On Jewish wedding customs, lest you ding me about too much typing, I insert here somebody’s else’s take on it, a post-trib pastor. Sorry, he does even more typing than me!
http://answersinrevelation.org/wedding.pdf
The marriage supper occurs AFTER the tribulation, on earth, not in hea ven.
Isaiah 24:23 indicates the timing of this event, re ferring to the cosmic signs that accompany Christ's coming "Immediately after the tribulation," (Matt. 24:29), and His reigning in His Kingdom. Isaiah 25:2 refers to the saints rejoicing over the destruction of Babylon the Great, just as in Revelation. Verse 6 i ndicates that the Lord will prepare a great feast for His people ON MT. ZION in Israel. This is the marriage supper anticipated in Rev. 19, and it occurs immediately f ollowing the second coming, where Christ fetches His bride
Rev 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
Rev 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Rev 19:3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
Rev 19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
Rev 19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
Rev 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Rev 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
John is in heaven writing this stuff down...Every bit of this takes place in heaven...And after the wedding???
Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
So your version of the Rapture goes like this:
The Tribulation takes place while the church is on earth...
The Tribulation ends...
Jesus comes for his betrothed...
The church (the betrothed) rise up to meet Jesus in the air...
Jesus and the church circle back to the earth (they don't make it back to heaven)...
Jesus and the church get married on earth, in Jerusalem while there are hundreds of millions of Jesus' enemies camped around Jerusalem...
So after the wedding on earth, Jesus and the church go back up to heaven...
Jesus climbs on a white horse and he along with the church head back to earth to fight the battle of Armageddon...
Naw, I can't buy that scenario...John is in heaven...He sees the wedding taking place in heaven...There will no gap in time between the end of the Tribulation and the return of Jesus to fight the battle of Armageddon...
And I read it in it's entirety. The poor man did a lousy of research. There are so many errors it would take more space then we have here to address them all. I'll just reference you to this research with documented evidence both from scripture and The Jewish Encyclopedia.
http://www.biblestudymanuals.net/jewish_marriage_customs.htm
An online searchable copy of the Jewish Encyclopedia can be found here.
This statement which should be of interest:
"The bride had to remain in the ḥuppah for seven days, as long as the wedding festivities lasted (Judges xiv. 15); hence the name of these festivities, "the seven days of her" or "of the ḥuppah" (Pesiḳ. 149b)."
can be found at http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7941-huppah
For over 50 years now my goal has been to find the real truth and not to simply substantiate a pre conceived or previously learned idea.
>>Try reading the Bible without the aid of the two parousia theory.<<
You make the assumption I haven't? On what basis of clairvoyance do you make this presumption? In the last 50 years I have investigated every claim and supposition those who deny the pre trib rapture have come up with. You're not presenting anything new to me.