. So if the association of our
escape and God’s wrath coming almost simultaneously is correct as
scripture says, then the harpazo couldn’t very well be that far before
God’s wrath because that’s not what the association between
the days of Noah and the coming of the Son of man says.
Luke 17:27 They did eat, they
drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day
that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them
all.
This passage eliminates a post-trib harpazo because we are removed from
God’s wrath through the door BEFORE it comes. Therefore, the only
real possibility is exactly what scripture states, a pre-wrath harpazo of
the bride. Since it can’t be before the tribulation and can’t
be after it either, it must be a mid-trib harpazo. We see here the same
sequence of removal through the door to the place of escape before the wrath
of God arrives. Otherwise, their fate would have been the same as the unbelievers.
Chris White: The Rapture and the Day of the Lord are on the Same Day
The day of the Lord and the Sixth Seal
Since the people of earth continue getting married and living life like
normal until the sudden destruction comes, the fact that they are quoted
as recognizing God’s wrath in the
sixth seal should be a big indicator that the day of the Lord is at
hand at the sixth seal. The only thing between the sixth seal and the trumpets
are the seventh seal, ½ hour of silence in heaven. Then the censer is cast
to the earth and the trumpets begin. I believe the sixth seal and censer/first
trumpet will occur on the same day, suddenly.
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld,
and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number,
of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood
before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes, and palms in their hands;
What firms up my belief in a pre-wrath harpazo from that point is Revelation
7:9, which is the fulfillment of the promise to stand before the Son of
man in Luke 21:34-36! Notice that this is placed between the sixth seal
and the trumpets. It is the first time we see a vision of heaven with countless
multitudes of all languages tribes, and tongues standing before the throne
and before the Lamb. The 24 elders and the four beasts are there too, so
we know its in heaven. We can see the multitudes in heaven standing before
the throne and before the Lamb after the sixth seal, Revelation 6:12-17,
and before the seventh, Revelation 8:1-2.
A short video clip by John Ankerberg was just shared with me that
calls into question the multitude of Revelation 7:9 being related to
the harpazo. I’m going to be doing some more study on this matter,
but wanted to add the information here.
Link
Basically, if those in white robes in the vision are they that came
out of the great tribulation, what about those who died in the Lord
before the time of great tribulation began? Are they then not part of
this group in white robes before the throne?
My thought is that this is not the only passage that leads me to
believe we are caught up at the day of the Lord. Beyond the vision of
the multitude in heaven before the seventh seal is broken, there is
also Luke 21:34-36, which promises the escape of those worthy, watching
and praying.
There is also Revelation 3:10 regarding the keeping from the hour
of temptation (putting to proof) that I believe is related to Ephesians
5:1-8 and the time in which those who refuse the mark of the beast will
be beheaded and those that hold the testimony of Jesus will be hunted
down. Keep reading through this page and see what you think.
I also believe there is a link between Revelation 7’s placement
after the sixth seal at the end of Revelation 6 and before the seventh seal
and the beginning trumpets, which are God’s wrath.
Events of Revelation 7:
4 Angels on the four corners of the earth, holding the wind from
blowing across the earth.
Angel seals the 144,000, all Israelis from the 12 tribes of Israel,
12,000 each. No Gentile will be sealed, which is what most Christians
are. These are independent of the church.
Multitude uncountable standing before the throne of God in heaven
in white robes and palms in their hands glorifying God.
These in white robes came out of the great tribulation accepting
the blood of Christ to atone for their sins. They are Christians.
Their future: They serve Him day and night in His temple and
He dwells among them. He wipes away all their tears and they dwell
with Him forever. There is no death at that point.
Events of Revelation 14:
144,000 on Mt. Sion with a Lamb. This part further describes who
these 144,000 are.
Father’s name is written on their foreheads
They sing a new song that nobody but they can sing
Angel 1 with everlasting gospel to preach to all them that dwell
on the earth. The timing of this angel is given in verse 7: “Saying
with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of
his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and the fountains of waters.” This is about the
time of God’s wrath coming.
