At the Last Trump, we shall be changed ! -

[savedbygrace57]

1 cor 15:

50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

The word last here is the greek word escatos and means:

extreme

last in time or in place

last in a series of places

last in a temporal succession

the last

last, referring to time
of space, the uttermost part, the end, of the earth
of rank, grade of worth, last i.e. lowest

Most in organized relgioin today believe that the Second Coming of Christ, the rapture are before the Great Tribulation, and of course some believe the rapture is before the Tribulation and the second coming after the Tribulation, they split the coming into Two seperate comings, one a appearing and then the next a total coming..

But the Truth is , the Second Coming which includes the appearing and rapture or gathering is at the end of the Great Tribulation, for that is what the scripture and Jesus teach. Matt 24:



29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

In this passage dictated by Christ Himself, we have both the Coming and the Rapture [gathering] occuring at the same time.

I will be giving proof from scripture as to why the Rapture and the Second Coming are at the same time at the end of the Tribulation and at the end of time for this world..The Last Trump

 

[Hitch]

Odd Christ forgot to say anything about the mighty trumpet blast, you could almost get the idea that He and Paul were talking about different events.

 

[savedbygrace57]

hitch:

Odd Christ forgot to say anything about the mighty trumpet blast

You mean like here matt 24:

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

 

[Hitch]

hitch:



You mean like here matt 24:

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Where does it say 'last trumpet'?

 

[savedbygrace57]

At the Last Trump, we shall be changed ! cont



I will be giving proof from scripture as to why the Rapture and the Second Coming are at the same time at the end of the Tribulation and at the end of time for this world..The Last Trump

As pointed out in 1 cor 15 vs52 the rapture occurs at the Last Trump !

Now lets look at the last of a series of Trumpets beginning in rev 8 to rev 11 :

Rev 11:


15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

16And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

17Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Notice: The time of God's wrath has come

The time the dead are Judged as per Jn 5:

27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Dan 12:

1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.


The Time The servants of God, which are believers, from both testaments, OT Saints and NT Saints shall be rewarded ! Cp 1 cor 15:58

The wicked are punished, the destroyers are destroyed, the sudden destruction, the everlasting destruction the wicked must meet.

For this is a day of wrath, that the elect were not appointed to 1 thess 5:9 ; rom 5:9

The Great Tribulation was not the Wrath of God, it was Just Tribulation, but the wrath of God has to do with the lake of fire and eternal punishment, so 1 thess 5 9 is teaching that Believers in Christ will not go to hell in the day of Judgment, not that they will not go through tribulation in the world, in fact its promised to the Church that its through much tribulation they will enter the Kingdom..acts 14:22

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Rev 7:

13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

 

[Lehigh3]

That was a prophecy for those first Christians in the 1st century.
The dead were raised, as Paul said there was going to be. el

And the living are always changed (quickened)when they accept Christ. They rise out of their sleep & are made alive to sit in heavenly places with Christ Jesus.

That's IF you have received the Holy Spirit.

The "changing" process begins when you accept Christ as Lord & Savior.

Daniel 12 was completely fulfilled when the power of the "Jewish" (holy) people was finally shattered.

It's history. Daniel rose to his inheritance in heaven at the "end of the days" (of theocratic) Israel. Jesus said that wicked generation would be responsible for all the blood shed on earth, from Abel to Zech. Jesus' contemporaries. That was "the generation"

great tribulation, supernatural return of Jesus in the clouds of heaven- the resurrection of the dead.

Rev.20:5 NKJV,
5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished.

The 40 yrs. Israel was once more in the wilderness & God gave them the Mediator & 40 yrs. to merge with the new creation. (Christianity)

Oh, but you say you're not fulfilled yet bc you think we are depending on Judaism & the feast of trumpets to be fulfilled?!
When did Christianity ever long for the law & the feasts of Israel?

Many are alive in Christ after the reformation of Israel during that "millennium" in the 1st century.

You are a new creation if you are in Christ. Even if you don't see it- it is a process by which the Holy Spirit changes our inner man to be more & more holy.

 

[warhorse]

1 cor 15:

50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

The word last here is the greek word escatos and means:

extreme

last in time or in place

last in a series of places

last in a temporal succession

the last

last, referring to time
of space, the uttermost part, the end, of the earth
of rank, grade of worth, last i.e. lowest

Most in organized relgioin today believe that the Second Coming of Christ, the rapture are before the Great Tribulation, and of course some believe the rapture is before the Tribulation and the second coming after the Tribulation, they split the coming into Two seperate comings, one a appearing and then the next a total coming..

But the Truth is , the Second Coming which includes the appearing and rapture or gathering is at the end of the Great Tribulation, for that is what the scripture and Jesus teach. Matt 24:



29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

In this passage dictated by Christ Himself, we have both the Coming and the Rapture [gathering] occuring at the same time.

I will be giving proof from scripture as to why the Rapture and the Second Coming are at the same time at the end of the Tribulation and at the end of time for this world..The Last Trump

Here is something else we can absolutly agree on !!!

