Matthew 24:29-31 says, "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall
be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 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."
My Questions: Why would all
the tribes of the earth mourn to see the Son
of man coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory unless God's wrath and
judgement was coming on them? Also when
Jesus comes like a thief at the Rapture (Rev.
3:3 & 16:15), all the tribes of the earth
won't see Him taking His believers to heaven
after meeting Him in the air because it's
going to happen suddenly. However, if
all the tribes of the earth could see Jesus in
the air at the Rapture, why would they mourn
to see the born again Christians disappear
when they dislike our Christian beliefs?
If anything, you think they would be happy to
see us disappear out of their lives.
Actually
Matthew 24:29-31 sounds a lot like the 6th
seal being opened after which comes the
wrath of God. Rev. 6:12-17, " And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the
stars of
heaven fell unto the
earth, even
as a
fig tree casteth her untimely
figs, when
she is shaken of a
mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the
mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"