Angel 2 saying Babylon is fallen
Angel 3 warns everyone not to worship the beast or they will receive
the wrath of God forever.
Voice from heaven blessing those who die in the Lord from this point
on.
One like the Son of man on a white cloud reaps the ripe harvest
of the earth.
One like the Son of man gathers the “vine of the earth”
and casts it into the winepress of the wrath of God.
Timing the Day of the Lord in Relation to the Great Tribulation
Since the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night and we don’t
know the day or hour of it, how to we get any understanding of God’s
timing that we’re not in darkness about? This comes from understanding
the relationship of the great tribulation to the day of the Lord.
Matthew 24:15-22 When
ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel
the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out
of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take
his clothes. And woe unto them that are
with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But
pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath
day: For then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no,
nor ever shall be. [Daniel 12:1
| Jeremiah 30:4-7] And except those days
should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s
sake those days shall be shortened.
The abomination of desolation starts the time of great tribulation. It
is marked by the revealing of the man of sin as he declares himself god
in the temple. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 states that a falling away and the
revealing of the man of sin must precede the coming of our Lord and our
gathering to Him. As Daniel 9:27 states, this is in the midst of the
70th week of Daniel.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 Now we beseech
you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the
day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by
any means: for that day shall not come, except
there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all
that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth
in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
I believe scripture is pretty clear that the “day
of Christ” is the same time of the catching away of the bride
to the clouds, the harpazo. This is also mirrored with the coming of our
Lord is associated with sudden destruction mentioned earlier...
Matthew 24:37-42 But as the days
of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered
into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then
shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and
the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord
doth come.
Notice that the sudden destruction is flanked on both sides with the
coming of the Son of man. In other words, we should expect the sudden destruction
about the same time as Christ’s coming for His bride. The sudden destruction
from God’s wrath does not occur before the man of sin is revealed
at the abomination of desolation.
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned
into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of
those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and
the powers of the heavens shall
be shaken:
All this means that the wrath of God, associated with the coming of our
Lord, can’t happen until after the abomination of desolation. This
is in complete agreement with 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 which states that the
falling away and the revealing of the man of sin must precede the coming
of our Lord and our gathering to Him.
What does “the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken” mean? Some people skip over this term and
assume that the Lord returns in glory immediately after the sixth seal,
therefore, the sixth seal is at the end of the 7 years. Let’s examine
what shaking the heavens means according to scripture...
Isaiah 13:6-13 Howl ye;
for the day of the LORD is at hand;
it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore
shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: And
they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they
shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one
at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and
fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy
the sinners thereof out of it. [6th
Seal] For the stars of heaven and
the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall
be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light
to shine. And I will punish the world
for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will
cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness
of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even
a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the
heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place,
in the wrath of the LORD
of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
The shaking of the heavens is
the wrath of God. Given what the Bible says, about escaping this
time and standing before the Son of man, Luke 21:34-36, I believe we will
be gone before the first trumpet sounds from Revelation 8:7 and even before
the censer is cast to the earth in verses 3-5.
I believe this is why we don’t know the day or hour of Christ’s
coming, because the children of disobedience are going to be taken by surprise
when God’s wrath comes, being in darkness. While we won’t know
the day or hour of His coming, we won’t be in darkness about the times.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Since the abomination of desolation and the revealing
of the man of sin will have happened just prior to this time, the true church
will be aware and awake.
Other Supporting Scriptures:
Here are some more scriptures that I feel support the pre-wrath timing.
If you have some more, feel free to share!
Romans 5:1-11
Romans 5:1-11 Therefore being
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience,
hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad
in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure
for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, being now justified
by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death
of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom we have now received the atonement.
Being saved from wrath through Christ could be referring to eternal wrath,
separation from God. However, given the support of the other scriptures,
I believe its meaning covers all of God’s wrath. Just as we don’t
spank our children because they obey, so God will not pour out His wrath
on His own. We saw this when God told Abraham of the coming destruction
of Sodom and Gomorrah. God said if there were 10 righteous He would not
destroy it. Lot and his family were the only ones and they were removed
before God’s wrath was poured out on the children of disobedience
there.
