From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   >   
   > Some passages in the Bible can be interpreted   
   > as suggesting multiple phases of believers   
   > being caught up, opening the door to a possible   
   > triple rapture. Revelation 7:4–8 introduces the   
   > 144,000, often seen as a first group.   
      
   "Often seen" by whom? There is nothing in the cited   
   scripture that gives even the slightest indication   
   that the 144,000 will be raptured.   
      
   Just so you know, Mike, the Book of Revelation is   
   about what happens AFTER the Rapture. That's when   
   the Antichrist will appear, and the great Tribulation   
   will take place. And the 144,000 will be there to   
   teach the Gospel to people who will be SAVED during   
   the great Tribulation.   
      
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