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Originally Posted by countmeworthy
Hopefully however, what I am going to propose will make some sense.
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Boy oh boy…how to begin.
Ok I will start with 1 Corinthians 15:52-53. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last Trump, the dead in Christ will be raised incorruptible, The corruptible will put on incorruptiion, the mortal->immortality. We will all be changed
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-17. The Lord will descend with a shout, with the Voice of the Archangel and the Trump of God. The dead will rise first, the we who are alive AND REMAIN will be caught up with them in the clouds and meet the Lord in the Air.
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Matthew 27:52-53
And the graves were opened. Then many bodies of the saints that slept arose. They came out of the graves after His resurrection and went into the city and appeared to many.
The scriptures don’t say what became of the risen saints but I personally believe when Jesus ascended, they did too. Otherwise how could these people who saw them and most likely spoke with them, truly believe in the resurrection of Jesus had they died again? Not everyone saw Jesus ascend after all.
So here is my proposal:
I think it is very possible that when the dead in Christ rise first and we who are alive AND REMAIN, will witness to many people just as the resurrected saints did after Jesus resurrected. We will be here a short time, perhaps 10 days, maybe a bit longer IN OUR PERFECT GLORIFIED BODIES. For we will have been changed in the twinkling of an eye. No more corruptible body, no more mortal body. Truly “no weapon formed against us will prosper”. Then just as Elijah passed “the baton” to Elisha, we will pass the baton to
(drumroll) the 144,000 servants of God from the 12 tribes of Israel.
Could it be Elijah is a picture of the true believers being caught up and Elisha receiving the double portion of Elijah’s spirit are the 144,000 servants of God from the 12 tribes of Israel?
If we consider what the angel said in Revelation 7 to the 4 other angels, I think it could very well be that the reason the command for them not to hurt the earth, the sea, the trees until the 144K are sealed with the Seal of God on their foreheads, is they had to wait for us to “pass the baton” to them, and THEN we WHO REMAINED for a short while are raptured.
I know this line of thinking is far fetched but also consider the book of Acts especially before Paul came into the scene…the Boldness, the miracles, even Phillip being caught up by the Spirit was found in Azotus after baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch who was reading from Isaiah regarding Jesus. As soon as they came out of the water the Ethiopian never saw Phillip again. And Phillip was immediately found in the city of Azotus (Acts chapter 8:26-40)
I leave you with John 14:12
Verily, verily I say unto you. He who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do. And greater works than these he will do because I go to My Father.
This is just FOOD FOR THOUGHT! I am following a Bible study on Revelation. I have had a lot of questions on the book..still do but one thing I am truly convinced now, is Revelation is not written in chronological order, that is from left to right.
When we consider that we don’t learn about Lucifer’s fall from heaven until Isaiah 14 and not Genesis 1, it’s not too far fetched for me to think outside the box, that Revelation is not written in chronological and how the rapture may occur.
Peace in Christ Jesus everyone!
Carol