1 Thessalonians 1:10
1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait
for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus,
which delivered us from the wrath to come.
The same issues from above apply here as well and just like the days
of Noah, all the righteous were spared from God’s wrath. In that instance,
the physics of buoyancy were what God used to lift them up above the destruction
of the flood. At the harpazo, it will be our meeting the Lord in the air
that will lift us above the destruction coming on the children of disobedience
and all them that dwell on the whole earth.
Luke 21:29-36
Luke 21:29-36 And he spake to
them a parable; Behold the fig tree [symbolic
for Israel], and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye
see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come
to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily
I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all
be fulfilled. [That generation being
the one that saw Israel “put forth her leaves” on May 14,
1948] Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not
pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts
be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you unawares. For
as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole
earth. Watch ye therefore, and
pray always, that ye may be accounted
worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of man.
There are several key things to learn from this short little passage.
First is the warning not to get wrapped up in the things of this world.
We are to live spiritual lives, temporarily living in this physical, mortal
existence as witnesses for Christ to the lost. The lost are the ones described
being caught unawares by this snare that suddenly comes upon all them that dwell on the
whole earth.
We are told to watch and pray that we are accounted worthy to escape
all these things. All what things? The wrath of God that is encompassed
in the phrase, “as a snare shall
it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.”
We saw this mirrored in 1 Thessalonians 5:2,3 when the day of the Lord
is labeled as coming like a thief in the night. We also see it in this next
passage.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 But of
the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto
you. For yourselves know perfectly that the
day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they
shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them,
as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should
overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light,
and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but
let us watch and be sober.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting
on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of
salvation. For God hath not appointed
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together
with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one
another, even as also ye do.
This passage seems pretty clear, we are not appointed to wrath. It doesn’t
matter if its eternal wrath or if it’s the coming wrath of the Almighty
that will shake the heavens and earth. Either way, God’s wrath is
always intended for the disobedient, not those that love and obey Him. As
the previous passage said, God’s wrath is coming on all them that
dwell on the whole earth. To escape it, we must be removed from the earth.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-10
2 Thessalonians 1:4-10 So that
we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and
faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: Which
is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be
counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Seeing
it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that
trouble you; And to you who are troubled
rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from
the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall
come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that
believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Those who are troubled are told to rest when the Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels taking vengeance
on them that know not God. That sounds to me like the wrath of God being
brought by the seven angels with the seven trumpets and the seven angels
with the seven bowls/vials. In them are filled up the wrath of God. Revelation
15:1 I would also like to point out that obedience to the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ is a condition to whether you are under the flaming fire
of vengeance or resting with the disciples. Obedience is paramount and understanding
what we’re to obey requires study of the Bible. Yeshua gave us two
commandments in which the law of the prophets are fulfilled. He told us
to love God with all our hearts and to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Romans 13
Luke 17:24-37
Luke 17:24-37 For as the lightning,
that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other
part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first
must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
{Unexpected Time (Like a thief [But we are
not in darkness to be caught off-guard Amos 3:7])}-->
And as it was in the days of Noe, [Noah]
so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they
drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day
that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them
all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they
drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same
day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven,
and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son
of man is revealed.
{Abomination of desolation
(Matthew 24:15-22 | Mark 13:14-16)}-->
In that day, he which shall be upon the
housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take
it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Remember Lot’s wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall
lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell
you,
{harpazo (1 Corinthians 15:50-53
| 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 | Matthew 24:40-42)}-->
in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one
shall be takenG3880,
and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the
one shall be takenG3880,
and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one
shall be takenG3880,
and the other left.
And they answered and said unto
him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the bodyG4983
is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Here again, we see sudden destruction catching the world off
guard and they don’t escape. Sounds eerily similar to the flood. God
directly associates the revealing of the Son of man with this sudden destruction.
What the remainder of Luke 17:24-37 shows is that from the time of
the
abomination of desolation until the
sixth seal, will be the timeframe of the revealing of the Son of man,
the harpazo of the bride, and the
wrath of God
beginning the
day of the
Lord.
