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originally posted by: khnum
a reply to: galien8
Whether scripture is fulfilled by God or by maleavalent men with ulterior motives is a good question to ponder
originally posted by: DISRAELI
Firstly, the "last trumpet" in Revelation is the END, of the tribulation, not the beginning. The tribulation has been expressed by all the previous trumpets.
originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: galien8
I see no evidence in scripture for the kind of "rapture" which one school of thought has been imagining.
Paul says that we will be "taken up" to meet the Lord, but this is part of the general resurrection when Christ returns in the final judgement (1 Thessalonians ch4 vv15-17).
originally posted by: DISRAELI
To me, the twelfth chapter is what film producers call a "flashback".
originally posted by: DISRAELI
It is already happening at the time when John is writing (see ch1). Currently interrupted (see ch20).