As I start to read your article, it looks like you are definitely setting specific dates. Also, and this is just something we may disagree on, I believe that Revelation 7 does indeed describe the rapture, but as a mid tribulationist, I see it as after 3.5 years of tribulation and before 3.5 years of wrath of God, where no others will be saved, excepting the 144k.
But I’m still reading. I’m also getting a bit of Deja vu. I think I may have read this before.
Mr. Douglas,
I do not know the day or hour of the Coming of the Son of Man. I address your concern on that issue in the section of the article titled “The Day and the Hour.”
Up until several months ago, I only saw one taking up of believers. However, the falling of the stars convinced me that there are two instances where believers are taken up.
In the first, The Rescue of the Bride, only one third of the stars fall. Ref. Rev. 12:3-4 and Rev. 8:12 and Rev. 6:12-14. We see these believers in Revelation 7 gathered around the Lamb who is sitting on his father’s throne. Some of the stars are still in the sky. They have not all fallen. Ref. Rev. 8:12.
In the second, The Rapture of the Elect, all of the remaining stars fall. Ref. Isaiah 34:4 and Isaiah 34:8. We see these believers meeting the Son of Man in the air. Ref. 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17.
I found this evidence very compelling.