Hey Yosemitest, I am really curious about your opinion on something. In the following verse, how do we know what “Last Trumpet” this is referring to? Is this the same last trumpet in Rev. 11?
1 Cor. 14:51-52
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Thanks!
Well, to me,
"Last Trumpet" means what it says, the LAST one.
Now first, you must know that by profession, I'm a retired control tower operator/supervisor of the USAF, and also have 5 years in the FAA in air traffic control.
That being stated first, my background in religion is of a highly personal matter, motivated by many
significant emotional events over the period of my life.
Some of my cross reference Bibles and my study Bibles have many notes on the subject, but one of the most interesting takes me back to
Isaiah 27:13 and continues all the way through until Isaiah 29:12.
It also emphasizes
I Cor 15:22-24 and combined with the reference above of Isaiah, it gets real clear to me WHEN this is to occur.
You ask me:
"Is this the same last trumpet in Rev. 11?"
By that question, I
assume you're referring to
Rev 11:15"And the seventh angel sounded;"
Here we read that the
"... two witnesses, ... the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks ..." are resurrected,
and are are ascending up to meet the Jesus and His Army, who is coming to Earth with His angels
and the resurrected ... to
I hope this answered your question on what I think about this.
Don't forget that
there is a lot of time and things to happen between the
"treading down of the wicked" and
"the judgement".