Prophecy - The End Times

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Originally Posted by bearbear

I leaned towards a pre-wrath view of end-times like the early church fathers did but I'm open to pre-trib as well. As described in The Didache, an apostolic instruction manual for the early church, many actually believed that Jesus could come at any moment as described in the parable of the wise virgins and encouraged each other to stay pure for his coming. At the same time they also believed they would have to have face the Anti-Christ and endure the tribulation.

Today we think of these two views as mutually exclusive but the early church somehow believed both of them could be true.

Attached is Chapter 16 of The Didache's perspective on "The Last Days".

I agree here. I do believe that it is a faulty assumption to believe that all raptures occur simultaneously. The general Harvest of believers in the parable of the Tares (Matt 13.30), connects with the Harvest of the Earth in Revelation 14.14-16 which is near the end of the Great Tribulation. The reaping of the Firstfruits, (Rev 14.1-5) however, appears to be earlier in time before the Warnings of the 3 Angels and the destruction of Babylon.