From: Marilyn Agee
Hi:
There are two Raptures, a First-Trump Rapture, as in I Thess 4:13-18, and a Last-Trump Rapture, as in I Cor 15:51-54.
In I Thess 4:13-18, nothing is said about us becoming immortal.
In I Cor 15:51-54, ALL (including Paul) become immortal.
THERE ARE RANKS IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION
1Co 15:22-24 says, "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order (tagmati, rank): Christ (i.e., resurrected and ascended in 30 AD) THE FIRSTFRUITS (caught up in the First-Trump Rapture); AFTERWARD THEY (the Tribulation saints, caught up in the Last-Trump Rapture) THAT ARE CHRIST'S AT HIS COMING (parousia, being near, coming, presence). 24 Then cometh the end".
FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE OF WISE VIRGINS - BODY OF CHRIST INCOMPLETE - NO MENTION OF BECOMING IMMORTAL
1Th 4:13-18 says, "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (phthano, precede) them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
In the Gospel in the Stars, there are two sheepfolds. It is as Joh_10:16 says, "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: THEM ALSO I MUST BRING, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."
We will be raised in incorruption.
1Co 15:40-44 says, "There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body."
I have seen my husband in his celestial body. He died Dec. 27, 2011, when 87. On the following April 2, he came to see me. He looked like he did at 33. His voice was normal. Two things seemed different. His black suit seemed to be made out of silk shirt material. It had the sheen of silk and flowed around his shin like silk. The other thing that was different, after he answered my questions, he walked through the wall.
These were my questions and his answers.
"Are you 30 or 33?" He said, "33."
"Can we be together forever?" He said, "Yes."
"Are there female angels in Heaven?" He said, "Yes."
"Have you gotten with your family?" He said, "Yes."
"Have you gotten with my family?" He said, "Yes."
"Do you have a piano?" He said, "Yes" and walked through the wall.
LAST-TRUMP RAPTURE OF FOOLISH VIRGINS, THE 144,000 ISRAELITES, AND OTHER TRIBULATION SAINTS ON THE DAY OF GOD'S WRATH - BODY OF CHRIST COMPLETE - TWO BODIES OF CHRIST BECOME ONE, THEN ALL BECOME IMMORTAL
1Co 15:51-54 says, "Behold, I shew you a mystery; WE (i.e., including Paul) shall not all sleep, but WE shall ALL (i.e., the whole Body of Christ) be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and WE (i.e., the whole Body of Christ) SHALL BE CHANGED. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."
Agape,
Marilyn Agee
mjagee@verizon.net
prophecycorner.theforeverfamily.com
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SCRIPTURE TELLS US EXACTLY WHEN THE RAPTURE HAPPENS.....
First we are told:
1 Thessalonians 5;9
"For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Then we are told:
1 Thessalonians 1:10
"And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come."
Then we are told that God's wrath begins at the opening of the Seventh Seal:
Revelation 6:17
"For the great Day of His wrath has come...."
Therefore the Church is raptured just before the opening of the Seventh Seal which is when God's wrath begins. The Church is raptured on the Day of the Lord which begins as described when the Sixth Seal is opened:
Revelation 6:12
"I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and behold,........the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood...."
Scripture tells us the Lord Jesus raptures His Church/bride when the 'Day of the Lord' begins as described during the events of the Sixth Seal, but just before the wrath of God begins at the opening of the Seventh Seal.
According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus!