Dear John and the Doves,

I came across something that may be of an importance while reading through Luke 17.

If you compare Luke 17 and Matthew 24 Olivet Duscourse, you get an impression that the Son of Man is revelaed (or appears) when the Abomination of Desolation takes place:

17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

Luke

24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abominationp of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
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24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

Matt.

Usually the passage of luke 17:30 or the revealing of the Son of Man is discussed only in terms of the Second Coming of Jesus, but seldom in terms of the Rapture, because it would mean a Mid-Tribulation Rapture where the Bride of Christ would have to suffer the man of lawlessness in Tribulation.

But what I really think it is that it is actually a pre-trib-pre-wrath Rapture if the rapture is only preceded by Birth Pangs, not Tribulation.

Please consider the following scenario with the Luke 17 & Matthew 24 passages in mind:



Maranatha Lord Jesus!

Yours in Christ,

E.L.