Does the tribulation take place right after the rapture part two and A and Commentary
Q Does the tribulation start right after the rapture as this writer previously
believed?
A No, it doesn't, the rapture takes place, Rev. 4:1 and the first seal is not
unsealed until Rev. 6:1. "Come and see." And the first white horseman
of the Apocalyptic, the anti-Christ, is released.
Q Do the twenty and four elders, mentioned in Rev. 4:4 represent the raptured
church?
A Yes
Q What were they wearing and what were they doing?
A They were wearing white robs and crowns of gold were upon their heads.
Q Do they receive their white robs at the rapture and their awards of crowns
of gold at the bema seat of Christ as part of their rewards ceremonies?
A Yes
Q What were they doing in Rev. 4:10-11?
A They were casting down their crowns and worshiping God.
Q Does that also refer to the bema judgement seat of Christ?
A Yes
Q In Rev. 4:8 does it mention them having harps like the four living creatures?
A Yes
Commentary Renner ministries
[Thus the judgment seat occurs in the heavenlies during the interim between the
rapture of the saints (1 Thes 4:13-18) and the return of the Lord Jesus in glory
(Rev 19:11-21) Participants and Purpose The New Testament is explicit "judge
ment (bema) is exclusively for believers.]
the four and twenty elders fall down before Him who sets on the throne, who lives
forever and ever, and cast their crowns before Him saying:
"You are worthy, O Lord,"To receive glory and honor and power; For you have
created all things, And by your will they exist and were created." Rev 4:11
Rev 5:9,11 describes the worship ceremony in heaven of all of the heavenly
hosts: many angels, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders
occurring before the unleashing of the seven seal judgments. The numbers
of saints and of angels is innumerable by human standards not God's.
But concerning the times and the seasons, breathern, you have no need for
me to write to you. For you, yourselves, know perfectly well that the day of
the Lord comes as a thief in the night. For when they are saying, "Peace and
Safety!" then sudden destruction comes on them like labor pains upon a preg
nant woman. And they shall not escape. 1 Thes 5:1-3.
For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through Jesus Christ.
1 Thes 5:9.
Q Does that mean that all born again believers in Christ will not face the day of the
Lord contrary to some popular rapture theories?
A Yes it does!
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Roxanne Dubarry
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