Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Matthew 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
The ones who are taken are taken in judgement. The ones left on earth will enter into the millenium. This is the Second Coming of Jesus. I sure do not want to be taken in this scenario. The rapture already to place!!
thanks. Mike W
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WHAT PART OF SCRIPTURE IS NOT TALKING TO ISRAEL?
How can any scripture be only “talking to Israel not the church.” None.
Rom_3:2 says, "unto them (i.e., the Israelites) were committed the oracles of God.” That doesn’t mean that the “oracles of God” are not for us. What are you going to do, throw out the whole Bible?
We should be careful lest we fall into the category of those who need milk instead of strong meat. Heb_5:12 says,”For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.”
I can’t drink milk. The last time I drank a glass of milk, I fainted from the pain of the muscle spasms that followed. I dare not slip back to when I would “have need of milk.” Give me the strong meat, please.
2Ti_3:16 says, “ALL SCRIPTURE is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”. We are not allowed to change that “All” into scraps here and there.
No matter who Scripture is addressed to, it is all God’s word for every man. The New Testament starts off with Mat 1:1. It says that it is ”The book of the generation of Jesus Christ.” Surely that is for the church. What is more basic to all of the church, whether they be Jews or Gentiles?GOD’S “ELECT” ARE GATHERED TWICEAre the wise virgins his elect? Are believers his elect? Mat 24:31 says, “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS ELECT from the four winds, from one end of HEAVEN to the other.” How did the elect get in Heaven? To me, they had to be caught up to heaven in the First-Trump Rapture, one of the days of the son of man (i.e., Jesus). How do I know this? Mark 13:27 says, “And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together HIS ELECT from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the EARTH (in the Last-Trump Rapture) to the uttermost part of HEAVEN” (those caught up in the First-Trump Rapture).TWO DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN EQUAL TWO RAPTURESThere are two DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN. The First-Trump Rapture is AS THE DAYS OF NOAH, and the Last-Trump Rapture is AS THE DAYS OF LOT.Luk 17:26-29 says, "And as it was in the DAYS OF NOAH, so shall it be also in the DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 LIKEWISE also as it was in the DAYS OF LOT; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.”In the days of Noah, it rained water. In the days of Lot, it rained fire and brimstone. They didn’t happen on the same day. They represent two different days, the First-Trump Rapture and the Last-Trump Rapture. I think the first DAY OF THE SON OF MAN will be Ascension Day, May 17, 2012. I expect the second DAY OF THE SON OF MAN on Trumpets, Sept 14, 2015. That should be the Day of God’s Wrath when Satan’s asteroid Wormwood impacts Earth. That day is also called the great and terrible Day of the Lord. It is also the time of Jacob’s trouble.Matthew 24:40-42 says, “Then (i.e., at the first Rapture) shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.” That “your Lord” means Christ. Is he our Lord? Yes. Then it is talking to us. I think the one that shall be taken is part of the Bride of Christ.
At the first Rapture, all saints are part of the Bride of Christ. At the second Rapture, only the 144,000 Israelites are part of the Bride of Christ. By the way, this means that the Marriage of the Lamb takes place after the second Rapture, not immediately after the first Rapture. It looks like we will attend the Marriage of the Lamb in heaven, then Jesus will be seated at the Judgment Seat of Christ. After his judgment, the wrath of God will hit Earth.
The day of God’s wrath begins in Rev 6:17. The second Rapture happens in Rev 7. Both Heaven and Earth keep silence in Rev 8 and Hab 2:20 while the judge is being seated as judge at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Then the 7 trumpet judgments will hit Earth.
Amo_5:13 says, “Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.”Amo_8:3 says, “And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.”Hab_2:20 says, “But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.”Rev_8:1 says, “ And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”WHO CAN SING THE NEW SONG?All the wise-virgin saints caught up in the first Rapture sing the NEW SONG (Rev. 5:9,10).THE 144,O00 Israelites called “virgins” are the only ones who can sing the NEW SONG after the second Rapture. They too are counted as firstfruits. I think this is because blindness in part happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be brought in. The first Rapture will open their eyes. Thus, they get a little more time to come to their senses and accept Christ. They are raptured after the wise-virgins, but are still counted as virgins and firstfruits.Rev 14:1-5 says, “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a NEW SONG before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for THEY ARE VIRGINS. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the FIRSTFRUITS unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.”
> > The ones who are taken are taken in judgement. The ones left on earth will enter into the millenium. This is the Second Coming of Jesus. I sure do not want to be taken in this scenario. The rapture already to place!!
IIn a way, you are right about the ones taken in judgment. That judgment is whether we are wise or foolish virgins, but I sure want to be taken in the first Rapture. I am assuming that you actually want to be taken in the first Rapture too.
Today is Easter/Firstfruits. I think the dead in Christ got their resurrection bodies this morning, my Ed among them, and we should join them on the 40th Omer, Ascension Day, May 17, 2012. Today is Omer one. I hope I am one of those barley grains in that first Omer. I hope you are too. We have 40 chances, so get ready. The barley harvest started today. An omer is 1:10th of an ephah, and an ephah represents the church in Zech 5. I want to be part of that first tenth of the wise and foolish virgins that will end up as part of the wise virgins.
When I saw Ed in a dream April 2, I asked him if he was 30 or 33. He said, 33, and his face looked like it did at 33, but his body was thinner. I was wondering what he would look like. He changed quite a bit between 23 and 33. Now I know what to look for. I asked him if we could be together forever. He said, “Yes.” That was music to my ears. That is what we both wanted desperately. Then the last question I asked was if he had a piano. He said, “Yes.” I’m so glad to hear that. He loved playing the piano, and couldn’t after he had a little stroke, called a TIA. By definition, all effects should have only lasted 24 hours, so actually that stroke was a bit more than a TIA. Both of our kids have said that they loved waking up to hear Dad playing the piano.
Agape,
Marilyn Agee