Islamic eschatology teaches that the Mahdi will come to Jerusalem and establish that temple mount as his throne site, and that 'jesus' will proclaim the Mahdi as lord of lords. The eschatology of the Islamic religion is aligned with the eschatology of Christian beliefs, except the Islamic explanation fits the anti-Christ of Christian eschatology, to a tee!
The Revelation of John has the Church as focal point through the first three chapters and at the start of chapter four, when John is 'called up hither', the Church is not mentioned again until late in chapter nineteen. From chapter four until nineteen, John's perspective is from Heaven down to the Earth. The focus of the Revelation shifts from the churches to the world of the Jews, especially Jerusalem and Israel. The Seals and trumpets and bowls of wrath are for the entire Christ rejecting world, but the focus of events, as Jesus taught his disciple on the Mount of Olives on the Wednesday evening before His crucifixion, is Israel and the Second coming upon the Earth fulfilling the seventieth week of Daniel.
Jesus started His History lesson by giving the Disciples an overview of human History, focusing them on the Age of The preaching of the Gospel. But He ended the History lesson focusing on Jerusalem and the Coming of The Son of Man as the Conquering Messiah. The hallmark of the Church Age is the indwelling of God's Holy Spirit as the seal of our inheritance in Christ. For we have passed from condemnation by doing/faithing in what Peter proclaimed in Matthew 16:18. The seventieth week of Daniel is nothing like that Age of Grace.
The opening of Seals by The Lamb of God ushers in the Tribulation, and the first seal has the anti-Christ riding in on a white horse with a bow in his hand but no arrows, because he is proclaiming peace and safety to The Jews. Not to the Church, to the Jews. He makes a seven year contract with The Jews but in 3 1/2 years breaks that contract and tries to exterminate the Jews. The breaking of the contract is the arrival of the second rider, the red one signaling blood and slaughter. The third horseman is disease and pestilence.
The scene at the end of the Tribulation period has Jesus arrive as the conquering King and his vesture is dipped in blood. The bridegroom would not come for His bride with vestutre dipped in blood. and the host of Saints who come with Him wear White linen.
Finally, in John chapter fourteen Jesus tells His disciples that He goes to prepare a place for them, in His Father's House where there are many mansions. And He will come and bring them there to be with Him always.
So, at the start of the Seventieth week, where is Jesus? Why He's gone back to His Father's House with His bride and the rewards judgments are happening for the Church Age Saints. The Saints coming out of the Tribulation period are a different group of Saints. So if there are people getting saved during the revival in the Tribulation, the Holy Spirit is at work with them.
The 144,000 Jews from the tribes will be doing evangelization and the Holt Spirit will be convicting hearts and Salvation will be happening across the world. But the focus for the Coming of The Conquering King is to Jerusalem, to the Mount of Olives. The Rapture and the Second Coming upon the Earth are two very different scenes, hallmarked by very different characteristics. The Rapture is not associated with judgment, but the Second Coming is. The Rapture of the Church is delivering the Bride out of the coming tribulation. The Second Coming is delivering judgment upon the Earth and everything thereon. and there are several more differences, if you're at all interested.
Oops, the post was aimed at you, es. I thought mdmathis6 might want to see it also.
Didn’t read most of this crap, but the end of your screed has a huge error: “144000 Jews.”
Only 12000 Jews, the rest will be from the other tribes.
The other 11 tribes are the bulk of the believers in this world. There will be only a limited number of non-Hebrews saved. Only those that sojourn with them!
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“The Man of Sin appears at the midpoint of Daniel’s 70th week” In this you do err, for the man of sin will enter The Temple at mid Trib and be where he should not be, doing what he should not do in the Temple of the Living God. The man of sin will show up much earlier than that and will be the one proclaiming peace and safety to the Jews and get them to enter into the pact Daniel references as the start of the seventieth week”
I never said that; you might be responding to another poster. I know that the appearance of the man of sin...in deed.the first beast, the 2nd beast also know as the false prophet and the Image of the first beast make an appearance that starts the final week. Because the two witnesses shall we say “bedevil” or “be-angel” the beast system for 3.5 years until the beast makes war against them and is able to overcome and slay them...well temporarily any way!
The whole world(at least the “marked folks) see the conflict and rejoice and give gifts to one another, they are so happy(perhaps it occurs a Christmas time?)..Until God raises them up and says “Come up here!”...the whole world(by TV?) sees this and the whole world is afraid. Then the Desolation of Abomination occurs and the guantlet is thrown down!
I never thought of the Rapture as the second coming, just questioned the timing of it. There is mention of a specific time where our specific lives are examined at the Judgment seat of Christ and our works are tried by fire....those that are good and in the glory of Christ will survive the fire, the bad works are burned up and rewards given. We are given bodies like Jesus and at his appearance, all of us who had been given crowns shall cast them at his feet. Then we return with Christ whereupon the mount of olives splits at the touch of his feet(the second coming) and water flows east and west out of Jerusalem(there is a faultline that separates the mountain north and south as well as a known and unfathomable source of water(some of the purest tasting known) below Jerusalem...with such a source of water, it may also be amplifying Earthquakes that run thru that area. So all is in readiness for the return of the King!