I’d like to point out a couple interesting things in this passage.
Notice that the only other places in the Bible where the warning
to not come in from the field or down from the housetop are in Matthew
24:15-22 and Mark 13:14-16. Both are directly referring to the abomination
of desolation. The duplicate passages are in green italics.
Closer view of this comparison below
Notice that the only other place in the Bible where the two people
are grinding, sleeping, etc. is Matthew 24:38-42, and is directly associated
with watching for the Lord’s coming. The duplicate passages are in green italics.
Closer view of this comparison below
In addition, I just found the following information regarding the 12th
Mahdi that blows my mind! I found this while researching Planet-X and the
effects of the relationships between different polar alignments and judgments
that the Bible prophesies to be part of God’s wrath. In relating this
event, they quoted from this Islamic website and so I went to check it out.
I found more that confirms the idea above that Christ’s coming would
be around the time of sudden destruction possibly caused by the presence
of this celestial body in the solar system. What’s even more fascinating
is
what Islam has to say in their prophecies about this time...
the wall of the mosque of Kufa will be destroyed;
“Kufa” is an infidel so this could be referring
to the Jewish temple that will be rebuilt
the star will appear in the east giving light just like the moon
gives light; then (the new moon) will bend until its two tips almost
meet;
a colour will appear in the sky and spread to its horizons;
a fire will appear for a long time in the east remaining in the
air for three or seven days;
Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east,
and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be.
the Arabs will throw off the reins and take possession of their
land, throwing out the foreign authority;
Luke 17:24-31 For as the lightning,
that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other
part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of
the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were
given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and
the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the
days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they
planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it
rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even
thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
In that day, he which shall
be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down
to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return
back.
Matthew 24:15-18 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth,
let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the
mountains: Let him which is on the housetop
not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which
is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Is this confirming that Christ’s coming is at the time of
the
abomination of desolation with lightning from east to west that
coincides with the coming of the
12th Mahdi, the false prophet? The “Palestinians” lay
claim to Israel as their land and the time of Jacob’s trouble
is an unparalleled time of trouble for Israel. That is why Christ warned
those in Judea to run to the mountains!
And could this too be tied to the soon following
wrath of
God?
locusts will appear at their usual times and at times not usual
so that they attack agricultural land and crops and there will be little
harvest for what the people planted;
Revelation 9?
a cry (will come) from the sky (in such a way) that all the people
will hear it in their own languages;
This could be one of many things. Angels go and preach the everlasting
Gospel through the world before God’s wrath is poured out
and before the mark of the beast is implemented. Everyone is duly
warned.
Revelation 14:6-12 And
I saw another angel fly in the midst
of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that
dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and
tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice,
Fear God, and give glory to him; for
the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed
them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and
his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall
be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their
torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day
nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth
the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are
they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
The next example is tied to the
harpazo of the bride. And also seen in the next example below.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever
be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
a face and a chest will appear in the sky before the people in the
centre of the sun; the dead will arise from their graves so that they
will return to the world and they will recognize one another and visit
one another;
at that time they will know of his [12th Mahdi] appearance in Mecca
and they will go to him to support him.
Is this also how Christ’s coming with these signs be sending a
strong delusion as fulfilled prophecy in Islam? They also have prophecies
regarding rocks and trees crying out there are Jews behind them and to kill
them. Could they be the Joel 2:1-11 army in religious fervency carrying
out the murder of 2/3 of Israel at the abomination of desolation?
So the day when the Son of man is revealed is sudden and unexpected.
It is also the time of the abomination of desolation. Then, in that night,
there are two in bed, one taken the other left, etc. The disciples ask specifically
where these people are gathered to. The answer: “Wheresoever
the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.”
