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Hi Jim
its me again, and I've been dong some homework here...
this is how I understand it....
Well there is a lot to share about this topic. I will try to make it precise and to the point. We first establish that before the second comming of Christ as described in revelation the rapture will take place as mentioned in 1 Thess 4. After the rapture will begin the 70th week of Daniel as mentioned in Dan 9 - 10. Which is a period of 7 years. The church will not be present, but during the 7 year period the jews will recognize the messiah and the anti christ will also be revealed. These 7 years are described in Math; 23 as the great tribulation. After this period Jesus will return with the church to reign on earth for 1000 years(the Millinium).
When will the rapture happen? We can say this that all the required prophesies that need to be fullfilled for it to happen has already occured. Like Isreal being established, the reestablised Roman empire in the european union, one world language etc. But we should also be aware that to give a specific is absolute foolishness. There is no calculation to be done regarding this date, we just simply choose to live by faith. As Tit; 2 describes for us to have that blessed hope of the return of our savior needs no date.
Last point that i wanted to mention was about Christs "last phase of atoning ministry". It seems a tricky phase but just to bring this into light that the atonement required for all sin, for all people, for all time, was completed on the cross 2000 years ago, and nothing more is left pending or unfinished. As our Savior beautifully said "IT IS FINISHED"
I hope this helped.
Blessings
Pauline R
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