Those were the Two Witnesses who are on special assigment from the Lord - just as we see in OT - Enoch and Elijah being 'taken' before death. God has a plan for these two faithful ones.
I would put forth that "the Church WHICH IS HIS BODY" (Eph1:20-23 WHEN [as to its existence]) is also "on special assignment"
"THIS corruptible" ("the DEAD *IN* Christ") and "THIS mortal" (the "we which are ALIVE" component of the [same] "ONE BODY" who are ALSO "*IN* Christ"--where the phrase "IN CHRIST / IN HIM" is a wholly NT designation... "having been created IN CHRIST Jesus" [i.e. an ALTOGETHER *NEW* creation!])
The Lord raised Lazarus before His death and resurrection - special assignment.
When the Lord was resurrected, others were resurrected with Him to fulfill Prophecy.
Your dead shall live;
Together with [my dead body they shall arise. Isaiah 27:19
Your dead shall live;
Together with [my dead body they shall arise. Isaiah 27:19
...IOW, NOT a "bodily / physical resurrection from being formerly bodily / physically dead"... rather, Israel "coming up out of the graveyard of nations, WHERE SCATTERED" [or, "sow[n] unto the earth"]
Isaiah 27:19 HAS NOT YET TAKEN PLACE! (it necessarily takes place AFTER what is referred to in Lk21:24a! "and they shall be led away captive INTO ALL THE NATIONS")
See again Hosea 5:14-6:3 (same idea!)
When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit. At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
Revelation is a special revealing that can only be deciphered by the Holy Spirit and Scripture which it was built upon.
Your pre-trib error will never get it right because it changes Scripture and meanings and Order.
(... for example, you've fallen for the flawed "moon INTO BLOOD / BECAME AS BLOOD=moon SHALL NOT GIVE HER LIGHT" fable, thus have become confused on the CHRONOLOGY of Revelation, blurring together items which are DISTINCT... and thus MISSING the ACTUAL "chronology" of it!)
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