This is the creation of doctrine. I think these verses deserve deep study but we should not latch on to theories that draw a curse upon us as declared in verse 18 above. Adding a pre-trib rapture to this book is asking for trouble.
We're not given license to invent an enormous end times event that Jesus never declares. If he says we will be saved from the hour of temptation then we will be. But to leap to a special rescue because the word church is not used later, well it's strange.
I certainly don't have all of this book understood and I love testing people's theories. I just don't want theories that come with a curse for being wrong. Especially when Rev 20 is so clear and plain to read about the First resurrection. (The dead in Christ must go first before those who are alive.)
This is the creation of doctrine. I think these verses deserve deep study but we should not latch on to theories that draw a curse upon us as declared in verse 18 above. Adding a pre-trib rapture to this book is asking for trouble.
We're not given license to invent an enormous end times event that Jesus never declares. If he says we will be saved from the hour of temptation then we will be. But to leap to a special rescue because the word church is not used later, well it's strange.
I certainly don't have all of this book understood and I love testing people's theories. I just don't want theories that come with a curse for being wrong. Especially when Rev 20 is so clear and plain to read about the First resurrection. (The dead in Christ must go first before those who are alive.)