You were "taught" poorly [/improperly] if you were taught that what takes place upon "our Rapture" [IN THE AIR] is "the marriage FEAST/SUPPER of the Lamb" (which is "the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom, which doesn't commence until He "RETURNS [TO THE EARTH]"--not at "our Rapture" time-slot!)
The marriage FEAST/SUPPER is NOT the purpose of "our Rapture," and will not be taking place until we "RETURN" (WITH Him) to the earth, WHERE "the wedding FEAST/SUPPER" is located (being the "inauguration" [so to speak] of the MK age), and where those still-on-the-earth (never having left the earth) [and those who] will have come to faith WITHIN/DURING the trib yrs (FOLLOWING "our Rapture"/"THE Departure") will thereafter (after His RETURN, in Rev19) ENTER the MK in mortal bodies (those who haven't DIED in the trib, of course; those who have DIED in the trib will be "resurrected" at the END of the trib, same time as the OT saints, per Dan12:13, etc)... so those who have survived THROUGH the trib (without dying [so they are "still-living" at His "RETURN" to the earth]) are passages such as Dan12:12 ("BLESSED is he that waiteth and cometh to the 1335 days"), and Lk12:36-37,38,40,42-44 and context ("when he will RETURN FROM the wedding"... THEN the meal!), and about TEN OTHER "BLESSED" passages I've listed before (i.e. their ENTRANCE into the earthly MK age), and Matthew 25:31-34/Matt13:24,30,39,40,49-50, and all of Matt24-25 (this is what LEADS UP TO that), and ALL "Son of man COMETH/COMING/SHALL COME" passages (and ALL of "the kingdom OF THE heavenS" passages [i.e. the EARTHLY MK]), and SO MANY MORE! Basically, everything UP TO and INCLUDING Jesus' Olivet Discourse is covering the Subject of His "RETURN" to the earth, FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom.
Additionally, I'm not one that believes that "planes will fall out of the sky" [BECAUSE of] when our [pre-trib] Rapture takes place, for example.
The marriage FEAST/SUPPER is NOT the purpose of "our Rapture," and will not be taking place until we "RETURN" (WITH Him) to the earth, WHERE "the wedding FEAST/SUPPER" is located (being the "inauguration" [so to speak] of the MK age), and where those still-on-the-earth (never having left the earth) [and those who] will have come to faith WITHIN/DURING the trib yrs (FOLLOWING "our Rapture"/"THE Departure") will thereafter (after His RETURN, in Rev19) ENTER the MK in mortal bodies (those who haven't DIED in the trib, of course; those who have DIED in the trib will be "resurrected" at the END of the trib, same time as the OT saints, per Dan12:13, etc)... so those who have survived THROUGH the trib (without dying [so they are "still-living" at His "RETURN" to the earth]) are passages such as Dan12:12 ("BLESSED is he that waiteth and cometh to the 1335 days"), and Lk12:36-37,38,40,42-44 and context ("when he will RETURN FROM the wedding"... THEN the meal!), and about TEN OTHER "BLESSED" passages I've listed before (i.e. their ENTRANCE into the earthly MK age), and Matthew 25:31-34/Matt13:24,30,39,40,49-50, and all of Matt24-25 (this is what LEADS UP TO that), and ALL "Son of man COMETH/COMING/SHALL COME" passages (and ALL of "the kingdom OF THE heavenS" passages [i.e. the EARTHLY MK]), and SO MANY MORE! Basically, everything UP TO and INCLUDING Jesus' Olivet Discourse is covering the Subject of His "RETURN" to the earth, FOR the promised and prophesied EARTHLY Millennial Kingdom.
Additionally, I'm not one that believes that "planes will fall out of the sky" [BECAUSE of] when our [pre-trib] Rapture takes place, for example.
This whole thread as far as I'm concerned and the threads before and even future threads are about when Jesus Christ comes back, it's about the timing of His return. Your whole point is the rapture will occur when Christ returns "PRIOR" to the seven year period of the great tribulation, that's it.
So, we read the following at John 6:39, 40, 44, and vs54 which all say the same thing, "I Myself will rasie him up on THE LAST DAY." How do you prove that your pretrib rapture contention is "BEFORE" the last day? It has already be proved when the last day is by what Jesus stated at Matthew 24:3 when the disciples (three of the disciples that is) said to Jesus, "what will be the sign of Your coming, and the end of the age/world.?
Now, (and speaking of Matthew 24) what is your opinion of starting at vs40-41? "There shall be two men in the field, one will be taken, and one will be left?" vs41, "Two women will be grinding etc. I almost forgot to tell you that it was taught people would mysteriously instantly disappear causing other to die from plane crashes etc. Then even made movies of this kind of thing happening. Since you don't personally believe it then why was this such a popular belief among pretrib scholars?
IN GOD THE SON,
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