I am going to reference Matt 28:2, Rev 3:17, Rev 3:4,5 and 10, I Thess 5:3 and I Thess 4:15-18.


In I Thess 4:15-18 says the resurrection of those in Christ will be completed and then we who are alive will go up with them to meet the Lord in the air!  Now how long of a time will this  resurrection of the dead take?  We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead that there was a violent earthquake that took place according to Matt 28:2.  This violent earthquake had to take a period of time to be an earthquake.  I believe that there will be a worldwide earthquake when the dead in Christ are resurrected.  I believe we can see this in Rev 3:10, the hour of testing that comes upon the whole world.  So I am saying that it will take one hour for those that are in Christ to be raised from the dead.  I have heard many people that have said this is the great tribulation, which I disagree with.  This reference to testing or tribulation is for one hour not seven years as in the great tribulation.  God meant what he said, He did not make a mistake in verse 10.  Since earthquakes are likened to birth pains in God’s word, then this is the last birth pain.  There is another interesting statement in verse 10, I will also keep you from the hour of trial.  It does not say you will be removed, but kept from this trial.  Such as when Israel was kept from the plagues that happened in Egypt.  Who is this that is kept from this hour of testing?  Those that are worthy to walk with Jesus in white.  It is those whose have their garments that are not soiled.  It is the bride who has her garment clean and white as snow!  This is also seen in the passage that states that He is coming for a bride without spot or wrinkle.  So it appears that the bride will be protected from this hour of trial!  The bride is a subset of those that are in Christ, not everyone who is in Christ.  In Rev 3:4 that just a few are worthy to walk with Jesus in white.  The others that are not worthy are still in Christ and will be raptured at His coming for the church.  You can be part of the bride of Christ by washing your garments in His blood.  We know that earthquakes have been increasing in frequency and intensity over the years, just like birth pains!


Be blessed and ready!


Here is a question to consider, what might soil your garments?  If it is just “sin”, then I don’t know if there will be anyone that is the bride!


David Blackman,