 

[warhorse]

That was a prophecy for those first Christians in the 1st century.
The dead were raised, as Paul said there was going to be. el

And the living are always changed (quickened)when they accept Christ. They rise out of their sleep & are made alive to sit in heavenly places with Christ Jesus.

That's IF you have received the Holy Spirit.

The "changing" process begins when you accept Christ as Lord & Savior.

Daniel 12 was completely fulfilled when the power of the "Jewish" (holy) people was finally shattered.

It's history. Daniel rose to his inheritance in heaven at the "end of the days" (of theocratic) Israel. Jesus said that wicked generation would be responsible for all the blood shed on earth, from Abel to Zech. Jesus' contemporaries. That was "the generation"

great tribulation, supernatural return of Jesus in the clouds of heaven- the resurrection of the dead.

Rev.20:5 NKJV,
5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished.

The 40 yrs. Israel was once more in the wilderness & God gave them the Mediator & 40 yrs. to merge with the new creation. (Christianity)

Oh, but you say you're not fulfilled yet bc you think we are depending on Judaism & the feast of trumpets to be fulfilled?!
When did Christianity ever long for the law & the feasts of Israel?

Many are alive in Christ after the reformation of Israel during that "millennium" in the 1st century.

You are a new creation if you are in Christ. Even if you don't see it- it is a process by which the Holy Spirit changes our inner man to be more & more holy.

Oh do you have any evidence of a first century resurection from the dead...

 

[Lehigh3]

by warhorse,

Oh do you have any evidence of a first century resurection from the dead..

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Yes, I do. We all do.


Like all the predictions about the end of the world that have failed?

Just gimme some truth now! lol View attachment 1836

 

[warhorse]

by warhorse,.
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Yes, I do. We all do.


Like all the predictions about the end of the world that have failed?

Just gimme some truth now! lol View attachment 2055

Look you made the claim, that the resurection had taken place either back it up or, well you know the rest.

 

[savedbygrace57]

Now also rev 20:11-15 speaks of the Judgment of the dead:


11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.



15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.


as well as rev 11:

18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

But in rev 20 the judging of the dead is immediately after the 1000 yrs of which satan was bound.

Notice again how these Judgments parallel rev 11:18 and rev 20:12, because they are the same event, so the 1000yrs had to be the time of the witness of the church see rev 11:3-12.

There is no more Judgments after rev 20:11-15 but the New Heaven and New Earth are presented, which syncs well with the reward of the saints rev 11:18. So the rapture will occur at the sound of the last Trump, which concurs with the 7 th Trumpet of rev 11:18 see too Matt 24:31, which concurs with the Great white Throne Judgment of rev 20..

 

[Hitch]

So exactly where in scripture does Jesus identify the 'last trump'?

I couldnt find it in the passage you quoted.

 

[savedbygrace57]

The Resurrection not Resurrections !
Jn 11:24

Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

According to some who have led astray its millions, they are teaching that there will be Two resurrections, one before [ believers] the so called 1000 yr earthly millennium, and one following [unbelievers] the millennial, thats Two resurrections, but yet there is no scriptural support for this, but its a false teaching. In fact the scripture of truth teaches only one resurrection of both the believer and unbeliever and that approximately at the same time. One such teaching is from the Lord ZHimself Jn 5:




28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Jesus here speaks clear, that there is an hour [a definite fixed time] coming in which all [ not some] in the graves shall come forth [depart] and some will be risen unto the resurrection of Life and some unto the resurrection of damnation, because its Judgment day. See also 1 thess 4:16 where a resurrection is spoken of !

So does the scripture of Truth teach that there should be Two resurrections and different times ? remember what Isa says 8:

20To the law and to the testimony [scripture]: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

The scripture teaches that both the righteous and the wicked will be resurrected at the same time !

We will look at another scripture passage acts 24:

14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

[Please note that this is in view of the coming Judgment vs 25]


So we just read what paul believed about the resurrection, He believes in Just One, of the Just and the Unjust, and its connected with the coming Judgment, which is Judgment day !

Dan 12:

1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.


2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.



Once again we see harmony of the scripture of truth, we have the righteous and the wicked being raised at the same time out of the dust, and notice when it happens, after the tribulation vs 1 cp matt 24:21 and this parallels with Matt 24:29-31

So these things [about the resurrection] are evident, only a strong delusion from God will keep us from seeing this, and hence believe a lie..
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[savedbygrace57]

So exactly where in scripture does Jesus identify the 'last trump'?

I couldnt find it in the passage you quoted.

Its obvious, after that Trump in vs 31 the rest of the chapter leads into the Judgment and final punishment of the wicked, meaning its the end..

Matt 25:

31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

This refers back to Matt 24:

30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

And Matt 25 goes on to describe the event following His coming in Glory, now read matt 25:31ff

There is no need for any more trumps..so the one in Matt 24 31 is the last one..

