We shall be changed...the dead in Christ shall rise first....we shall meet Him..Did you think that the 'we' shall be changed meant unbelievers and that they would be raised incorruptible in the twinkling of an eye?? Paul was talking about US.
Yes Jesus will judge. That would not be at the marriage supper nor at the Rapture of course. Nor was it at the first Christmas! Indeed He shall judge and separate the wicked from the saved...no one says that is at the Rapture.
Again, not all events are supposed to happen that time when we are garthered together with Him in the air!
What is this, toss out random verses hour?? Yes, after the marriage supper, and after the Rapture there will be a time when we head on back to earth, and Jesus takes over! That doesn't take away from any previous event in history before this such as the rapture.
Great, your problem seems to be thinking that because there are similar happenings in the Rapture and the second coming to earth with the saints, that there can only be one event. No. We need to look at what is being talked about.
In the next chapter, we have the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats.
Great, that ain't the Rapture though!
Not in your mind. However since we know that we are not appointed to wrath, and we know that there is a gathering together one day of the living and dead up into the air to be with Him where He is....there actually are passages that talk about this. Yes there are also passages that talk about when we return to earth (Jesus WITH us) and you chose to conflate the two, or have somehow not comprehended the fullness of the wonderful mystery and future we have.
He is actually coming to take us out of this mess before all hell breaks loose and all heaven too..in wrath on the earth!
Despite your haughty totty little snide accusations here, God made clear He loved us and was comin for us one day before the last horrible act in human history. This is the hope of ages. Tread lightly here, or you could find yourself on thin ice and hot water.
Dad: "We shall be changed...the dead in Christ shall rise first....we shall meet Him..Did you think that the 'we' shall be changed meant unbelievers and that they would be raised incorruptible in the twinkling of an eye?? Paul was talking about US."
There is no reason to believe Paul talked about a Rapture here or anywhere else.
Dad: "Yes Jesus will judge. That would not be at the marriage supper nor at the Rapture of course."
Not so fast. In the Parable of the Wedding Banquet, the King, who represents God, throws the man caught without "wedding clothes" out "into the darkness." I take this to mean that hypocrites will be detected and thrown out. I don't know if the timing is literal or whether it is just a way of saying that such people will not be among the saints in heaven, but there it is.
11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
--Matthew 11:1-13 NIV
Dad: "Indeed He shall judge and separate the wicked from the saved...no one says that is at the Rapture."
Why do you believe in a Rapture?
Dad: "What is this, toss out random verses hour?? Yes, after the marriage supper, and after the Rapture there will be a time when we head on back to earth, and Jesus takes over! That doesn't take away from any previous event in history before this such as the rapture."
I quoted Scripture and you accuse me of throwing out Scripture. You seem to put the "marriage supper" before the Rapture, which makes no sense. The marriage supper is eternity in heaven. How could that be before the Rapture, even if there was such a thing? Why do you believe in a Rapture?
Dad: "Great, your problem seems to be thinking that because there are similar happenings in the Rapture and the second coming to earth with the saints, that there can only be one event."
There is only one event because there is no reason to believe in a Rapture.
Dad: "Great, that ain't the Rapture though!"
Why do you believe in a Rapture? Is it a coincidence that every passage in the Bible that might refer to a "Rapture" always refers to something else?
Dad: "Yes there are also passages that talk about when we return to earth (Jesus WITH us) and you chose to conflate the two, or have somehow not comprehended the fullness of the wonderful mystery and future we have."
Revelation indicates that saints who are already in heaven will come back with Jesus but there is no guarantee that any other Christian living today will be among them.
Dad: "He is actually coming to take us out of this mess before all hell breaks loose and all heaven too..in wrath on the earth!"
There is no such promise in the Bible.