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Matthew 24:
21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
Christians will experience the great tribulation.
How long will the great tribulation last?
I don't know exactly, but it counts in days, not years.
Would you know if you were in the early stages of tribulation?
Only with hindsight:
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
One can even include possible redeemable people on other planets.
More detail of the 2nd coming is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
John 6:
40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
Revelation 1:
7 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.
John 5:
28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
2 Peter 3:
12b the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
The following seems to be the chronological order of events:
The great tribulation
2nd coming of Christ on the clouds on the last day
The dead in Christ resurrected
Live believers caught up (rapture).
The wicked resurrected for judgment
Both believers and unbelievers witness Christ coming on the clouds
Believers comes down from the clouds to the earth with Jesus
End of physical days, space-time dimensions changed
New heavens and new earth established.
As for the millennium reign, I assume it is only symbolic and not literal.
In the 19th century, John Darby placed rapture before the great tribulation. He described a secret coming (rapture) to gather believers, followed by a visible return at the end of the tribulation period. In the 20th century, this doctrine was exploited by the Left Behind film series. I do not put much weight on this doctrine.
21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
Christians will experience the great tribulation.
How long will the great tribulation last?
I don't know exactly, but it counts in days, not years.
Would you know if you were in the early stages of tribulation?
Only with hindsight:
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
One can even include possible redeemable people on other planets.
More detail of the 2nd coming is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
John 6:
40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
Revelation 1:
7 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all peoples on earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.
John 5:
28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
2 Peter 3:
12b the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
The following seems to be the chronological order of events:
The great tribulation
2nd coming of Christ on the clouds on the last day
The dead in Christ resurrected
Live believers caught up (rapture).
The wicked resurrected for judgment
Both believers and unbelievers witness Christ coming on the clouds
Believers comes down from the clouds to the earth with Jesus
End of physical days, space-time dimensions changed
New heavens and new earth established.
As for the millennium reign, I assume it is only symbolic and not literal.
In the 19th century, John Darby placed rapture before the great tribulation. He described a secret coming (rapture) to gather believers, followed by a visible return at the end of the tribulation period. In the 20th century, this doctrine was exploited by the Left Behind film series. I do not put much weight on this doctrine.