There have been some who say that the ones being taken are those being
punished like the story of Noah, how the flood came and “took took
them all away.” What about the story of Lot? It was Lot and his family
that were taken away prior to God’s wrath raining down on the cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah. Once again, a look at the original Greek clears this
up right away. Over and over, the term “shall be taken” is used,
which means in the original Greek...
shall be
taken (G3880) paralambanō (par-al-am-ban’-o) From G3844 and G2983; to receivenear, that is,
associatewith oneself
(in any familiar or intimate act or relation);
by analogy
to assume
an office; figuratively to learn: - receive,
take (unto, with).
Revelation 1:6 -
Assuming our office And
hath made us kings and priests unto
God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion
for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation
5:10 - Assuming our office
And hast made us unto our God kings
and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
body
(G4983) soma (so’-mah) From G4982;
the body (as a sound whole),
used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively: - bodily,
body, slave.
The original Greek meaning of “shall be taken” seems to cover
every aspect of what the harpazo is all about! Some say the talk of eagles
is referring to the great feast of the birds at the end of the 70th
week when Christ returns in glory. There are several words for body in Greek.
Notice the distinction of the body and eagles gathered together in these
two verses:
Matthew 24:27,28 talks about dead bodies [CarcaseG4430]
being eaten by gathered eagles.
Luke 17:34-37 is answering the question of the disciples as to where
these disappearing people went. Those disappeared people are the
bride
of Christ, or the [bodyG4983]
of Christ. More detail on that comparison
here.
So what is the eagles reference all about then? The first mention of “eagles”
in the Bible is found relating to God bringing Israel out of Egypt to Himself.
Exodus 19:1-4 In the third month,
when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt,
the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. For they were departed
from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched
in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. And Moses
went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain,
saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children
of Israel; Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare
you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
We also have a day/night relationship between the abomination of desolation
and the harpazo. No man can know the day or hour of the harpazo, so this
can’t be a literal day/night relationship, but one that shows order
progression. First the day (abomination of desolation), then the night (harpazo).
Luke 17 / Matthew 24 / Mark 13
Side-by-side
Read the passages through comparing the blue text from Luke 17 to the
red text from the other passages. Are these not perfect fitting descriptions
of the same one-time event of the
great tribulation?
These are pretty self-explanatory. They are also the only three verses I
can find that speak to this detailed event, immediately following the
abomination of desolation.
Luke 17:31 he which shall be upon
the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take
it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Matthew 24:17,18 Let him which
is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Mark 13:15,16 And let him
that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein,
to take any thing out of his house: And let him that is in the field
not turn back again for to take up his garment.
These are the only places in the Bible that talk about one being taken
and the other left. Given the warning of an unexpected time and to watch
centered around this “taking,” I think it’s important.
Luke 17:34-36 in that night there
shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall
be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,
and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
Matthew
24:37-42 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood
they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until
the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood
came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be. Then shall two be in the field; the
one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding
at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Watch therefore: for
ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Luke 21:34-36 And take heed to
yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life,
and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall
it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch
ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son
of man.
1 Thessalonians 5:3-6
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye
are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not
of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore
let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
So is this confirmed elsewhere in scripture that the harpazo would happen
after the abomination of desolation?
The timing of our gathering to Christ
in relation to the man of sin being revealed:
2 Thessalonians 2:1-5 Now we beseech
you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not
soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word,
nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let
no man deceive you by any means: for that day[our gathering unto Him, “day of Christ”]shall NOT
come, except:
there come a
falling away first, and
that man of sin
be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is
called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth
in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Notice too, that the “day of Christ” is directly connected
to our gathering to Him. We see this differentiated from the day of the
Lord in several passages that talk about the day of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which is not a day of darkness, but for Christians a day of rejoicing. (1
Corinthians 5:5 | 2 Corinthians 1:12-14)
The timing of the revealing of the man
of sinin relation to the restrainer being removed:
This color coding only applies IF we view the restrainer as the Holy
Spirit/church, and therefore tying the unrestraining to our removal in the
harpazo.
2 Thessalonians 2:6-10 And now
ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For
the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only
he who now letteth will
let, until he be taken out of the way. And
then shall that Wicked be
revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his
mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him,
whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs
and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that
they might be saved.
