Post by ResLight on May 1, 2015 20:15:40 GMT -5
The Seventh Trump
This is more of the updated study found at:
rl-bibleinfo.com/?p=362
Some claim that we deny the bodily return of Jesus. In reality, we do believe that Jesus does indeed return bodily, with a body, that is, with the spiritual, celestial body, and with its glory. He no longer has the body of a man, a glory a little lower than the angels. (Hebrews 2:9) Having offered (to his God in heaven) his terrestrial, earthly, fleshly body for sin, once for all time (John 6:51; Hebrews 7:27; 9:11,12,24;10:10), he will never again be seen with that body. (1 Corinthians 15:40,44) Now being a life-giving spirit, he comes again from heaven (1 Corinthians 15:40,45-48), during the blowing of the last trumpet, the seventh trumpet (1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 8:2,6), with a celestial, spiritual body, resulting in (not necessarily in the order given):
(1) The end of the age, during which a harvest of the people of God begins. This harvest begins while the nations are still blinded by Satan, but it ends after Satan is abyssed, when the saints, the sons of God of this age, will be manifested and "will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their father." (Matthew 13:3-43; Romans 8:19} Unlike many Bible Students, however, we do not believe that this harvest reveals who is of what class by any visible manifestation, except until after Satan is abyssed. Jesus said that the tares, not the wheat, are first gathered and bundled. (Matthew 13:39,40) Although the human servants of God labor in the harvest work, the harvest work itself is not entrusted to men, who would surely misjudge and treat much of the wheat as tares, as well as treat many of the tares as wheat; thus it is entrusted to angels under the judging power of Jesus, to whom God has given the ability to "not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear." -- Isaiah 11:3.
(2) The nations become angry, resulting in a great "time of trouble”, during which time the people in general do not take notice of the parousia. — Matthew 24:37-39; Luke 17:26-30; Revelation 11:15,18; Daniel 12:1,2.
(3) God’s wrath upon the children of wrath of this age comes to its conclusion; this results in Satan being abyssed so that the he is no longer able to deceive mankind during the millennial reign of Jesus. — Ephesians 2:2,3; 5:6; Revelation 8:1; 20:1-3.
(4) The dead are raised and the unjustified in this age are judged individually during the "last day" — Isaiah 2:2-4; Daniel 7:9,10; Matthew 25:31-46; John 5:28,29; 6:39,40,44,54; 12:47,48; Romans 2:16; 3:6; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 6:2; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Revelation 11:18; 20:11-15.
(5) God’s servants, prophets, saints are rewarded in the first resurrection. We believe that this first resurrection includes all three classes of Revelation 7 as well as the faithful men of faith in the Old Testament times. — Isaiah 40:10; Daniel 7:9,10; 12:1,2; Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 3:8,14; Colossians 3:24; 2 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 11:4-40; Revelation 15:18; 20:4; 22:12.
(6) Those who would destroy the earth are themselves destroyed at the end of, or after, the judgment day. — Psalm 37:10; Revelation 15:18; 20:8,12; 21:8.
Thus, the seventh trumpet begins to sound while the nations are still ignorant and are angry, and continues to sound throughout the millennial age.
This is more of the updated study found at:
rl-bibleinfo.com/?p=362
Some claim that we deny the bodily return of Jesus. In reality, we do believe that Jesus does indeed return bodily, with a body, that is, with the spiritual, celestial body, and with its glory. He no longer has the body of a man, a glory a little lower than the angels. (Hebrews 2:9) Having offered (to his God in heaven) his terrestrial, earthly, fleshly body for sin, once for all time (John 6:51; Hebrews 7:27; 9:11,12,24;10:10), he will never again be seen with that body. (1 Corinthians 15:40,44) Now being a life-giving spirit, he comes again from heaven (1 Corinthians 15:40,45-48), during the blowing of the last trumpet, the seventh trumpet (1 Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 8:2,6), with a celestial, spiritual body, resulting in (not necessarily in the order given):
(1) The end of the age, during which a harvest of the people of God begins. This harvest begins while the nations are still blinded by Satan, but it ends after Satan is abyssed, when the saints, the sons of God of this age, will be manifested and "will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their father." (Matthew 13:3-43; Romans 8:19} Unlike many Bible Students, however, we do not believe that this harvest reveals who is of what class by any visible manifestation, except until after Satan is abyssed. Jesus said that the tares, not the wheat, are first gathered and bundled. (Matthew 13:39,40) Although the human servants of God labor in the harvest work, the harvest work itself is not entrusted to men, who would surely misjudge and treat much of the wheat as tares, as well as treat many of the tares as wheat; thus it is entrusted to angels under the judging power of Jesus, to whom God has given the ability to "not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear." -- Isaiah 11:3.
(2) The nations become angry, resulting in a great "time of trouble”, during which time the people in general do not take notice of the parousia. — Matthew 24:37-39; Luke 17:26-30; Revelation 11:15,18; Daniel 12:1,2.
(3) God’s wrath upon the children of wrath of this age comes to its conclusion; this results in Satan being abyssed so that the he is no longer able to deceive mankind during the millennial reign of Jesus. — Ephesians 2:2,3; 5:6; Revelation 8:1; 20:1-3.
(4) The dead are raised and the unjustified in this age are judged individually during the "last day" — Isaiah 2:2-4; Daniel 7:9,10; Matthew 25:31-46; John 5:28,29; 6:39,40,44,54; 12:47,48; Romans 2:16; 3:6; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 6:2; 2 Timothy 4:1,8; Revelation 11:18; 20:11-15.
(5) God’s servants, prophets, saints are rewarded in the first resurrection. We believe that this first resurrection includes all three classes of Revelation 7 as well as the faithful men of faith in the Old Testament times. — Isaiah 40:10; Daniel 7:9,10; 12:1,2; Romans 2:16; 1 Corinthians 3:8,14; Colossians 3:24; 2 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 11:4-40; Revelation 15:18; 20:4; 22:12.
(6) Those who would destroy the earth are themselves destroyed at the end of, or after, the judgment day. — Psalm 37:10; Revelation 15:18; 20:8,12; 21:8.
Thus, the seventh trumpet begins to sound while the nations are still ignorant and are angry, and continues to sound throughout the millennial age.
