I went back and read Rev19 again. My attention is drawn to the beginning lines of chapters 19 and 18. So to get the full picture of what's going on we should look at 17, 18 and 19. In short, wrath is poured out upon Babylon and Babylon is fallen, is fallen.
Those opening lines give some order of events. "And after these things..." So Babylon is destroyed under the wrath of judgement before the "marriage supper of the Lamb".
And we saw that those who took part in the first resurrection are present in the kingdom before the wrath (Rev15) "standing on the sea of glass mixed with fire".
Obviously the "first resurrection of Rev20" is an event that happens before the wrath and before Babylon is fallen and before the marriage supper of the Lamb. It all works in order. There is no need for a rapture before the first resurrection.
We don't know how long after we enter into the kingdom will the marriage supper be. Kingdom time is going to be amazing for sure.
I went back and read Rev19 again. My attention is drawn to the beginning lines of chapters 19 and 18. So to get the full picture of what's going on we should look at 17, 18 and 19. In short, wrath is poured out upon Babylon and Babylon is fallen, is fallen.
Those opening lines give some order of events. "And after these things..." So Babylon is destroyed under the wrath of judgement before the "marriage supper of the Lamb".
And we saw that those who took part in the first resurrection are present in the kingdom before the wrath (Rev15) "standing on the sea of glass mixed with fire".
Obviously the "first resurrection of Rev20" is an event that happens before the wrath and before Babylon is fallen and before the marriage supper of the Lamb. It all works is order. There is no need for a rapture before the first resurrection.
I went back and read Rev19 again. My attention is drawn to the beginning lines of chapters 19 and 18. So to get the full picture of what's going on we should look at 17, 18 and 19. In short, wrath is poured out upon Babylon and Babylon is fallen, is fallen.
Those opening lines give some order of events. "And after these things..." So Babylon is destroyed under the wrath of judgement before the "marriage support of the Lamb".
And we saw that those who took part in the first resurrection are present in the kingdom before the wrath (Rev15) "standing on the sea of glass mixed with fire".
Obviously the "first resurrection of Rev20" is an event that happens before the wrath and before Babylon is fallen and before the marriage supper of the Lamb. It all works is order. There is no need for a rapture before the first resurrection.
I went back and read Rev19 again. My attention is drawn to the beginning lines of 19 and 18. So to get the full picture of what's going on we should look at 17, 18 and 19. In short, wrath is poured out upon Babylon and Babylon is fallen, is fallen.
Those opening lines give some order of events. "And after these things..." So Babylon is destroyed under the wrath of judgement before the "marriage support of the Lamb".
And we saw that those who took part in the first resurrection are present in the kingdom before the wrath (Rev15) "standing on the sea of glass mixed with fire".
Obviously the "first resurrection of Rev20" is an event that happens before the wrath and before Babylon is fallen and before the marriage supper of the Lamb. It all works is order. There is no need for a rapture before the first resurrection.