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The Plans of the Trinity
The questions at registration and in your profile are agreed upon by the Apostles (1 Cor. 15.7, Eph. 4.11, Acts 9.26, 15.2,4) to show the work and authority of God's plan for the Church so the body of Christ can return to the "first love" (Rev. 2.4). The book of Revelation is one of the easiest books of the Bible to understand, for it is mostly a literal book; that is, of the approximately 30 symbols, half of them are explained right there in the text itself, while the other half are explained throughout the Scriptures and are relatively easy to understand. That's less than one symbol per chapter. If you have the blessing of 1.3 these truths should be easily understood. Before the first trumpet of the Tribulation (8.6,7) there will be an advanced party (12.5) of overcomer believers (3.21) to be the harbingers for a first rapture (7.9) who are "taken" (Matt. 24.37,40-41) and not "left" (1 Thess. 4.15,17). They are the virgin firstfruits Christians (Rev. 14.1-5) and martyred Christians (6.9-11) during the past twenty centuries (ch. 6) and Christians alive at the time of the first rapture who kept the word of His patience (3.10) to escape the hour of trial, that hour which shall come upon the whole world. Overcomer believers, being humble, do not necessarily know if they are included in the first rapture, for that decision belongs to God. There are other conditions to escape all these things that shall come to pass upon the whole world (Luke 21.36) when believers will experience the wrath of Satan and non-believers the wrath of God. Remain watchful (Matt. 24.42) and keep the conduct of Matt. 5-7 to abide in God's works set for you. Pray always to be accounted worthy (Luke 21.36) to be received according to readiness to the throne in third heaven (Rev. 7.9,15; see 2 Cor. 12.2) and "stand before the Son of Man" (Luke 21.36).
At the last trumpet (Rev. 11.15) the saints who are left and asleep will meet the Lord in "the air" (1 Thess. 4.17) for the final harvest (Rev. 14.14-16, 1 Cor. 15.23) resurrection and IF there are any gleanings during judgment of the 24 months of the 7th trumpet and from 1260th day commencing Christ's appearance to the 1290th day-the completion of the rapture of the saints who shall all be changed (vv. 50-52). Let us not discount the possibility some may believe individually during this time, however few that may be. Believers who "overcometh" (Rev. 2.7,11,17,26; 3.5,12,21) will return with Christ (Jude 14,15) to reign in the Millennial Kingdom (Rev. 20.2-7) on earth over the nations (v.3) with a rod of iron (2.27, 12.5, 19.15) commensurate with the Messianic Kingdom. The latter is the promise of God He will keep to Israel to be the center of all nations. Revelation chapters 12 to 19 give the details of the major points of the consummation of this age outlined from the 5th seal in chapter 6 to the end of chapter 11. The 6 seals of the past 20 centuries are opened in secret (few understand) in this mystery age of the church which began with Christ breaking the first seal, riding a white horse. He carried a bow without an arrow that was shot to give Satan a deadly wound at the cross. In Rev. 19 when Jesus appears in Person, He rides a white horse too. Chapter 7 is an interjection between the 5-6th and 7th seal to indicate saving a remnant of Israel, protecting them in the wilderness, when first rapture of the saints (7.9) takes place and eternal blessings of all the saints (vv.9-17). The 7th seal opens the 7 trumpets of the Tribulation. Between the 6th trumpet and 7th trumpet is another interjection in chapter 10: the call to open second half of the little book in Rev. 5 for the purpose of giving deeper understanding which commences at 12.1. After the final harvest rapture (after the 7th trumpet or 3rd woe), but before the 24 months of gleaning raptures, the 7th trumpet (3rd woe) pours out the 7 bowls silently, larger than cups and is as if time stands still. The Great Tribulation is the latter half the length of the 7 year Tribulation. The 42 months (11.2, 13.5) minus the 5 months of the 1st woe (9.5) and 13 months of the second woe (9.15), gives us 24 months of the 3rd woe.
Some may ask why this horrible event must take place (one third of people of earth dying in 9.18 due to an army of 200 million congregating in the middle east over oil-v.16)? The best explanation I have ever heard is that "If God is unable to accomplish logically contradictory actions, this does not limit his omnipotence...Perhaps it is logically impossible to have a world in which all free beings always freely choose to live righteously...We very well may live in a world that has an optimized balance of the greatest amount of good with a minimal amount of evil. Thus, evil does not render impossible the existence of an all-good and all-powerful God" (Gary R. Habermas, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus, 2004). The consummation of this age, concurrent with Daniel's last seven (Dan. 9.24-27) and the parousia of Christ, is finalized by the appearance of the Son of Man in Person (Acts 1.11, Rev. 1.7) when He steps down on the mount of olives (Zech. 14.4). Before this can happen a condition needs be fulfilled: the first love of biblocality (2.2-6, Acts 14.23, 2 Cor. 10.13, Titus 1.5) will flourish under the auspices of the Apostles and testified on many mirror sites of the Meeting Place Finder (Ez. 9.3-6,11; see Ex. 11,12) working together. Our work has the distinctive aim of building up man's inner depths (Heb. 4.12, 1 Thess. 5.23) to convince souls of what is required, because the sooner Christ returns the more likely a person will be saved given the size of the new city on the new earth. Do not wish for His delay!
