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• The shadow of the Bride of Christ in the Old Testament (excerpt #1)
• Who is caught up in the rapture and who isn't (excerpt #2)
• The significance of blasphemy of the Spirit in the end times (excerpt #3)
• The time life of the last 7 years prior to the second coming (excerpt #4)

Excerpt #1 The shadow of the Bride of Christ in the Old Testament

Revelation 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.

There is going to be a wedding. The question is; who is getting married? God’s word states the Lamb is getting married. However, who is the Lamb?………

Just as many of God’s spiritual principles and pre-planned events are shadowed in the Old Testament, so is the marriage of the Lamb. However, the majority of the prophetic information found on this subject is devoted to the bride of the Lamb, or the bride of Christ, as Jesus is the Christ.

This is one of the most often referred to ‘shadow’ subjects in the Old Testament. We will begin by examining the 24th chapter of Genesis. The entire chapter is devoted to this subject, as Abraham sends the eldest servant of his house on a journey to find a bride for his son, Isaac…

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Excerpt #2 Who is caught up in the rapture and who isn't

We learned the privilege of being considered the bride of Christ is reserved only for christians who attain extra oil. As oil represents a type of the Holy Spirit, having an extra measure of Him involves yielding to His influence every day to perform the appropriate works of God and successfully progressing through the sanctification process. The condition of yielding to the Spirit daily is referred to as blamelessness. This condition is motivated by a strong hunger or desire to patiently deal with all the hindrances that threaten to impede devotion to God. The next step is to find out why God symbolically uses the depiction of marriage to communicate so many of His spiritual truths.

Just as a husband and wife are intended to be exclusively devoted to each other, I believe God uses the depiction of marriage to illustrate the great devotion He desires to share with all human beings. This devotion transcends basic membership in His kingdom….

Excerpt #5 When the rapture occurs in the time line

One of the passages that gives clues to the timing of the rapture is 2nd Thessalonians 2:1-8. The apostle Paul states the antichrist will be revealed at the proper time. Many believe the revealing of the antichrist will occur at the confirmation of the covenant.

Since the world community is involved in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute, the antichrist will surely receive worldwide recognition after he steps forward to confirm the covenant. Its logical to assume the antichrist is revealed at that moment.

However, after Paul states the antichrist must be revealed in 2nd Thessalonians 2:3, he goes on to describe the moment of his revealing in verse 4. This is the moment the antichrist commits the abomination of exalting himself, claiming to be God………………

Another passage of scripture that associates the rapture with this timing is 1st Corinthians 15:51-52. In verse 51, the apostle Paul states, “I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep”, using the word sleep as a reference to physical death. In verse 17, he states those who have already died will be raised.

This correlates with 1st Thessalonians 4:16, which states the dead in Christ will rise first. Whether dead or alive, those who go in the rapture will all be changed. In verse 52, Paul states this change happens “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump”.

In Revelation 10:7, John also records the angelic being speaking to him stating that the mystery of God should be finished at the beginning of this trumpet. There are a handful of issues referred to as mysteries in the New Testament. However, I believe this mystery is the rapture of the bride.

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