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To: Sorensen
You wrote:
There will be two in the field, the one will be taken (as in judgment) If you read a little further on , it speaks of where the Carcass is, their the eagles(vultures) will be gathered. This refers to the Battle of Armageddon.

I disagree.

After the Rapture (which from the Greek is translated into Latin, and comes from the act of being caught up we see in Paul’s explanation to the Thessalonians) we find evidence for the Great Multitude in Heaven with the Sixth Seal in Revelation 7:9. After that, there is a period of silence (proving there are no cell phones in Heaven -a little levity for you there) which marries the silence Amos 8:3 describes with bodies being flung everywhere. Then there is the Wrath of God with the Seventh Seal.

The Seventh Seal reveals four trumpets, the first four act in thirds upon the Earth. The last three are woes. The text in Revelation 11 omits the third woe, but it is revealed later as the seven bowl judgments. Only after all this does our Lord go out with His host (the 144,000) to do battle.

P.S. There is no Armageddon mentioned in the Bible other than the one mention of it in Rev 16:16. Now there is a Har Magedon which would be the mountain by the plain of Megiddo in the hill country of Ephraim. This is an ancient battle field involved in Israel's battle for existence going back to the times of conquering the Promised Land. Whether this represents a scribal error or not, the name is more than a little of a consequence to dismiss.

135 posted on 05/20/2004 10:52:29 AM PDT by Teleosis
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My apologies:

the name is more than a little of a consequence to dismiss.

Should have read:

the name is a little more than of a coincidence to dismiss.

137 posted on 05/20/2004 10:58:59 AM PDT by Teleosis
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