the 6th seal may not actually be God's wrath...nor in the 7 trumpets. God's wrath may not be come until the final stage of the great tribulation, the 7 vials
It is the Lamb that is opening the seals. Only He is found worthy. The opening of the 7th seal produces the 7 angels with the 7 trumpets. One of the 4 beasts before the throne of the Lamb gives the 7 angels the 7 vials of wrath.
Note that the Bible doesn't show the 144,000 getting saved during the tribulation. It's possible they were saved before the tribulation began.
If they were saved during the Church age, they would be part of the Church. There would not have to be a distinction between the "144,000" and the "great multitude". Note that there is no mention of the Lamb in the description of the "144,000" in Rev 7:1-8, but the Lamb is mentioned 3 times in the description of the "144,000" in Rev 14:1-5. By Rev 14:1, these "144,000" are standing with the Lamb on Mt. Zion, with "His Father's name" written in their foreheads.
Is there a verse which says grace ends before the tribulation? Isn't the covenant of grace the "everlasting covenant(Revelation 14:6) How could we Christians who will be in the tribulation after the cross and after Pentecost (i.e. not OT) who have washed our "robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" (Revelation 7:14) and have "the faith of Jesus" (Revelation 14:12) and are "in the Lord" (Revelation 14:13) not be in his grace and not be in his body?
I believe that these verses refer back to the tribulation of the Church age, having been fulfilled in history and are still being fulfilled. Certainly, they are pre-wrath.
The everlasting covenant of grace is extended only to the elect, both of the wild and natural branches of spiritual Israel. Most assuredly, there is a point in time, beyond which there are "no more chances" given. Paul reveals a mystery involving a time designated as the "the fullness of the Gentiles", beyond which I see "no more chances" given the Gentiles, since they are "full":"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in."(Romans 11:25).
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