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→Parousia and the Rapture: boldface emphasis of "first" in quote Rv 20:5-6
This last statement corresponds to Revelation 1:7 "''Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him.''"
This last statement corresponds to Revelation 1:7 "''Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him.''"
According to 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 "the dead in Christ shall rise '''first:''' then we which are alive ''and'' remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air". According to Revelation 20:5-6 "This ''is'' the first resurrection. Blessed and holy ''is'' he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." This first resurrection of the dead takes place only '''''after''''' the end of the period of the great tribulation in Revelation 6–16, only after the opening of the seven seals (6:1–8:5), the sounding of the seven trumpets (8:6–11:19), and the pouring out of the seven vials/bowls of the wrath of God (15:5–16:21), only after, not before.
According to 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 "the dead in Christ shall rise '''first:''' then we which are alive ''and'' remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air". According to Revelation 20:5-6 "This ''is'' the '''first''' resurrection. Blessed and holy ''is'' he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." This first resurrection of the dead takes place only '''''after''''' the end of the period of the great tribulation in Revelation 6–16, only after the opening of the seven seals (6:1–8:5), the sounding of the seven trumpets (8:6–11:19), and the pouring out of the seven vials/bowls of the wrath of God (15:5–16:21), only after, not before.
Critics of the secret Rapture doctrine point to a multitude of passages in the New Testament as consistently teaching only one [[Parousia]], one Second Coming of the Lord, not two Second Comings:
Critics of the secret Rapture doctrine point to a multitude of passages in the New Testament as consistently teaching only one [[Parousia]], one Second Coming of the Lord, not two Second Comings: