Hello Paul,
I just wanted to respond to a comment you made about Revelation 12.
 
".so do i undersdtand that the woman flying into the wilderness is the lukewarm church , that goes thru the tribulation
for a time ( a year ) for some ( then a rapture ) , and times ( 2 years later ) for some other ( second rapture )
and half a time ( six month ) for the third rapture."
 
Revelation 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
 
The Day of the Lord, also known as Jacobs Trouble is about God dealing directly with Israel. When you read Revelation 12:2, and 12:5, you'll see this woman gave birth to Jesus.
 
The Church did not give birth to Jesus, Jesus started the Church, and is the Head of it.
Jesus came from the bloodline of King David, so must be a descendant of Israel. It is Israel that the Lord came into this world, not the Church.
 
So the woman in the wilderness, is Israel. Also, when you do a study of the 2nd coming when Jesus returns, Jesus will judge Israel in the desert/wilderness. Where they had wandered those 40 years.
 
God Bless