That parable may give credence to a partial rapture.
EliRoom8,
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There two (2) “rescues/raptures/takings” still future to us. Here they are:
1) First one: The Great Multitude in White Robes (Revelation 7:9ff). This one takes place at the beginning of The Great Tribulation (Revelation 7:14). A third (1/3) of the stars fall from the firmament to the earth (Revelation 12:4, 6:13, 8:7, 8:12, 9:1). Yahusha (Jesus) DOES NOT descend from heaven to the earth. He is snatched up to his father’s throne room (Revelation 12:5, 7:9ff). Believers, those who are ready, are taken from earth to the throne room to meet him.
2) Second one: The Rapture of the Elect (Matthew 24:29-31). This one takes place at the end of The Great Tribulation, immediately after the distress of those days. All of the remaining stars fall from the firmament to the earth (Isaiah 34:4, 34:8). Yahusha himself descends from heaven to the earth to pick up the Elect.
The falling stars testify that these are two (2) separate events. They are separated by years.
More, the first one has not yet happened. A third of the stars have NOT YET FALLEN from the firmament to the earth. This proves definitively that the sixth seal has NOT YET been opened.
Blessings to you and your loved ones.
Dan :-)