sovereigngrace
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I have never met such "they's."
However, John is very clear on more than one resurrection to an eternal, resurrection body.
Jesus was the first a long time ago.
The resurrection and catching up of those in christ when Jesus comes the second time will be the next wave of the first or primary or chief of resurrections.
The catching up of the 144,000 will be the next wave - around the midpoint of the future 70th week.
The catching up and resurrection of the Old Testament saints and 70th week martyrs - including the two witnesses - will be the final wave of the first or primary or chief of resurrections that is for the righteous which will happen at the 7th vial that ends the week.
Speaking of two:
There is going to be TWO MORE TIMEs the signs in the sun and moon will be seen:
First as shown in Joel 2 and at the 6th seal, the sun will turn dark and the moon will appear blood red - as the sign of the Day of the Lord.
Next, over 7 years later, both the sun and the moon will be dark - and so will the stars - as shown in matthew 24 and in Joel 3. It will be the sign of the coming of the Lord to Armageddon. The sign is total darkness.
In other words, the sign in Matthew 24 is NOT THE SAME sign as at the 6th seal.
The only rapture passage that you bring to the table (namely 2 Thessalonians 4) is climactic, witnessing sudden and total destruction. None are said to escape. You say everyone escapes. The only 'seven years' passage that you bring to the table (namely Daniel 9) makes absolutely no mention to your so-called rapture, seven-year tribulation, or third coming. It has to be forced into the sacred text. What is more, you have to rip it out of its historical context and propel it into the unknown, without any hermeneutical grounds to do so, and apply it to some imaginary '7-year' age in the future.
Scripture forbids your theory.
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