Why in the world would God need to whip the Bride into shape? What a bizarre thought. What about the millions of saints already in heaven who will rise FIRST that we join at the rapture? Were they whipped into shape before they died? Why do people keep insisting that the PART of the bride that is alive at the time of the rapture has to meet some sort of stringent requirement to participate in the rapture that those who have already died (and rise FIRST) never had to meet? I have several loved ones that I long to see again who were saved and born again, some who died of natural causes. They did not have to go through some purification ritual before they died to make them eligible to participate in the coming rapture. Rightly DIVIDE the word of truth. Those who are left behind and are saved during the Great Tribulation are the ones who come OUT of Great Tribulation that have to wash their robes in the Blood of the Lamb. If you already accepted Jesus as your Savior, your robe is already WHITE. We have HIS righteousness now!

 

Rene