I too am anxiously awaiting the Rapture. I was sooooo hopeful for this Rosh Hashanah.
After reading your post a thought came to me.
In 1 Thess. 4 and 5 Paul is speaking to them about the Rapture. In Ch. 5 he continues
5 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
Could it be that the world is crying for peace and safety as they are now in Syria, everything looks like it could be settling down with Russia stepping in to save (not really but another topic for another day) and the "sudden destruction" that occurs relates to Isaiah 17:1. This then escalates the war in the area sparking the Psalms 83 war, Ezekiel 38 & 39, and the rest of Armegeddon?
Could also account for why Russia is in the area for the Ezekiel 38 & 39 battle? And somewhere in the midst of all the confusion we are Raptured out of it.
Just a thought.
An eye to the sky and an ear for the trumpet,
Bea
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I don't know if I really made my thought clear. I realize you were saying exactly that in your post. That Syria could be the "sudden destruction". What I meant to say was that the place where I think of "sudden destruction" being mentioned in the bible that stands out to me is in the fall of Damascus in Isaiah 17:1. That was what struck a cord with me. It just hit me how well 1 Thess. 4 & 5 plus Isaiah 17 fit together.
Didn't mean to take from your article.
A fellow watcher,
Bea