Then you have no idea what we believe.
Rev 13;7 is those left behind after the rapture.
You litterally have to remove the watching and waiting dimension to make your condescending remarks of the wimps you believe are those same ones watching and waiting.
So could you possibly be insinuating we are to reject the signs Jesus gave to His "wimpy" disciples when they ask Him when would be the sign of His coming? I'll just quote a few verses from Matthew 24, accompanied with a few verses from other prophecies.
Verse 3b "Tell us, when shall these things be? and
what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?"
Then Jesus describes many things to watch for that lead up to His return.
13. "But he that shall
endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."
The end of what? some may ask. Then He finally tells them about the tribulation that is more horrible than anything the world has ever experienced before. Jesus says that at the ending of this great tribulation salvation awaits those who make it through.
21. "For
then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."
So what happens at the end of that? Jesus completes His descriptions of what to watch for and the signs of His coming.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]
Immediately "after" the tribulation of "those days" shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
[SUP]30 [/SUP]And
then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see
the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]And he shall send his angels with
a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
"If any of thine be
driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:"
Deuteronomy 30:4
"Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say,
He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock."
Jeremiah 31:10
"Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for
I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord."
Zechariah 2:6
"And I will sow them among the people: and
they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again."
Zechariah 10:9
Matthew 24:32-33
[SUP]33 [/SUP]So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
[SUP]34 [/SUP]Verily I say unto you, This generation ("this tribe" according to the Aramaic) shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
I don't think God wants us to believe a separation between the Jews from the Gentiles on this matter, and I clearly see a chronology of events listed. The Jews who are now dead cannot be resurrected after this said tribulation for "the dead in Christ shall rise first:" 1 Thessalonians 4:16b