> > The
following Scriptures tell us exactly who "the
elect" are:
> > Mark 13:20
> > "If the
Lord had not cut short those
days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the
elect, WHOM HE HAS CHOSEN, He
has shortened them."
> > Revelation
17:14
> > "And with
Him will be His called, CHOSEN and
faithful followers."
> > The "chosen"
of Rev 17:14 are exactly the same "chosen"
in Mark 13:14 for whom the tribulation was "shortened"
and "cut short" for. It is The
Church!
The setting of Rev
17 is right after the First-Trump Rapture takes
place.
Rev 17:10 says, “And there are seven kings
(leaders of Babel, Babylon II, Media-Persia, Greece,
Holy Roman Empire, Roman Ecclesiastical Empire and
Babylon III): five are fallen (leaders of Babel,
Babylon II, Media-Persia, Greece, Holy Roman
Empire), and one is ( the Pope, leader of the Roman
Ecclesiastical Empire), and the other (False
Prophet, leader of Babylon III) is not yet come; and
when he cometh, he must continue a short space”
(i.e., the shortened Great Tribulation).
Rev 17:14 says, “ These shall make war with the
Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is
Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that ARE
called, and chosen, and faithful. “ The first
Rapture has just taken place. The ten kings have no
kingdom yet.
Rev 17:12 says, “And the ten horns which
thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no
kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour
with the beast. “
Mark 13:14 says, “But when
ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken
of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought
not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let
them in Judea flee to the mountains.”
That happens Mid-Trib. So
these saints will be living during the Great
Tribulation that shall be shortened. Their
Rapture, the Last-Trump Rapture, will come on the
Day of God’s Wrath (Rev. 6:17; 7-9,14).
Agape,
Marilyn Agee
mjagee@verizon.net