Churchwork
10-09-2006, 10:01 PM
In CLJ, Nee says:"'Rest yet for a little time'—This word alone may prove that the church cannot be raptured all at once, because this waiting implies a long and protracted persecution."
Since Rev. 6.11 is referring to the Church martyrs in the past twenty centuries and if they are to wait a little longer, would it not indicate that not only are those who are alive at first rapture are raptured before the Tribulation, but also will be the martyrs of the past 20 centuries.
But no mention is made of the rest of the overcomer believers since Adam, so may they give comfort to those who are resting in Abraham's bosom (the good side of hades) in timeless unawares.
And just like the two witnesses who will die during the Tribulation, so too will all the martyrs in Christ. Both the two witnesses and the martyrs in Christ would be raised individually 3.5 days after they die. This is not like Christ's ordeal which was three days in the heart of earthly Israel, but nor is it the number of the creation, which is 4. It is somewhere in between.
Since Rev. 6.11 is referring to the Church martyrs in the past twenty centuries and if they are to wait a little longer, would it not indicate that not only are those who are alive at first rapture are raptured before the Tribulation, but also will be the martyrs of the past 20 centuries.
But no mention is made of the rest of the overcomer believers since Adam, so may they give comfort to those who are resting in Abraham's bosom (the good side of hades) in timeless unawares.
And just like the two witnesses who will die during the Tribulation, so too will all the martyrs in Christ. Both the two witnesses and the martyrs in Christ would be raised individually 3.5 days after they die. This is not like Christ's ordeal which was three days in the heart of earthly Israel, but nor is it the number of the creation, which is 4. It is somewhere in between.