From: Marilyn Agee
The person making the
video said,
> > These are
the saints that were raptured in Rev 4:1,2 that were
seen by John in Rev 7:9.
He has lumped two Raptures into
one. There are two Raptures and two groups of raptured
saints. The First-Trump Rapture of I Thess 4:16,17 takes
place in Rev 4:1, before Christ is given
the seven-sealed book in Rev 5:7. Those saints
are out of all nations, and THEY ALL SING THE NEW SONG
before the first seal is broken.
Rev 5:9,10 says, "And
they (i.e., all the saints out of all nations who were
caught up in the First-Trump Rapture) sung a NEW
SONG, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to
open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast
redeemed US to God by thy blood OUT OF EVERY
KINDRED, AND TONGUE, AND PEOPLE, AND NATION; 10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we
shall reign on (epi, on or over) the earth."
Some think the "four and twenty elders" sing the NEW SONG, but the
elders are all of Israel. They are the 12 patriarchs and
the 12 apostles of Israel. At the first Rapture, the
saints that sing the New Song are out of every nation.
The Last-Trump Rapture of I Cor
15:51-54 takes place in Rev 7:9,14, on the Day of God's Wrath (Rev 6:17) at the end of the
shortened Great Tribulation. At that time only the
144,000 Israelites can sing the NEW SONG.
Rev 14:1-5 says, "And I
looked, and, lo, a Lamb (i.e., Jesus) stood on the
mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name
written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a
voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as
the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of
harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they
(i.e., the 144,000) sung as it were a NEW SONG
before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the
elders: and NO MAN COULD LEARN THAT SONG BUT THE HUNDRED
AND FORTY AND FOUR THOUSAND, which
were redeemed (i.e., raptured) from the earth. 4
These are they which were not defiled with women (often
a symbol for false religions); for they are virgins
(i.e., not part of the False Prophet's
religion. These are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among
men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are
without fault before the throne of God."
There are ranks in the
First Resurrection. 1Cor 15:22,23 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 (the Firstfruit,
30 AD) the firstfruits (saints of the two Raptures);
afterward they (the sheep) that are Christ's at his
coming" (i.e., at the Second Advent).
Mt 25:31-34 says, "When
the Son of man shall come in his glory (i.e., at the
Second Advent), and all the holy angels with him, then
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32
And before him shall
be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them
one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep
from the goats: 33
And he shall set the
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then
shall the King say unto them on his right hand (i.e.,
the sheep), Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world".
Nu 10:2-4 is a type of the
two Raptures. It says, "Make
thee TWO TRUMPETS of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou
make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of
the assembly, and for the journeying (massa, DEPARTURES,
i.e., Raptures) of the camps. 3 And when they
shall blow with them (plural, i.e., both), all THE
ASSEMBLY shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow
but with one trumpet,
then the princes (i.e., the 12 patriarchs and the 12
apostles), which
are heads of the
thousands of Israel, shall GATHER THEMSELVES UNTO THEE."
(See Rev 4:4).
CALLED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN
HEAVEN
Heb 12:22-25 says, "ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the
city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels, 23 To the GENERAL
ASSEMBLY AND CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN, which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of
just men made perfect (i,e. made immortal at the time of
the Last-Trump Rapture), 24 And to Jesus
the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if
they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much
more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven".
Re: the
first DEPARTURE, the First-Trump Rapture, 2 Thess
2:3 (Geneva) says, "Let no
man deceiue you by any meanes: for that day (i.e., Day of
the Lord) shall not come, except there come a
DEPARTING (i.e., the First-Trump Rapture) FIRST, and
that that man of sinne (the False Prophet) be
disclosed, euen the sonne of perdition". Thus, the
First-Trump Rapture has to take place before the False
Prophet sits in the Temple as if he is God Mid-Trib.
> > It is not a mystery when the
wrath begins either. It begins with the opening of the
seal judgments and the four horsemen of the Apocalypse are
released at Rev 6:1.
God's wrath doesn't start at Rev 6:1,
the beginning of the 2300-day Tribulation (Dan 8:13,14),
it starts at Rev 6:17, the end of the 2300 days.
The first seal is
opened at Rev 6:1, but the Day of God's Wrath doesn't
begin until the 6th seal is broken, Rev 6:17.
Rev 6:12-17 says, "I beheld when he had opened the SIXTH SEAL,
and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun
became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became
as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth,
even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she
is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the
heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
together; and every mountain and island were moved out
of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great
men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the
mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid
themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the
mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on
us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on
the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17
For THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH HAS COME."
When the Day of God's Wrath
arrives, the Last-Trump Rapture will take place,
as seen in Rev 7:9,14. After
that, there will be silence in Heaven and
Earth while Jesus is being seated as judge at the Judgment
Seat of Christ.
Re
the silence in Heaven, Rev 8:1 says, "And when he had opened the SEVENTH SEAL,
there was SILENCE IN HEAVEN about the space of half an
hour."
Re the silence on Earth, Hab 2:20 says, "the LORD is in
his holy temple: let all the EARTH KEEP SILENCE before
him."
Rev
8:2-7 tells us what happens next on the Day of God's
Wrath. It says, "I
saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them
were given SEVEN TRUMPETS (i.e., trumpets of judgment).
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and there was given unto him
much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden
altar which was before the throne. 4
And the smoke of the incense, which came
with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God
out of the angel's hand. 5 And the angel
took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth (representing Satan's
asteroid Wormwood, Rev 8:11, that will impact Earth):
and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings,
and an earthquake (i.e., the worldwide earthquake of Eze
38:18-20). 6 And the seven angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and
fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the
earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all
green grass was burnt up."