Did you just not notice that much of chapter 13 is also written as a parenthesis? John takes us down the path of the last half of the week with the two Beasts, showing us what they will do. But in chapter 14 John is right back near the midpoint - PROVING much of chapter 13 is written as a parenthesis. Do you imagine God would send His warning not to take the mark TO LATE? Not a chance! So the warning will actually come BEFORE the mark is created.
All of ch 13 is a Parenthetical Citation. Rev. 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 19 are NOT ANY PART of the Chronological Order of the book of Revelation.
Rev. 14 is about the Two Harvests. Thus, if you understand the Pre-trib Rapture, verse 14 is Jesus ON A CLOUD thrusting in the Cycle or Harvesting the Church via the Rapture, and its Jesus before the 70th week. The other Cycle later on is THRUST in by an Angel WATCH BELOW BROTHER:
Rev. 14:14 And I looked, and behold a
white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man (Jesus), having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a
sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple,
crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud,
Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
{{{RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH HARVEST HERE }}} 16 And
he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Battle of Armageddon HARVEST BELOW:
Rev. 14:17 And
another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he
also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry
to him that had the sharp sickle, saying,
Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And
the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and
cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And
the winepress was trodden without the city,(Meggido/Armageddon) and
blood came out of the winepress,
even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
So we have the RAPTURE of the Church by Jesus in verses 14-16, he thrust in the Cycle himself. Then you have the Harvest of the wicked, and we all know an Angel pours out the 7th Vial, thus its an Angel that thrusts in the Cycle to Harvest the Wicked !!
Rev. 13 happens during Rev. ch. 6 brother. Thus its a Parenthetical Chapter. Rev. 14 happens before the 70th Week and when Jesus returns.
It is the same with the two witnesses: John takes us down the last half of the week with them only, showing what will happen. The earthquake is the very same earthquake as seen at the 7th vial. But in verse 14 & 15 John is right back at the exact midpoint.
John is shown the Two-witnesses 1260 day ministry, and the 7th Trumpet sounding, which is the 3rd Woe which is the 7 Vials. No details are given, we are just shown that Jesus takes over. So we see the Two-witnesses 1260 days and the 75 days of the 3rd Woe, but are not given details, that is given in ch. 16.
Verses 14 and 15 are about the 2nd Woe. That is nowhere near the Midway point.
THE TRUTH then, is that
Revelation 11 is a MIDPOINT chapter, starting just before the midpoint and ending at the midpoint.
Rev. 11 starts 75 days before the Midway point and ENDS with Jesus' Second Coming, why do you think it says Jesus TAKES OVER ?
12:6 is perhaps two seconds after the midpoint. They will have seen the abomination and are starting to flee.
Chapter 12 is about the "Midway point on"............Correct.
we are then shown the final battle of Armageddon's results via Jesus "TAKES OVER". This again is myth! Yes, at the 7th trumpet the kingdoms of the world are transferred to Jesus, but there are simply NO WORDS even hinting He comes to earth then! He has promised the BEAST 42 months and will keep to His word. There IS NO ARMAGEDDON in chapter 11! That is myth. You are reading into scripture what is simply NOT THERE.
No, its just you not understanding the passage brother, I know its confusing, if I didn't understand via revelation from God I would be right there with you, but once I am given something, its settled with me. The Two-witnesses die at the 2nd Woe and
the Angel says the 3rd Woe comes quickly !! Thus the 7th Trumpet is the 3rd Woe. NO DETAILS are given, just like we are given no details about the 2nd Woe in Rev. 11, the details are given in Rev. ch. 9.
The problem is you are just not getting the gist here, the 7th Trumpet REPRESENTS the 3rd Woe and the 3rd Woe are ALL SEVEN VIALS, just like the 7th Seal was ALL SEVEN TRUMPETS rolled into one !! So when the 7th Trumpet Sounds, that represents ALL 7 Vials having been poured out onto earth and thus Jesus TAKE THE DEED BACK from Satan !! REMEMBER, this is about the Two-witnesses, not the 7 Vials of Gods Wrath (3rd Woe). They DIE.....Thus their prayers having brought forth all the plagues heretofore, continue forth their EFFECTIVENESS after they die, thus the results of their "PRAYERS" are also shown, thus the 7th Trumpet results in Jesus taking back the deed to earth again from Satan.
Try reading chapter 10 after chapter 16, and remember, Rev. 11 and 16 is the SAME ENDING.
Rev. 4-5 is the Church in Heaven after the Rapture Sorry, but MORE MYTH! Rev. 4:1 is NOT THE RAPTURE! It is JOHN called up to heaven. The 5th seal is for the martyrs of the church age, and so the church is still here until the total number of martyrs will have taken place. That is what God tells them. You are reading into scripture what is simply NOT THERE.
Once again, just because you can't see it changes nothing. Rev.1-3 is the Church Age. Rev. 4:1 represents the Rapture because "before everything we are shown hereafter", the Rapture will have taken place and John will be a part of that Rapture in actuality. John is also shown the Church in Heaven wearing White Raiment (Robes), no matter how much you protest brother, this is a fact.
The 5th Seal has ZERO to do with the Church, this frustrates me to no end, especially when a guy is supposed to be a Pre-trib guy !! The 5th Seal is ONLY Tribulation Saints, Rev. 20:4 TRIES TO TELL YOU THAT !!
It says those that were BEHEADED because they refused the MARK of the BEAST.
