According to the Bible, Jesus, Paul and John revealed, those of us who belong to His Church, will be CAUGHT UP [Raptured] to Him in the clouds of the sky, before the man of lawlessness/Antichrist is revealed, as recorded in 2 Thess.2:3 and 7-8. Who triggers the seven year tribulation/70th Week of Daniel, God decreed Israel to go through in Dan.9:27.
[In connection with the Church = Jn.14:1-4 and 28; 1 Thess.4:14-18 and 2 Thess.2:1-8].
n connection with Israel = Jer.30:7 and Dan.9:27, where the "he" who 'confirms a covenant/treaty/agreement with Israel is the Antichrist, and all three of the "he's" in that verse, triggers the 70th and final 'Week,'/seven year tribulation/Day of the Lord.
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Jesus said He has two sheep folds, Israel whom He was addressing, and the "other one He must also bring," the Church, according to Jn.10:16. He prophecied that they will become one fold with one Shepherd, fulfilled when Jesus sets up His 1,000 year kingdom on earth, in Rev,20:6.. He also said many who are first will be last [Israel] and many who are last will be first [The Church] in Mt.19:30. This will be fulfilled when Jesus ends the tribulation, in Rev.19:11-21 after the first resurrection of all the tribulation saints, in and then rule with Christ for 1,000 years, in Rev.4 and 6.
He meant His Church will be CAUGHT UP to be with Him before the tribulation, according to 1 Thes.4:16-17 and 2 Thes.2:1-8] and that Israel will go through the tribulation [Dan.9:27]. When Israel finally recognizes Jesus as their Messiah, according to Zech.12:10 , they will then come into the same sheep fold with the Church and the two will become one fold, with Jesus being the one Shepherd, when He establishes His Millennial kingdom here on earth according to Rev.20:6.
When the Church is Caught Up to be with the Lord in heaven, the man of lawlessness/ Antichrist, is revealed and the tribulation begins, according to 2 Thess.2:3-4, 7-8; Dan.9:27 and Rev.6:2].
The overview of the tribulation, begins with the first of the four riders, on the white horse, who is the Antichrist, in the first of seven seals. After the six seals, before the seventh seal that contains the seven trumpet judgements, begins in Rev.8, God will send 144,000 Israelites, consisting of 12,000 from each of their twelve tribes, that He "redeems from the earth" according to Rev.14:3. Sealing them, and they become converted evangelists for Jesus Christ, who will take the place of the departed/raptured Church, to preach the Eternal Gospel in their absence, to all those left on the earth alive at His coming, according to Thess.4:15 and Rev.7:1-8. The result of their ministry is the Great Multitude in verses 9-17. The 144,000 will be sent here by God from heaven [as He also will do with His two witnesses of Rev.11]. Had they been believers here on earth, they would been raptured with the Church, and could not serve the purpose God had for them here on earth during the tribulation.
They were the righteous ones in OT Sheol when Jesus preached the gospel to them, according to 1 Pet.3:18-20. Then when He ascended into heaven, in Acts 1:9, He took all the righteous ones who came from OT Sheol with Him, as seen in Eph.4:7-10, fulfilling the prophecy in Ps.68:18. [During OT times, the spirits of the righteous dead went to Sheol/Hell, as did the wicked, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin, according to Heb.10:3-4, Lk.16:19-23 and in Ps.49:14-15, until Jesus shed His blood and died on the cross, amplified by Paul in Rom.3:25-26.
The efforts of their work as evangelists is then revealed in the parenthetic [preview] view of the Great Multitude seen in heaven, recorded in Rev.7:9-17, who represents all of those who will be saved during the tribulation, and who are also the martyrs who participate in the first resurrection of Rev.20:4. They are the tribulation saints and are the ones who will be left behind, when the Church is raptured. The 144,000 Israelite evangelists willbring them to the Lord. The 144,000 do not belong to the Church or they would have been raptured with the Church before the tribulation begins.
When their work is finished, the 144,000 will be translated, and return to heaven, in Rev.14:1-5. When that happens, the earth will once again be without anyone to preach the Eternal Gospel. So God will commission an angel to do so in Rev.14:6-7.
