[Iscool]

The Scriptures talk about one singular “first resurrection” and pinpoint it in the chronology in one place, so that is all we need to know to rule out these silly pre-trib or mid-trib “rapture” theories.

Sure...Just throw away all that scripture that explains them and go on your merry way...Whatever floats your boat...

[Boogieman]

“Sure...Just throw away all that scripture that explains them and go on your merry way...Whatever floats your boat...”

Not throwing anything away, I’m just explaining that, since Scripture can’t contradict itself, any interpretation that tries to stretch the first resurrection out into multiple events separated by some period of time is not compatible with Scripture, and therefore, not worthy of consideration. If your interpretation creates contradictions, then clearly your interpretation is wrong, because Scripture is not self-contradictory.