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>>When the Beast is finally able to “make war” against them, overcome them, and kill them, the Bible does not tell us specifically how they die. You can be sure it will not be pleasant! Yet, after lying dead in the street for three and one-half days, they are obviously resurrected, and will be given eternal life! Are these two great prophets “Laodicean”?

Are they “left behind” when the saints are “raptured,” or the so-called “Philadelphia era” goes to a “place of safety”?<<

(1) Yes, the Beast destroys the two witnesses but you have no license to guess how. It might be by a bullet or decaptitation or some other way. Who knows? It is not important to speculate about it either.

(2) Are the two prophets Laodecean? No, friend, they are part of the Jewish remnant which turns to the Lord during the 70th Week.

(3) Were they left behind during the Rapture? Obviously not. However, there is nothing indicating that they or the 144,000 had a saving faith in Christ PRIOR to the Rapture.

>>>Do they suffer a horrible death because they are spiritually inferior?

No, God does not choose the spiritually WEAK, the lukewarm, to be His martyrs! <<<

Wrong again. Lots of spiritually weak believers are martyred. Check out (and DONATE) to Barnabas Aid and Voice of the Martyrs. You’ll find lots of new Christians persecuted and dying for their faith.

>>Jesus Christ tells them that those who seek to save their lives in this world, who have their minds on physical things, are likely to lose out on salvation!<<

You are way off the mark here, buddy. Just throwing an evil ad hominem attack on believers who believe in the Word, in John 14, 2 Thess 2, in Rev 5 thru 19, in Daniel 9.

>>There are three different Greek words which are used relative to Christ’s return to this earth.
They are:
(1) parousia, as already defined;

(2) epiphaneia, or, the “Epiphany,” the Advent (arrival) of Christ, meaning “a manifestation, appearing, brightness,”

and, (3) apokalupsis, meaning “disclosure, appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, be revealed, revelation.”

Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 are the focus of that :Coming” .

But “Rapture” is NOT in the Bible. <<

Wrong again.
From Bible.org:
The Greek word from this term “rapture” is derived appears in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, translated “caught up.” The Latin translation of this verse used the word rapturo. The Greek word it translates is harpazo, which means to snatch or take away. Elsewhere it is used to describe how the Spirit caught up Philip near Gaza and brought him to Caesarea (Acts 8:39) and to describe Paul’s experience of being caught up into the third heaven (2 Cor. 12:2-4). Thus there can be no doubt that the word is used in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 to indicate the actual removal of people from earth to heaven.