The totality of all believers is called “the bride of Christ”. In the ancient Jewish wedding the bride and groom are secluded for seven days after the wedding ceremony after which they are presented to the world and it’s then that they have the wedding feast. Jesus will be sent by the father to get His bride, there will be a ceremony after which Jesus and His bride will be secluded in heaven for the seven years (one week of years) of the tribulation after which will be the wedding supper.
I never heard it explained that way before. Interesting. Thank you, Cynical!
You are confusing Jacob’s trouble with scriptures on God’s wrath not reserved for his people. The faithful remnant of Israelites went into exile with the unfaithful Israelites. They went into captivity under God’s wrath.
The wedding cannot take place till after all believers have arrived as his bride. Therefore the wedding will have to be after the millennium. The church will still be on earth during the final tribulation and many will be added to it’s numbers. People are saved during those 7 years and people are saved during the 1000 years till the final judgement and the lake of fire.
We are given new bodies when Jesus returns. Both those coming down out of heaven with Jesus and us still alive on earth who belong to Jesus. New bodies are for earth not heaven. The saints in heaven have not bodies, their bodies corrupt lie in graves right now. Then the resurrection when Jesus returns. Heaven will come down here to earth after Satan and angels bound for 1000 years. New Jerusalem (heavenly Jerusalem will join earthly Jerusalem) for a 1000 year reign of Jesus on earth. We will live in new Jerusalem in our new resurrected bodies. During those 1000 years the church will be added to, then the bride will be complete, then the final judgement, then the marriage. There are not 2 or 3 weddings just one.
What you are proposing is church is removed for 7 years with resurrected bodies in heaven and wedding (marriage feast) in heaven. Those saved after rapture will not get resurrected bodies for there is only one resurrection and will never be bride of Christ because they missed wedding. Cannot be, pre-trib jumbles scripture and prophetic timeline of bible. There will be many added to church during Great Tribulation including Jews, and there will be many who fall away from church ( faith) during these 7 years, they become offended with believers living in faith and even betray believers. They were not prepared (lamps not full of oil, Holy Spirit) for tribulation. May well be those who were waiting for rapture out of here and thought they would never see Great Tribulation. Be prepared the signs say we are close.