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To: Gargantua

One question are those people who are saved during the tribulation part of the bride of Christ and His body? If not why?


26 posted on 08/18/2008 8:31:26 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; ....)
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To: guitarplayer1953

Those saved with a regenerated human spirit during the Great Tribulation shall have eternal life, but that doesn’t mean God the Holy Spirit indwells them at that point of human history. The Church is His body and bride which has been indwelt by the Holy Spirit. When the Restrainer is removed, a different dispensation is administered.


32 posted on 08/18/2008 8:42:01 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: guitarplayer1953
In Revelation 19 we are told of the wedding feast of the Lamb, where the celebration takes place as Christ is wed to His bride, the church (in current-day speak, "the faithful").

Revelation 19:4-10
4The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried: "Amen, Hallelujah!"

5Then a voice came from the throne, saying: "Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both small and great!"

6Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. 7Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. 8Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear." (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)

9Then the angel said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!' " And he added, "These are the true words of God."

10At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." In Revelation 20 we read this:

Revelation 20
The Thousand Years
1And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
3He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

4I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

These referred to in bold above are saved, and saved out of the tribulation. BUT, at the time of the Wedding Feast of the Lamb in heaven, they are still dead and have yet to be "wakened."

Pretty clear to me. You?

;-/

35 posted on 08/18/2008 8:50:36 PM PDT by Gargantua (...forget the sunscreen, bring your barbecue sauce... ;-/)
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To: guitarplayer1953
One question are those people who are saved during the tribulation part of the bride of Christ and His body? If not why?

I'll answer...Pick me...Pick me...

No they are not...Because the espoused (2Co 11:2) Bride is in Heaven during the Tribulation getting married...These folks will be 'friends' of the Bride/Groom as spoken of in many places in the parables of the Gospels...

108 posted on 08/19/2008 8:01:14 AM PDT by Iscool (If Obama becomes the President, it will be an Obama-nation)
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