I too know the Christ is coming again but to establish His Kingdom here on this earth. I see no scripture that promises that anyone at all flies off to Heaven. I do see where the risen saints will serve as kings, priests, and judges in the EARTHLY kingdom.
If you were to read the Scriptures correctly, you would find that the Bride of Christ is the New Jerusalem - not the Church. The Church is the body of Christ - not His bride. More false doctrine.
Then you are blind to the TRUTH:
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (HCSB)
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16 [/SUP] For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
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Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord.
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18 [/SUP] Therefore encourage one another with these words.
John 14:2-3 (ASV)
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In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
{EXACTLY WORD FOR WORD what the Bridegroom tells the Bride when she accepts his proposal.}
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And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
{The Bridegroom always came at night to steal the Bride away to go with Him to the new dwelling place to begin the Wedding Ceremony, when the Father said it was finished. That is part of the Jewish Wedding traditions that every Jew knows. You would do well to study them.}
Revelation 19:9 (NIV)
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9 [/SUP] Then the angel said to me, "Write: '
Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!'" And he added, "These are the true words of God."
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (HCSB)
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51 [/SUP] Listen! I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
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in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 (NASB)
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God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Revelation 3:10-11 (NKJV)
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Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
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Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.
THE CALLING OUT OF THE BRIDE, to go to the Wedding of the LAMB happens VERY QUICKLY!
Matthew 24:27 (HCSB)
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For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
THAT IS NOT TRUE ABOUT THE SECOND COMING to set up HIS thousand year KINGDOM, but it IS true about HIS GLORIOUS APPEARING IN THE CLOUDS TO CALL OUT HIS BRIDE. His Second Coming happens SO SLOW that ALL the armies of the world have time to gather in the valley of Megiddo (Armageddon) to try to stop HIM from setting foot on earth again.
Revelation 17:13-14 (NIV)
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13 [/SUP] They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast.
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They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings--and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers."
Revelation 19:11-21 (NASB)
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11 [/SUP] And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it
is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.
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12 [/SUP] His eyes
are a flame of fire, and on His head
are many diadems; and He has a name written
on Him which no one knows except Himself.
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He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and
His name is called The Word of God.
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14 [/SUP] And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white
and clean, were following Him on white horses.
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15 [/SUP] From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
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16 [/SUP] And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
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17 [/SUP] Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, "Come, assemble for the great supper of God,
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18 [/SUP] so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great."
[SUP]19 [/SUP] And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
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20 [/SUP] And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.
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21 [/SUP] And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
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NOW THINK FOR ONE MINUTE. How long did we take to assemble the Armies involved in Desert Storm, before we were ready to MAKE WAR? That is the description of HIS SECOND COMING, Very Slow. That is NOT as lightning flashes from the East to the West. That is NOT as HE said about His Appearing to Call Out His Bride, "
Behold, I am coming quickly" That is NOT in "the twinkling of an eye" or "the blink of an eye" as some translations say. His Appearing in the Clouds is NOT His Second Coming. It is Not a Coming until His feet touch the ground and the Mount of Olives SPLITS.
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Zechariah 14:3-5 (HCSB)
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3 [/SUP] Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations as He fights on a day of battle.
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4 [/SUP] On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.
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5 [/SUP] You will flee by My mountain valley, for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah.
Then the LORD my God will come and all the holy ones with Him.
Revelation 14:20 (HCSB)
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20 [/SUP] Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses’ bridles for about 180 miles.
Even so, Come Lord Jesus!
Titus 2:13 (HCSB)
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13 [/SUP] while we wait for the blessed hope and
appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.