Here, if the restrainer is the Holy Spirit which dwells in the church,
we have this order:
Our gathering to Christ
must take place (The restrainer [Holy Spirit/church] has to be
taken out of the way)
Then the man of sin
can be revealed
There is a direct opposition when defining the restrainer as the Holy
Spirit symbolizing the removal of the church before the revealing of the
antichrist. By placing the Holy Spirit/church as the restrainer, a contradiction
is set up by assuming our gathering to Christ is directly related to the
restrainer being removed. I believe the Holy Spirit wrote it this way to
remove confusion. This leads us to the clincher for me as to who the restrainer
is.
So according to 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, the day of Christ won’t
come until there is a falling away from God and the man of sin (antichrist/beast)
is revealed. This happens at the
abomination of desolation, when he declares himself to be God. Then
we will know for sure who the man of sin is and after that, will come the
day of Christ. As we see in Luke 17:24-37, the first time the Son of man,
the Christ Yeshua, is revealed is at the abomination of desolation and in
that night is the harpazo. I have a theory that this ties the appearing
of the Son of man with the strong delusion that God sends, but that’s
a theory so I won’t go into it now. Here the Bible confirms itself
for us and strengthens our faith.
John 14:1-3 Let not your heart
be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s
house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I
go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there
ye may be also.
It is soon after the harpazo that the
sixth seal takes place, and soon after that the
day of the
Lord comes. For more on the possible identity of the restrainer, go
here.
Jude 1:14,15
Jude 1:14-15 And Enoch also, the
seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands
of his saintsG40, To
execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly
among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed,
and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against
him.
This is Christ’s return in glory and ten thousands of His saints
are coming with Him. “Saint” is defined for
us as:
This means we must have been taken before His coming in glory in order
to be returning with Him.
Matthew 24:29-31
Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after
the tribulation of those days shall
the sun be darkened, and
the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign
of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
This scripture needs to be looked at in light of an understanding of
what the “powers of heaven shall be shaken”
means. Fortunately, the Bible is always there to provide the answers we
seek. I’ve color-coded the scriptures such that the
sixth seal is blue and
the wrath of God is red.
Isaiah 13:10-13 For
the stars of heaven and
the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall
be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light
to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the
wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud
to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make
a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge
of Ophir. Therefore I will
shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the
wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
As we can see, this short sentence in Matthew 24:29 actually encompasses
God’s wrath being poured out. This wrath of God takes place over a
1230 day period immediately after the great tribulation Matthew 24:29 and
ends 42 months after the abomination of desolation Revelation 13:5 when
Christ destroys the beast and false prophet in the lake of fire upon His
return in glory. Revelation 19:20
The antichrist dominates the world while God’s wrath is poured
out. He also goes after all those who believe in Christ after the harpazo.
They are still saved from hell in their belief in Christ and cleansed of
all their sins, but they will not be part of the bride of Christ because
the marriage happens before Christ returns in glory. This is evidenced by
the wife returning behind Christ on white horses when He returns in glory.
Revelation 19:7-8; 11-14
Matthew 24:15-21
Matthew 24:15-21 When ye therefore shall see the abomination
of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea
flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down
to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the
field return back to take his clothes. And
woe unto them that are with child, and to them
that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight
be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
For then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor
ever shall be.
Both in this passage and Mark 13:14-20, that there are nursing children
at this time. Ephesians 5:1-8 clarifies that the wrath of God is coming
on the children of disobedience and newborn children hardly fit into this
category. I’ve gone over how Christ’s coming is with sudden
destruction that comes after the abomination of desolation and after the
time of Jacob’s trouble is over. Since we meet the Lord in the air
and escape that destruction as well as His coming following the revealing
of the man of sin at the abomination of desolation, the fact that there
are nursing children present seems significant to show the harpazo has not
happened by the beginning of the great tribulation.
