JOHN, THE REVELATOR, SAW THE RAPTURE
HAPPEN IN A PROPHETIC VISION AND WROTE ABOUT WHAT HE
SAW........................
The following two Scriptures are Jesus
talking to John after he was called to heaven:
"Write the things which will take place
AFTER THIS."
"I will show you things which must
take place AFTER THIS."
The word "overcame" is a past-tense word
describing A COMPLETED ACTION. It appears
ONLY TWICE in the Book of Revelation. BOTH times it is
speaking of how to obtain heaven.
It is first used in Revelation 3:21
where Jesus uses the word "overcame" to describe THE
COMPLETED ACTION Jesus took to obtain His right
to sit on the throne in heaven with the Father, and then
Jesus also describes WHAT COMPLETED ACTION is
required for everyone else who wishes to enter heaven and
sit with Him on His throne :
"To Him who overcomes I will grant the
right to sit with Me on My throne AS I OVERCAME
and sat down with My Father on His throne."
The second time the word "overcame"
appears in the Book of Revelation is where John, the
Revelator, witnesses it happening and describes THE
RAPTURE of the Body of Christ Church in :
"I heard a loud voice (OF GOD) saying in
heaven, NOW IS COME SALVATION (ie. the
rapture), and strength, and the Kingdom of our God,
and THE POWER OF HIS CHRIST because the
accuser of OUR BRETHREN is cast down. THEY
( the brethren Church) OVERCAME
him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word
of their testimony, and they loved not their lives
unto death. "
AFTER the rapture of the brethren church
John then heard the loud voice ( OF GOD ) speaking in heaven
to the recently raptured Body of Christ Church now dwelling
in heaven just before He speaks to the recently left-behind
still dwelling on the earth:
"Therefore rejoice ye heavens, AND YOU
THAT DWELL IN THEM. Woe to the inhabitants of the
earth and the sea for FOR THE DEVIL IS COME DOWN TO YOU
having great wrath..."
John is writing about what he observes
happening in heaven which results in two distinct groups ;
one group rejoicing while dwelling in heaven after the
rapture, and the other group left-behind on the earth to
dwell in the presence of the devil. If that is
not a description of the rapture please tell me what event
John is describing .
According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus
!