Hullo. As an avid reader of the scripts, I wonder why ,if we who are living do not precede the dead, but are caught up in the clouds with them to meet the lord at his advent,why, this event is popularly called the rapture,when it is obviously the first resurrection?
Why is the valley of dry bones thought to be a symbol of israels return to dwell in palestine,when it is obviously also the resurrection.
Why do so many versions refer the saints coming out of "the great tribulation"when it obviously just refers to great tribulation as a state of being, not a time frame.
Why do people wait for prophecies that were fulfilled long ago to be somehow fulfilled again. There seems to be a ridiculous popular doctrine that everything has to happen twice. where does it say israel is a fig tree?
God sends his angels to gather the tares at the end of the age. They grow up among us and at the end are brought to be burnt, guided by those shepards.Its been happening for a long time.
If a trumpet is going to sound, it will more likely be at a time when the battle is called to a stop.Joab tooted his trumpet at Abners behest. Just called it all at once .The apostles just gave us a general description of the times to come.And we know very well that it will come as a thief.