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Thank you so much for your post!

I agree with you on the identity of the two witnesses in Revelation.

With regard to the "appointed once to die" I agree with Ready2Go on the source (Hebrews 9:27).

In addition to that are the tribulation rapture passages. I am of the pre-trib rapture belief. There are others who are of the mid-trib or post-trib … and perhaps some who expect no rapture at all.

Following are tidbits selected from some of my personal favorite pre-trib passages. Lurkers may want to read the passages before and following each of these to get the full meaning to decide for themselves:

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, - I Corinthians 15:51

Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. – I Thess 4:17

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. – Matthew 25:10

Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. – Matthew 24:40

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. – Revelation 3:10

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, - I Thess 5:9

Hello Alamo-Girl.

Great thread.

I loved the way you described magnifying the bible.It described perfectly my feeling on reading the book of Enoch.I beleived it had credence as it was quoted in Jude,it "magnified the bible" to me.It has it's importance no doubt but it isn't included in the bible so it's importance to me is not on that same level.

However....I will certainly follow this thread as it's something I find fascinating.I also think that it speaks loudly to our times.

To add to your list of scriptures...

Psalm 27:5 "For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavillion;in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me;He shall set me upon a rock"

God bless Alamo-Girl,grace and peace to you.

mitch

For similar reasons I'm a pre-trib believer.

Again, this is speculation, but it is almost as if God is trying to give Satan a fair fight.

"Look, I'll take up all the believers first - before you even get there. I will prove to you that love conquers all - without a single believer on the Earth you will be undone by faith."

Again, the above is speculation and opinion, and it is not something taken from scripture.

I can't tell you how many days I've just looked up and said, "What is taking you so long?"

I am not an advocate for letting all of these pre-tribulation signs happen, but I do believe they have to come to pass.

New question - Ezekiel's War. Will all of this happen before or after Ezekiel's War?