Rev. 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the
souls of them that were beheaded for the
witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
which had not worshipped the beast,
neither his image, neither had
received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they
lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
So those who were BEHEADED are those that REFUSED the Mark of the Beast !! So it can not be the Church Pre 70th Week brother !! Thus those under the Alter at the 5th Seal are the BEHEADED Remnant Church of Rev. 12:17, those who the Beast came after once he saw God was protecting the Jews in Petra !!
Rev. 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou
not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And
white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them,
that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
So those under the Alter in the 5th Seal want VENGEANCE against those that
DWELL ON EARTH, meaning
only THOSE CURRENTLY ALIVE ON EARTH could have KILLED THEM !!
Then they are given White Robes but told they must REST/SLEEP in the Grave until their FELLOW BROTHERS (of the Tribulation period) are KILLED just as they were, should be FULFILLED !!
These have nothing to do with the Raptured Church !! The Raptured Church are seen in Rev. 4:4, and Rev. 5:9 and Rev. 7:9-16, having already Married the Lamb.
You are CONFLATING Tribulation Saints with the Raptured Church brother. These are the REMNANT CHURCH who come unto Christ after the Rapture. (Wouldn't you repent if you missed the Rapture ? I know I would)
thus the Marriage in Rev. 19 has ALREADY HAPPENED because they have White robes on in Rev. 4:4 and 5:9. MORE MYTH! You can't tear apart Revelation and rebuild it to fit your theory! ANY theory that must rearrange John's God given chronology will be proven wrong! White robes prove nothing but white robes. Do you imagine God has only one kind of white robe?
You have just not been given this revelation it seems, most haven't, don't feel bad. I can preach the facts, irrelevant of what other men's traditions say. Rev. 19 is a Parenthetical Citation that covers the Marriage of the Lamb unto the Bride in Heaven. White Robes are the righteousness of the Saints, so says the scriptures brother.
Rev. 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints..........THEN.........14 And the
armies which were
in heaven followed him upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
You just don't seem to quite get the Chronological Order of Revelation brother.
I will go with what is written: that exactly 144,000 will be sealed. There is no hint that this is not a real number!
And I will go with it is a Metaphor, because in Rev. 7 God clearly via an Angel tells them to HOLD OFF hurting the Earth, Sea and TREES until they have been SEALED (Protected). The first four Trumpets do what ? They hurt the Grass, Trees, Seas and the Earth !!
In Rev. 18:4 God tells Israel to come out of her MY PEOPLE that you RECEIVE not of her (Babylon/WHOLE WORLDS) Plagues. In Rev. 12 we see Israel Flees Judea where God Protects them for 1260 days. Nowhere does it say the 144,000 are Preachers, THAT'S THE MYTH !! The number 12 = Fullness, thus 12 x 12 x 12 = ALL ISRAEL but not every Jew.
the Last Woe is the 7 Vials. I don't agree. John TELLS US what the woe is: the 7th trumpet is the signal for Michael to go after Satan to take him down. And it is written, WOE to those upon the earth for the devil is very angry. THAT is the 3rd woe.
Micheal kicks Satan out close to the Midway point, not with 75 days to go out of the 70th Week. That happens at about Seal 6, I think the Stars being cast to earth are Demonic Angels !! The Last Woe is the 7th Trumpet which is ALL SEVEN VIALS.
So God Seals (protects Israel in Petra) and then the Trumpet Judgments start. Why not just go with what is written? Why rearrange to fit a theory? Why not form your theory from what is written AS it is written? You are rearranging again! Your theory will be proven wrong. The trumpet judgments come in the FIRST HALF of the week. The fleeing begins at the midpoint and those that flee will not arrive in Petra (if that is where then end up) for weeks. Their fleeing then comes AFTER the trumpet judgments - all 7 of them.
I am going with what is written, you have just been taught men's traditions and REMEMBER God was not going to reveal much of this until the End Times, and that is the HERE & NOW !! No one is rearranging, what you mean to say is this destroys all of the ideas you have been taught heretofore. That is Gods ways isn't it ? Men teach.......then God teaches reality.
No Judgments come in the 1st half of the 70th week. Jesus opens the FIRST SEAL at the Midway point. The teaching that
"All of those Seals were opened long ago" understandings are wrong brother.
Rev. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18 and 19 are Parenthetical Citations But a REAL TIME event - the 7th trumpet - occurs in chapter 11!
Just like the 2nd Woe is SHOWN in Rev. 11 but happened in Rev. 9, likewise the 7th Trumpet is SHOWN in juxtaposition to the Two-witnesses ministry, but its not a REAL TIME EVENT, in that the Details are shown in Rev. 16. You see, Rev. 16, IMHO, was misplaced, it should follow Rev. ch. 9. Not that it matters, but pages from an old writer can easily get jumbled up. I understand it nevertheless. Maybe God wanted it jumbled up !! But Rev. 15 & 16 fits right after Rev. ch. 9. Rev. 11 just shows Jesus takes over after the 7th Trumpet which equals after the 3rd Woe which = after the 7 Vials in full. Then yes, Jesus takes over, but the REAL TIME EVENT is Rev. 16, that is why its far more detailed/graphic.
The rest of your post is just as far off. I wish you would just believe Revelation as written. Then your theories would be right. NO ONE has the right or the need to rearrange Revelation. It is written in perfect order!
I might be the only guy you ever meet that knows Revelation from front to back, that is a gift from God, nothing to do with me, except I studied hard and prayed harder.
The Spirit knoweth the Spirit. God Bless brother.