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Quix that is not true. If you have been raptured out prior to the 2nd coming and you are in heaven and being married you are the bride and those left on the earth during the tribulation not in heaven can not be the bride she is in heaven. So what are they?

I disagree with your construction on ‘reality.’

I have never observed it to be very successful when mortals attempt to confine

ALMIGHTY GOD AND HIS DOINGS

to their puny little pseudo-tidy little boxes.

I’ve found ALMIGHTY GOD TO ALWAYS BE BIGGER THAN SUCH PRESUMPTIONS, ASSUMPTIONS.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment (or authority to rule) was given unto them: And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4)

This passage of scripture identifies a multitude of people who have resurrected bodies just like our Lord Jesus Christ. These real people were alive at the rapture when Christ took His Bride. They are identified in Revelation 7:9-17, as those who refused to take the mark of the beast and were slain for their witness of Christ. These are the martyred saints who were killed during the tribulation period and their number is said to be so great that no man could number them.

When Christ comes in the clouds of glory to rule and reign on earth they will be resurrected. As mentioned above, they are promised a place in the millennial reign of Christ, but what their duties will be is uncertain, but they will take part. Some hold to the view that they will act as servants in the millennium temple due to their description in Revelation 7:15 which states, “Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: And he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.”

Whatever their position, it is certain that they will have a special place in His kingdom, for He will dwell among them.

Those people who have accepted Christ as Savior during the approximately 2500 years of the Church Age are referred to by Christ as His Church, His "Bride", and Scripture clearly spells out what their future is during the Tribulation in Heaven and during the millennium; however, they are a separate group of saints than those who miss the Rapture because they are not saved at that time and who receive Christ as Savior during the Tribulation.

Bridesmaids???