Dear Doves,

 

Revelation 1:3

"Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it AND TAKE TO HEART WHAT IS WRITTEN IN IT, because the time is near."

 

The phrase "take to heart" means to absolutely believe what these Scriptures are telling us including:

 

Revelation 2:10

"Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer.......YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION TEN DAYS.....AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE CROWN OF LIFE"

 

The above Scripture tells us that we will suffer tribulation for ten days JUST BEFORE we receive the crown of life at our rapture.

 

 

Revelation 5:9

"...because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language, and people, and nation; You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."

 

If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and LOOKS LIKE A DUCK - it is a duck !

 

Revelation 7:9

"After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, FROM EVERY NATION, TRIBE, PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes..."

Revelation 7:13-14

"These in white robes - who are they and where did they come from ? These are THEY WHO HAVE COME OUT OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 7:15

"..they are before the throne of God and SERVE HIM DAY AND NIGHT IN HIS TEMPLE." (refer back to Revelation 5:9 "to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God")

 

There can be NO doubt that the "great multitude" in heaven is the raptured Church standing before the throne serving God AFTER having "come out" of the  "great tribulation" which was "shortened" to "ten days" and "cut short" by the rapture "for the sake of the elect".

 

AFTER the rapture occurs, when the full number of Gentiles has come in,  there will be NO MORE Gentile Saints coming out of the great tribulation because the unbelieving left-behind Gentiles will receive a delusion from God so that they must believe the lie and be condemned to perish.

AFTER the rapture of the Church, all of the 'Tribulation Saints' will be Jews who become Christians during the time of the wrath of God is upon the earth.

 

According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus!

 

Bruce Warner