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Jimmy,

 JA> What's YOUR opinion? Why?

  The main argument is that "what groom would beat his bride to death
on their wedding night??".

  The pre-tribulation rapture leaves time for:

1) The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ in Heaven.
2) The Marriage of The Church (The Bride) to Christ (The Groom).
3) The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb.
4) As per Jewish Wedding Custom, the Groom and Bride are in their
chamber for 7 days (in this case, a week of year, the final 70th
week of Daniel, as 483 of the 490 weeks of years were fulfilled
when Christ entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday).
5) The Seal, Trumpet, and Bowl Judgments. Once the "peace treaty"
is signed/confirmed, there'll only be 2520 days left before Christ
returns to Earth...and rule by mortal man will end.

  Revelation 3:10 notes where Christ said "Because you have kept the
Word of My Patience, I will keep you from the hour of tribulation
that will come upon the world to try all flesh". As Jesus also noted
in Matthew 24, "then shall come great tribulation, which has never
been on the Earth before this time, nor shall ever be again".

  If the Rapture and the Second Coming were at the same time, that
would leave no one to populate the Millennial Kingdom on Earth. At
the Rapture, the dead in Christ (from Pentecost to the Rapture,
during The Church Age) will be raised first, then "in the twinkling
of an eye" (less than 1/1000 of a second), the living believers, who
have done "the one thing God required" (believed on The One He Has
Sent (John 6:29, Acts 16:31), will be changed to immortal without
dying first.

  Immortals are like the angels...no sex for procreation of the
species are needed. And, the immortal believers will now have a 
body like The Lord Jesus, which can:

A) Appear and disappear at will.
B) Go through solid walls and doors.
C) Eat and drink, though it apparently isn't necessary.
D) Never again be subjected to pain or the curse of sin (also note
the next paragraph).

  Jesus, He who knew no sin at all, became sin for us, so that we
might become the righteousness of God. Grace has been defined as
"God's Riches At Christ's Expense". It seems like an uneven exchange;
He got our sin, and we got His Righteousness. With Christ becoming
the embodiment of sin on The Cross, God The Father could not even
look upon Him from the 6th to the 9th hour (noon to 3pm). But, The
Blood Of Jesus Cleanses From All Sin, to those who do "the one thing
God requires" (as noted above). At the Bema Judgment, while the issue
of sin won't even be considered, there will be rewards gained and lost,
and for the believer, that will determine their standing in eternity.

  At the Second Coming, these things happen:

1) The Beast (the Antichrist) and The False Prophet are captured alive,
and thrown immediately into The Lake Of Fire while still in their mortal
life. The evil of these two is so great, that their guilt is beyond
dispute, and there isn't a need for a further audience before Christ at
The Great White Throne Judgment, which will occur after the Millenium
Of Peace. 

2) Satan and his demonic hordes are captured, bound, and placed into
the bottomless pit. They will be the first ones to join The Beast and
The False Prophet in The Lake Of Fire after they are released from the
bottomless pit at the end of the Millennium. They then raise up an army 
"as numerous as the sand of the sea" to try to defeat Christ, but the
rebellion doesn't even get off the ground. God zaps them all with fire
from Heaven, and they are annihilated.

3) Christ destroys the contending armies at Armageddon in the Valley of
Jezreel, who were also going after the believing remnant of Jews in
Petra, Jordan. Just before this, the believing remnant of Jews has "a
spiritual regeneration", noted in Isaiah 53, and they call on Jesus to 
save them from certain destruction.

4) Christ's Feet stand on The Mount Of Olives, and it splits, forming
a wide valley, where the non-combatants of the Earth will be gathered
in The Sheep And Goats Judgment. There, the sheep (those who believed 
on Christ, and protected the Jews) will be ushered into the Millennial 
Kingdom (the horribly ravaged Earth will be restored to a place of 
incredible beauty, not seen since Creation)...while the goats (those 
who spurned the Gospel, took the Mark Of The Beast during the Tribulation, 
or who persecuted the Jews and Christians) will be cast off the Earth 
into outer darkness, to await their final sentencing at The Great White
Throne Judgment.

  During the Millennium, life will be as it was meant to be...with
The Lord ruling over all creation, and His Word will be Law. While
the period will start with only believers on the Earth (just like it
was after The Flood Of Noah), at the end of the Millennium, a large
amount will rise up to rebel against Christ one final time. 

  At that point, the living believers are raptured, and removed off
the planet, while God destroys all the rebels with Divine Fire, and
then sets the Earth on fire with a fervent heat, to purify the planet,
so tainted with sin. He then makes a New Heaven, New Earth, and New
Jerusalem.

  Then, comes the saddest day in all of history...when all those who
died from the days of Adam and Eve, until the end of the Millennium...
who did not receive God's Provision from sin, will stand before Him 
at The Great White Throne Judgment. Everything they've ever done, in 
thought, word, or deed...whether in secret or in the open...will be 
revealed, and there will be no question of guilt. All of these will 
then be compelled to bow before Christ, and confess that He is Lord...
just before they are cast into The Lake Of Fire, to be tormented day 
and night for all eternity.

  And, that's Bible Prophecy 101 for today. :)

Daryl

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