You are aligning two distinct things (
conflating them)... these ^ that you speak of are not what takes place at the GWTj.
Consider the following (as I've posted on before):
the following two passages correspond with each other... Please examine these texts carefully and compare:
--
Revelation 19:19,21/16:14-16/20:5 (at the time of His Second Coming
to the earth [not "our Rapture"]),
CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF...
--the
FIRST [*1] of
TWO "PUNISH" words in
Isaiah 24:21-22[23]
[
then a "time-period" is said to intervene (see the Isaiah passage) before the
SECOND of the
TWO "PUNISH" words of that passage is carried out... thus...]
--the
SECOND [*2] of the
TWO "PUNISH" words in
Isaiah 24:21-22[23],
CORRESPONDING TO THAT OF...
--
Revelation 20:11-15 (the GWTj--pertaining to "the DEAD [/unsaved]" of all times, including the point of Christ's "RETURN" to the earth... [and also any who
later DIE in the MK age])
Below, I will quote the
Isaiah 24:21-22[23] passage for your convenience (plz compare with the specific Rev scriptures I named at top):
21 In that day the LORD
WILL PUNISH [*1]
the host of heaven above
and the kings of the earth below [/
and the kings of the earth upon the earth].
22 They will be gathered together
like prisoners in a pit.
[see Rev20:1-3a "pit" re: "serpent/Devil/Satan" for the "time-period" which later in the passage is called "his prison" v.7; see also where "pit" in some OT passages is comparable to where those persons who DIE go to (i.e. DEATH/the GRAVE... I made a post on that, won't put it here, for length) so see again Rev19:21a (at top) "and the remnant were SLAIN..." (i.e. DEATH)]
They will be confined to a dungeon
and
punished after many days [/
and after many days shall they
BE PUNISHED". [*2]
23 The moon will be confounded
and the sun will be ashamed;
for the LORD of Hosts
will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before His elders with great glory.
Matthew 24-25 (His Olivet Discourse) and the passage upon which their Q of Him in v.3 was BASED (i.e. that which He had ALREADY spoken to them about in Matt13:24,30,39,40,49-50 re: "the END [singular] of the AGE [singular]" [NOT "the end of the WORLD"], and His response to that Q in both
chpts (24-25), ALL of these passages are speaking of His Second Coming to the earth FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom commencing upon His "RETURN" there (to the earth)... and covers also the time period immediately preceding that and which LEADS UP TO that point in time (so, the 7 trib yrs... and being passages telling of things which FOLLOW "our Rapture"... Jesus is NOT covering the Subject of "our Rapture"
at all, in these passages [Olivet Discourse, Matt13:24,30,39,40,49-50, etc...]; at the time Jesus spoke His Olivet Discourse [and INCLUDING it], He had NOT YET SPOKEN anything regarding "our Rapture," but was speaking of "the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom," which will commence upon His "RETURN"
to the earth Rev19).
Hope this helps you see my perspective. = )