The fact of the matter is people like yourself in this thread and others have made this a religious doctrine in itself when scripture is very clear on God's promise to remove His bride. People or I should say the devil has worked overtime and has made this such a complicated issue with semantic arguments by confusing simple words like tribulation for example. People use this word describing the 7-year Tribulation, others get specific and claim tribulation only denotes the first 3 1/2 years of the 7-year tribulation, both are correct. Paul himself said He shouldn't even have to write to us regarding this promise as we will all know the season we're in (1 Thessolonians 5:5) and the scripture is very clear on who will be removed and what will take place after the bride of Christ is removed.

People have misconstrued God's word and torn down God's promise to His people at the end of the age by lies such as, for example, claiming the Rapture is an idea thought up in the 1800s by Darby and McDonald which is laughable (as the term has been echoed and prophesied for thousands of years and is in the Old Testament) and yet another attempt to foil God's promise and dash people's hope making them complacent.

It's sickening to witness this thread in some instances being a perfect example.


There are two Resurrections-

The Wedding Supper of the Lamb in Heaven takes place after the Rapture during the 7-year Tribulation and the Wedding is for Jesus and His followers who are alive on earth (at the time of the Rapture) who are taken up along with those who have died in Christ in the past (who will come with Jesus in the clouds) to be reunited with their bodies to put on the incorruptible and don new heavenly bodies (1 Thessaloninans 4:16-17). These will be the people who attend the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in Heaven with Christ and this takes place during the 7-year Tribulation.

Those who are left behind and have to endure the 7-year Tribulation and lose their lives but are saved because of faith will have to wait until they too are resurrected but will not experience the Marriage Supper with Christ (Revelation 6:9). These martyrs of the 7-year Tribulation are told to wait a little longer until their brothers and sisters are also killed for their testimony so they too can be resurrected in Christ's second coming (Revelation 6:11, 20:4).




"The first resurrection takes place in various stages. Jesus Christ Himself (the “first fruits,” 1 Corinthians 15:20), paved the way for the resurrection of all who believe in Him. There will be the resurrection of “the dead in Christ” at the Lord’s return (1 Thessalonians 4:16) and the resurrection of the martyrs at the end of the tribulation (Revelation 20:4).

Revelation 20:12-13 identifies those comprising the second resurrection as the wicked judged by God at the great white throne judgment prior to being cast into the lake of fire. The second resurrection, then, is the raising of all unbelievers; the second resurrection is connected to the second death. It corresponds with Jesus’ teaching of the “resurrection of damnation” (John 5:29).

The event which divides the first and second resurrections seems to be the millennial kingdom. The last of the righteous are raised to reign “with Christ a thousand years” (Revelation 20:4), but the “rest of the dead [that is, the wicked] lived not again until the thousand years were finished” (Revelation 20:5).

What great rejoicing will attend the first resurrection! What great anguish at the second! What a responsibility we have to share the Gospel! “And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire” (Jude 23).

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