Therefore, the 144,000 are all converted Israelites who take the place of the raptured Church to preach the Gospel to all those who will be left behind when Jesus comes to take His Church with Him to our Father in heaven, as previously address above, documented in Jn.14:2-4 and 28; 1Thess.4:13-17 and 2 Thess.2:1-8.
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[In connection with the Church = Jn.14:1-4 and 28; 1 Thess.4:14-18 and 2 Thess.2:1-8].
n connection with Israel = Jer.30:7 and Dan.9:27, where the "he" who 'confirms a covenant/treaty/agreement with Israel is the Antichrist, and all three of the "he's" in that verse, triggers the 70th and final 'Week,'/seven year tribulation/Day of the Lord.
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Jesus said He has two sheep folds, Israel whom He was addressing, and the "other one He must also bring," the Church, according to Jn.10:16. He prophecied that they will become one fold with one Shepherd, fulfilled when Jesus sets up His 1,000 year kingdom on earth, in Rev,20:6.. He also said many who are first will be last [Israel] and many who are last will be first [The Church] in Mt.19:30. This will be fulfilled when Jesus ends the tribulation, in Rev.19:11-21 after the first resurrection of all the tribulation saints, in and then rule with Christ for 1,000 years, in Rev.4 and 6.
He meant His Church will be CAUGHT UP to be with Him before the tribulation, according to 1 Thes.4:16-17 and 2 Thes.2:1-8] and that Israel will go through the tribulation [Dan.9:27]. When Israel finally recognizes Jesus as their Messiah, according to Zech.12:10 , they will then come into the same sheep fold with the Church and the two will become one fold, with Jesus being the one Shepherd, when He establishes His Millennial kingdom here on earth according to Rev.20:6.
When the Church is Caught Up to be with the Lord in heaven, the man of lawlessness/ Antichrist, is revealed and the tribulation begins, according to 2 Thess.2:3-4, 7-8; Dan.9:27 and Rev.6:2].
The overview of the tribulation, begins with the first of the four riders, on the white horse, who is the Antichrist, in the first of seven seals. After the six seals, before the seventh seal that contains the seven trumpet judgements, begins in Rev.8, God will send 144,000 Israelites, consisting of 12,000 from each of their twelve tribes, that He "redeems from the earth" according to Rev.14:3. Sealing them, and they become converted evangelists for Jesus Christ, who will take the place of the departed/raptured Church, to preach the Eternal Gospel in their absence, to all those left on the earth alive at His coming, according to Thess.4:15 and Rev.7:1-8. The result of their ministry is the Great Multitude in verses 9-17. The 144,000 will be sent here by God from heaven [as He also will do with His two witnesses of Rev.11]. Had they been believers here on earth, they would been raptured with the Church, and could not serve the purpose God had for them here on earth during the tribulation.
They were the righteous ones in OT Sheol when Jesus preached the gospel to them, according to 1 Pet.3:18-20. Then when He ascended into heaven, in Acts 1:9, He took all the righteous ones who came from OT Sheol with Him, as seen in Eph.4:7-10, fulfilling the prophecy in Ps.68:18. [During OT times, the spirits of the righteous dead went to Sheol/Hell, as did the wicked, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin, according to Heb.10:3-4, Lk.16:19-23 and in Ps.49:14-15, until Jesus shed His blood and died on the cross, amplified by Paul in Rom.3:25-26.
The efforts of their work as evangelists is then revealed in the parenthetic [preview] view of the Great Multitude seen in heaven, recorded in Rev.7:9-17, who represents all of those who will be saved during the tribulation, and who are also the martyrs who participate in the first resurrection of Rev.20:4. They are the tribulation saints and are the ones who will be left behind, when the Church is raptured. The 144,000 Israelite evangelists willbring them to the Lord. The 144,000 do not belong to the Church or they would have been raptured with the Church before the tribulation begins.
When their work is finished, the 144,000 will be translated, and return to heaven, in Rev.14:1-5. When that happens, the earth will once again be without anyone to preach the Eternal Gospel. So God will commission an angel to do so in Rev.14:6-7.
Therefore, the 144,000 are all converted Israelites who take the place of the raptured Church to preach the Gospel to all those who will be left behind when Jesus comes to take His Church with Him to our Father in heaven, as previously address above, documented in Jn.14:2-4 and 28; 1Thess.4:13-17 and 2 Thess.2:1-8.
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