THE RAPTURE AND
THE FIRST
RESURRECTION = THE SAME EXPERIENCE
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God is Thought. The brightness
of our revelations depends upon the correctness of our
doctrines, our building blocks, our Godly Thoughts laid
one upon
another, ascending into the mind of Christ.
THE RAPTURE
(1
Thes 4:15-18) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that
we
which are alive and remain unto the [second]
coming of the
Lord [Jesus Christ] shall not prevent [Gk:
precede]
[go before] them which are asleep [Gk:
dead].
(1 Thes 4:16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a
shout [Gk: a cry of incitement] [Dict: an urge or
stimulation to
action], with the voice of the archangel [Michael]
[1],
and with the trump of God [Gk: (through the idea of
quavering or
reverberation); a trumpet] [a great shaking]: and the dead
in Christ
[all deceased saved persons] shall rise first: Then we
which are alive
and remain shall be caught up [Gk: seized: caught
(away, up),
plucked (up)] [rising] together [Isn’t that just
wonderful?] with them [with the dead in Christ
(all
deceased saved persons)] in the clouds [of glory],
to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the
Lord.
Wherefore [be wholly comforted and] comfort one another
with
these [loving] words [of fulfilling prophecy].
1.
(Jude
1:9) Yet Michael the
archangel,
when contending [Gk: to vie] [syn: argue, assert, declare]
with
the devil [Gk: a traducer; specifically Satan ////
Heb: a
false accuser, slanderer] he disputed [Gk: (carefully)
discussed
in argument] about the body of Moses, durst [Gk:
dared]
not bring against him a railing [attacking,
condemning] accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke
thee.
2.
(Dan
12:1-3) And at that time shall
Michael stand up
[prepare to take action], the great prince [Heb:
head
person: general] which standeth [takes action]
for
the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble
[Heb: adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation],
such as
never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and
at
that time thy people shall be delivered [Heb: escape, be
rescued] [i.e.,
raptured], every one that shall be found written in the book
[of life]. (Dan 12:2) [This verse is a
compressed time
statement, i.e., “the first resurrection” (Rev 20:5) through “the great
white
throne” judgment (Rev 20:11)] And many of them that sleep
in the
dust [fig. all graves] of the earth shall
[suddenly] awake [be revived], some to
everlasting life [“the first resurrection”], and some
to
shame [Heb: disgrace: rebuke] and everlasting
contempt
[Heb: repulsive; an object of aversion: abhorring] [“the great white
throne”
judgment]. (Dan 12:3) And they that be wise [Heb:
circumspect and hence intelligent: consider, teach, have understanding,
wisdom,
guide wittingly] shall shine [Heb: gleam; fig.
enlighten:
admonish, give warning] as the brightness [Heb:
brilliancy] of the firmament; and they that turn many to
righteousness [i.e., win lost souls to Christ] as
the
stars [AS THE STARS] for ever and ever.
3.
(Rev
3:5) He that overcometh [Gk:
subdues: conquers, prevails, gets the victory] [GETS THE VICTORY OVER
HIS
NATURAL MAN (OVER HIS SOUL)], the same shall be clothed in
white [Gk:
“light”] [a Biblical color symbol of innocence, purity,
perfection (the absence of darkness - sin),] raiment [Gk:
robes]; and I will not blot out his name out of the
book of
life, but I will confess [Gk: acknowledge] his
name
before my Father, and before his angels.
THE FIRST RESURECTION
(Rev
20:1-6) And I saw an angel [Jesus Christ] come
down
from heaven [“the Lord himself shall descend from heaven” 1
Thes
4:16], having the key of the bottomless pit and a
great chain
in his hand [Gk: fig. power]. And he laid hold [Gk:
to use strength] on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is
the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
And
cast him into the bottomless pit [Gk: “abyss”], and
shut him up [literally, i.e., vocally], and set a
seal
[Gk: to seal up, stop] upon him, that he should deceive
[Gk:
(cause to) roam (from safety, truth, virtue): go astray, err, seduce,
wander]
the nations no more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled [Gk:
completed]: and after that he must be loosed [let
loose] a little season [Gk: a fixed time or interval].
And
I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was
given unto
them [unto the resurrected previously fallen
angels, now redeemed
and glorified] [1]: and I saw the souls [Gk: (by
implication)
spirits] of them that were beheaded for the witness
of Jesus,
and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the
beast
[a (powerful) unsaved man] [2], neither his image
[Gk:
likeness] [via statue, picture, television, movie, computer,
projection, etc.],
neither had received his mark [Gk: scratch or etching]
[a tattoo,
an emblem of ownership] upon their foreheads
[fig. thoughts],
or in their hands [fig. works]; and they [the
resurrected redeemed previously fallen angels, now glorified]
lived
and reigned [as “kings and priests” Rev 1:6; 5:10 &
20:6]
with Christ [Gk: the anointing, the Messiah] a
thousand
years. But the rest of the dead lived not again [were
not resurrected] until the thousand years were finished.
This is the
first resurrection [Gk: a standing up again: raised to life
again].
Blessed [Gk: happy] and
holy [Gk: sacred: a saint] is he that hath part in the
first resurrection [Gk: a standing up again: raised to life
again]:
on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign [as kings]
with him a
thousand years.
1.
(1
Cor 6:3) Know ye not
that we shall judge angels [i.e., unsaved men]?
how much
more things that pertain [relate] to this life?
2.
(Eccl
3:18) I said in
mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that
God might manifest
[make apparent to] them, and that they might see [understand]
that they themselves are beasts [Heb: animals] [alive
bodies with a soul but without a spirit].
THE LAST LAST
DAYS ARE PRESENTLY FORESHADOWED
BY THE
PREVALENCE OF ACCUSERS (Satanic
adherants)
(Rev
20:7-15) And when the thousand years are expired [Gk:
completed], Satan [Gk: the accuser, the devil]
shall
be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive
the nations
which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to
gather them
together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
And they
went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the
saints
about, and the beloved city [Jerusalem]: and
fire
came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. (Rev
20:10)
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of
fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet
are, and
shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And
I saw a
great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the
earth and
the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the
dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books
[(multiple)]
were opened: and another book [(singular)] was
opened,
which is the book of life [with God’s inspiration
(Spirit)]:
and the dead were judged out of those things which were written
in the
books [of works without God’s inspiration (Spirit)], according
to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in
it; and death
and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they
were judged
every man according to their works [without God’s
inspiration (Spirit)]. (Rev 20:14) And death and hell
were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (Rev
20:15)
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
was
cast into the lake of fire.
1.
(Mat
25:41) Then shall he
say also unto them on the left hand [“the goats” Mat
25:33],
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire,
prepared
for the devil and his angels:
2.
(Rev
20:10) And the
devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented
day and night for ever and ever.
3.
(Rev
20:14,15) And death
and hell [concepts] were cast into the lake of fire. This
is
the second death. And whosoever was not found written in
the book of
life was cast into the lake of fire.
4.
Commentary:
the devil,
and the beast, the false prophet, and whosoever
are the
unclean spirits of men, i.e., fallen angels
OUR JOY
(Luke
22:28-30) Ye are they which have continued with me [Jesus
Christ] in my temptations [Gk: adversity ///
test].
And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed
unto me;
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit
on
thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.