September 3
"Now when he had taken the
scroll,
the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders
fell
down before the Lamb, each having a harp,
and golden bowls full of
incense,
which are the prayers of the
saints.
And they sang a new
song..."
Before the Lord opens the scroll containing the seal judgments to be unleashed upon the earth, the believers are in
heaven, those who have been redeemed by his blood out of all the
ethnic groups of the world.
Before the first seal is
opened, the believers, in heaven, declare:
"You are
worthy to take the scroll,
and to open its seals; for you were
slain,
and have
redeemed
us
to God by your blood
out of every tribe and tongue and
people and nation,
and
have made us kings and priests to our God;
and
we shall
reign on the earth."
Revelation
5:8-9
The redeemed are in heaven watching as the Lamb of God
takes the scroll and begins opening the first seal.
Some
believe that the Rapture of the church takes place at the middle of
the Tribulation, the "pre-wrath" position. But the redeemed
out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation are in heaven
watching, before the first seal is even opened.
Understanding
the purpose
of the last seven years is key to understanding the timing of the
Rapture. The 70th week prophecy in the Book of Daniel, chapter 9,
shows us that the entire
last period of seven years is determined "upon thy people, and
upon thy holy city," - the Jews, and Jerusalem. Before the last
seven years begin, believers in Jesus Christ will be removed. Those
seven years are not determined upon the church. The "mystery of
the church age" ends, (Ephesians 3:1-7) and the story goes back
to Israel. God isolates her, that he alone may deal directly with her.
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