Why would people who follow Christ not be considered Christians who are in the church? That is ludicrous.
When did Paul ever indicate that the following would not be true at some point in the future?
Galatians 3:26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
It should be obvious that this is a description of those who are part of the church. So, show me a scripture which indicates that this verse won't be true anymore at some point in the future.
Revelation 10:5-7
5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land
lifted his right hand toward heaven
6 and swore by the One who lives forever and ever,
who created heaven and what is in it, earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: “There will be no more delay;
7 on the contrary, in the days of the sound from the seventh angel when he sounds his
shofar, the hidden plan of God will be brought to completion, the Good News as he proclaimed it to his servants the prophets.”
The hidden plan of God will be brought to completion. After the 7th Trumpet it is over. Now you jam everything into that one Trumpet, and AVOID the 7 seals, 6 Trumpets, and 7 Thunders "like the plague". You reject the Lord's Day. To Amil that 7th Trumpet is all or nothing.
The church was completed in the 5th and 6th seal. Revelation 7 declares the church finished and with God in His Temple. Paradise is God’s temple prepared for Adam and his descendants. Abel used the alter that God set up.
The 6 Trumpets sounding is God dealing with the Nation of Israel and the separation of the sheep from the goats. The Thunders are the harvest of the wheat out of the Nations of the earth.
To rightly divide Revelation, one has to separate the chapters and let each set of Judgments speak for themselves.
Satan is left with the "empty" harvest field. God allows Satan several things in Revelation 13. 42 months being one of those things.
15 It (Satan) was allowed to put breath into the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could even speak; and it (Satan) was allowed to cause anyone who would not worship the image of the beast to be put to death.
This is God allowing Satan to perform something unnatural. In the book of Job, we see Satan was not allowed to kill Job. The connotations that death is allowed, points to something more than humans just killing other humans. That already happens because of our sin nature and the knowledge of good and evil. No one needs to be allowed to kill other humans, we do that already.
The 7 vials are only poured out on Satan and those with the mark. Otherwise all other humanity is dead or beheaded. The battle of Armageddon is the final end to Adam's sinful offspring born in the image of Adam. I am not talking about dead people here. I am talking about the end of all the living breathing humanity. When the battle is finished in one hour, the 7th Trumpet stops sounding. Revelation 10:5-7 is completed.
Why does the 7th Trumpet last for 8 days and 42 months? It was only to last for 8 days. Remember that strong covenant Messiah made with the "leaders" for one week in Daniel? It had something to do with Satan getting 42 months, which divided a single 8 day week up twice. The first 8 day week was Palm Sunday to Resurrection Sunday. Jesus was crucified in the middle of that week. His tomb was sealed from Wed. To early Sunday morning (3 am?) The first watch after midnight. 3 whole days. 3 whole nights (evenings). Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 6 pm to 6pm each day. The Tomb was still sealed from 6pm to at least 3am. Another 6 to 9 hours.
So Jesus was "cut off" at 3.5 years. The rest of the 3.5 years would be the Seals, Trumpets, and Thunders. The 7th Trumpet is the last 8 day week of Celebration. The end of the hidden plan, the Good News found in all the OT prophecies. That covenant with Satan allowed for one more split in a week. The 8 day week of the 7th Trumpet. Now Satan gets 42 months, that divide that week into two parts. An angel who can only do God’s will continues to blow the Trumpet even during Satan's 42 months.
Now what happens the last 3.5 days leading up to the Sunday of the battle of Armageddon? It is now the end of Satan's 42 months. Revelation 11:7-12
7 When they finish their witnessing, the beast coming up out of the Abyss will fight against them, overcome them and kill them;
8 and their dead bodies will lie in the main street of the great city whose name, to reflect its spiritual condition, is “S’dom” and “Egypt” — the city where their Lord was executed on a stake.
9 Some from the nations, tribes, languages and peoples see their bodies for three-and-a-half days and do not permit the corpses to be placed in a tomb.
10 The people living in the Land rejoice over them, they celebrate and send each other gifts, because these two prophets tormented them so.
11 But after the three-and-a-half days a breath of life from God entered them, they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
12 Then the two heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up into heaven in a cloud, while their enemies watched them.
While they lay dead for 3.5 days is when the 7 vials are poured out. The 7th being the earthquake mentioned in Revelation 11:13. Then on Sunday, the battle of Armageddon. That is it. Adam and the punishment is over and completed. No more sin. No more knowledge of good and evil. No more need for Salvation. The plan set up by God is complete. What happens in Revelation 20 is a brand new ball game and plan. That is why the prophets in the OT who see past the 7th Trumpet do not see clearly. They see Messiah and the 7 years, and judgment, but cannot explain the situation after all is completed. Do they actually see animals and long life? Do they see no more war and suffering? Yes, but they are not given the explicit details. Not even John in Revelation 20 gives us a living description to tie into the OT visions. He does not see a vision. He sees the beginning of the 1000 years and the end of the 1000 years. He is not shown one detail of the 1000 years. Amil claim they know more about it than John did.
John does give some detail of the next created reality. The one that we instantly go into, or it is created around us. It will not take 6 days like this created reality. This created reality that took 6 days which God planned, to represent the 6000 years, humans would suffer Adam's disobedience. Remember the Lord's Day to keep it holy. Separated unto God, without sin and the knowledge of good and evil. Peter says do not be ignorant of what a day is: With the Lord. Not "to" the Lord, but with the Lord.
