Everyone of the Apostles were tortured and killed around 67-69 A.D., well before the 70 A.D. destruction. They (11) would have been the main focus of who Yeshua was addressing that to. But only ONE was not killed. Roman Archives proves that Roman emperor Domitiona (A.D. 81-96) tossed John into Patmos around the year of 91 A.D.
There are no "Roman Archives" that say that. Revelation was written before 70 A.D. and is about the destruction of Jerusalem and the setting up of God and Christ's eternal kingdom.
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The problem today is that people think the "rapture" of 1 Thess 4: 13-17 is bodies flying into the air. It is not. The living saints in 70 A.D. were not taken off the planet but lived out their lives and died. If they had been taken off the earth then the church would have had to start all over again since nobody would have been left.
Look at the context of the passage starting with verse 13:
1 Thess 4: 13, "But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope."
The language in 1 Thess 4: 13-17 is covenantal.
The saints had fallen asleep in Jesus and were separated from Him.
They were in the grave/Hades.
1 Thess 4: 16-17, " For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the
dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive
and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And thus we shall always be with the Lord."
When Christians or Old Testament saints died before 70 A.D. they "fell asleep/went to Sheol/Hades". After 70 A.D. Christians who die go to be immediately with the Lord in Heaven. This is why it says "
And thus we shall always be with the Lord."
Rev 14: 13, "Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write: ‘
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on."
Why would they be blessed? What does it say immediately after this in Rev 14: 15? The resurrection happens. Anybody who dies after this point does not have to "sleep" but goes directly into God's presence.
Being "
caught up" in the clouds and air simply means no more separation from God at death. The "
clouds" in Scripture represent the heavenly host. This is why you often see angels on clouds with harps. Hebrews 12: 1, "Since we are surrounded by so great a
cloud of witnesses..."
The
"air" is the heavenly realms. Eph 2: 2, "the prince of the power of the air" etc.
It simply means no more separation from God in the New Covenant. Covenantal language. The Old Covenant passed away at 70 A.D. with the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple (Heb 8: 13). Christ came back and established His kingdom with the destruction of Jerusalem and resurrected the prophets and saints that were "sleeping". You read about the same thing during His return with the seventh trumpet in Rev 11: 15-19.
