That would be correct. The Church is not subject to wrath since Christ bore that wrath against us in Himself on the cross.
The wrath to come refers to the 6th and 7th seal judgments which will precede the Second Coming of Christ.
REVELATION 6
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
The wrath to come refers to the 6th and 7th seal judgments which will precede the Second Coming of Christ.
REVELATION 6
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
I would add, that it is not just the 6th and 7th seals, but all of the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments. Jesus is the One opening the seals. The 1st seal rider on the white horse which represents the revealing of the antichrist, the 2nd seal rider on the red horse which takes peach from the earth so that men kill each other, the 3rd seal rider on the black horse which represents world-wide famine, all are apart of God's wrath. The 4th seal which is a culmination of the previous seals, results in a fourth of the earths population being killed, which based on our current population would be over 1.7 billion fatalities and that during the first 3 1/2 years. We cannot exclude any of the seals from God's wrath.
The reason that many interpret the 6th and 7th seals as being where God's wrath begins, is because of that statement at the opening of the 6th seal which says "For the great day of their wrath has come and who can endure it!" When people read this, they think that God's wrath only follows that statement. However, the words "has come" is in the "aorist indicative active" tense, which includes the whole wrath of God, which includes the events of wrath and resulting fatalities caused by seals 1 thru 5 as well as all of the wrath that follows the announcement.
The seals, trumpets and bowl judgment, all make up the whole wrath of God, as well as all that the two witnesses will evoke.
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