Two Raptures? Repeating patterns of the Bible
I believe I have addressed some of these thoughts in previous blogs. However, it seems the closer we get to the Rapture of the Church the more people come against the thought of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture. These people often go on and on about Noah and Lot. While they ignore Enoch and Elijah, whose experiences are the closest thing to a Rapture in the Old Testament. They refer to the group of people that appear in Heaven in Chapter 7 of Revelation that came out of the great tribulation. They ignore the group in Revelation 5, or say it is the same as the group in Revelation 7, despite the differences between the two groups. They also refer to the First Resurrection in Revelation 20. I truly want to understand God's Word and I truly do not want to be misled nor mislead anyone else. One of the things that is stressed from the Hebrew mind thought is that Biblical events occur in repeating patterns. Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and
