Dear Doves,

 

In Strong's Greek Concordance the word 'harpazo' (word # 726) is defined as "to seize or carry off by force" or to 'snatch out or snatch away' or to 'catch out or catch away' or 'caught out or caught away'.  We know that 'ekklesia' means 'a called out assembly'.  You can use the word 'ekklesia' inter-changebly for 'Church/bride', and you can use the word 'harpazo' interchangbly for 'rapture'. Therefore, when Jesus appears He will 'harpazo' His 'ekklesia'.

 

Revelation 7:9

"After these things I looked and behold, a great multitude (great ekklesia) which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and with palm branches in their hands."

 

Revelation 7:13-15

"....Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from? .......These are the ones (the ekklesia) who come out (harpazo) of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple, and He who sits on the throne will dwell among them."

 

The great multitude or great 'ekklesia' are His assembly of the ones called out of the great tribulation who are 'harpazo' or caught out or snatched out of the great tribulation. This is His Church/bride!

 

According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus!

 

Bruce Warner