Biblical Precedent
Joshua 6:22-25 But Joshua had
said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s
house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye
sware unto her. And the young men that were spies went in, and brought
out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all
that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without
the camp of Israel. And they burnt the city with fire, and all that
was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass
and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. And
Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father’s household,
and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day;
because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
This is an example of Joshua (same name as Yeshua in Hebrew) saving Rahab
and her family from Jericho before it’s impending destruction. Rahab
helped Joshua and the spies, therefore she and her family were saved. They
did not destroy the city until they were taken out of it. This is the same
principle found in Abraham’s questioning of the LORD just before He
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Genesis 18:20-33 And the LORD
said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their
sin is very grievous; I will go down now, and see whether they have
done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and
if not, I will know. And the men turned their faces from thence, and
went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. And Abraham
drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also
destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that
be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? And
the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous
within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak
unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: Peradventure there shall
lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for
lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty
and five, I will not destroy it. And he spake unto him yet again,
and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said,
I will not do it for forty’s sake.
And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak:
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said,
I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD:
Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said,
I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but
this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said,
I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham:
and Abraham returned unto his place.
Lot and his family were the only righteous in Sodom and indeed, the angels
couldn’t carry out their orders without removing Lot and his family
from the area of His wrath. In the
trumpet and bowl judgments, that will be the whole earth and all them
that dwell upon the earth. Truly we are not appointed to
God’s wrath.
Does Joel 2 mention the harpazo and detail the time around it to the
wilderness escape for the remnant of Israel? (Revelation 12:13-17)
Joel 2 [Abomination
of Desolation?] Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm
in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for
the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness
and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning
spread upon the mountains: a great people and
a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be
any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them
a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them,
and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape
them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as
horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops
of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that
devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before
their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of
war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not
break their ranks: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk
every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall
not be wounded. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run
upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter
in at the windows like a thief. The earth shall quake before
them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark,
and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
[Sixth Seal: Matthew 24:29-31 | Revelation
6:12-17] And the LORD shall utter his
voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong
that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible;
and who can abide it? Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even
to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with
mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto
the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and
of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he
will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat
offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Blow the trumpet
in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the people,
sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children,
and those that suck the breasts: [harpazo?]let
the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and
the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not
thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then
will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. Yea, the
LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn,
and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no
more make you a reproach among the heathen: But I will remove far off
from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and
desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward
the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall
come up, because he hath done great things. Fear not, O land; be glad
and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. Be not afraid, ye beasts
of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the
tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
[Israel in wilderness after AoD?] Be glad
then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he
hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come
down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first
month. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow
with wine and oil. And I will restore to you the years that the locust
hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm,
my great army which I sent among you. [144,000
Sealed of God? Revelation 7:1-8]
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of
the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you:
and my people shall never be ashamed.
And ye shall know that I am in the midst of
Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people
shall never be ashamed. And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids
in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew wonders in
the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
the great and terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered:
for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD
hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
A picture’s worth 1,000 words (well... 10 at least in this case):
I don’t remember the name for this kind of chart, but it shows
relationships between things. For example, notice that the green “Bride
of Christ” circle is made up both of Jew and Gentile. It is part
of “Spiritual Israel,” or all those who will be in heaven at
the end of this heaven and earth. According to Yeshua, we are not of this
world because He has chosen us out of it and at the harpazo,
they are the only group
who will not remain on the earth when God’s wrath is poured out.
They are removed from
it first. That is what the
harpazo is
all about.
Many of us have been told that we will be "raptured out of here before
the Antichrist arrives." But what if this is wrong? Is this really what
the Bible teaches? In this thought-provoking and freshly examined account
on the second coming of Christ, Alan Kurschner traces the key topics
and passages, providing compelling biblical evidence that the church
will first encounter the Antichrist's great tribulation before Christ
returns to rapture his people and judge the world.
The Pre-Wrath harpazo of the Church - This website focuses
on the harpazo and it’s timing. I haven’t had the opportunity
to look through all of it, but they use lots of scripture and the help
of visuals, so it should be pretty easy to follow. I have my own take
on Daniel 12:11 that I don’t think they took into account. I’ll
be looking through the site soon.
“Be not overcome
of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21
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