You either believe it or you dont.. Just because Jesus did not say it was the last trump does not mean its not, for that matter He did not say it was not the last trump, one must study scripture to find a conclusion..

 

[Hitch]

Its obvious, after that Trump in vs 31 the rest of the chapter leads into the Judgment and final punishment of the wicked, meaning its the end..

Exactly where does it say 'final' ?

Matt 25:

31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

This refers back to Matt 24:

30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

And Matt 25 goes on to describe the event following His coming in Glory, now read matt 25:31ff

There is no need for any more trumps..so the one in Matt 24 31 is the last one..

You either believe it or you dont.. Just because Jesus did not say it was the last trump does not mean its not, for that matter He did not say it was not the last trump, one must study scripture to find a conclusion..

No point in study when conjecture yields the desired results.

Like you said you believe it or you dont ,regardless of the text, that is conjecture, based on circular reasoning. Remember it is the 'sign' of the Son of Man in heaven. Lots of folks gloss over that.

Isnt it possible that what Jesus says here is more closely related to his earlier predictions, (M 21-23) than with events thousands of years future?

 

[Lehigh3]

by SBG,

There is no more Judgments after rev 20:11-15 but the New Heaven and New Earth are presented, which syncs well with the reward of the saints rev 11:18. So the rapture will occur at the sound of the last Trump, which concurs with the 7 th Trumpet of rev 11:18 see too Matt 24:31, which concurs with the Great white Throne Judgment of rev 20..

You're half right. There were no more "judgments" for those in Christ Jesus after the dead were raised by God. And the repeat of the "7" at the 7th trumpet in Rev. also corresponds with the resurrection of the righteous & the 2 witnesses, to complete that "7"
The living were "quickened" in spirit as per 1 Cor.15:52- at the last trumpet. If this was a literal harpazo or "catching up" of the body alive- John the apostle would have been seen being "raptured" since Jesus told him he would live till at least Jesus' return. So, that's fantasy.

But what I disagree with you about is that if there are no more judgments after New Jerusalem came (you think we don't live in the N.J. right now- but that's ok)
if no more judgments- then why is the salvation call still going out?!!!

Gotcha big time. Read Rev.21 & 22 before you respond.

 

[Vic C.]

The Last Trump - The Last Trump

"We cannot go to the Book of Revelation and say that the voice of the seventh angel (Revelation 11:15) is the last trump. In the first century, the last trump (shofar) meant a specific day in the year. In Judaism, there are three trumpets (shofarim) that have a name. They are the first trump, the last trump, and the great trump. Each one of these trumpets indicates a specific day in the Jewish year. The first trump is blown on the Feast of Shavuot (Pentecost) (Exodus [Shemot] 19:19). It proclaimed that G-d had betrothed Himself to Israel. The last trump is synonymous with Rosh HaShanah, according to Theodore Gaster in his book, Festivals of the Jewish Year, in his chapter on Rosh HaShanah. Herman Kieval also states the same thing in his book, The High Holy Days (Volume I, Rosh HaShanah, Chapter 5, Footnote 11), in the chapter on the shofar. The great trumpet is blown on Yom Kippur, which will herald the return of the Messiah Yeshua back to earth (Matthew [Mattityahu] 24:31)."

(Lev 23:24 KJV) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

(Num 29:1 KJV) And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

According to Num 10:10, Israel was to blow a trumpet at the beginning of each month. Since the Mosaic festival year was seven months long, the seventh month (Tishri) was the last month for a festival trumpet. This day, the first day of Tishri, which was the start of the Jewish civil year, was known as Rosh haShanah (the Feast of Trumpets or the Day of Trumpets). "The last month in the seven months' series was always sounded on this New Moon Day. This made it the final trumpets' day." (Ernest L. Martin, The Star that Astonished the World, (c)1996, pg 95)

Martin further signifies this day by relying on the work of Theodor Gaster and his book titled "Festivals of the Jewish Year." It is stated that early Jews recognized the Day of Trumpets as a type of memorial day. More than our modern versions of the holiday, it was instead a day that was symbolic of the time "when the dead return to rejoin their descendants at the beginning of the year." Martin also quotes Gaster in saying that this was "the time that became a symbol of the Last Trump." (Martin, pg 96)

(1 Cor 15:52 KJV) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

(1 Th 4:16 KJV) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

It is quite possible that Paul, being Jewish himself and surely knowledgeable of the Jewish feasts and customs, was making a symbolic reference to this time of year -- the Day of Trumpets. "The 'Last Trump' of the early Jews was when the dead were remembered. And to Paul the 'Last Trump' was the time for Jesus' second advent and the resurrection of the dead." (Martin, pg 96).

 

[Lehigh3]

Yes, I do believe the fulfillment of Trumpets is the 7th & so-called last trumpet we read.

"Here is an interesting side note: ancient Jewish tradition held that the resurrection of the dead would occur on Rosh Hashanah. Reflecting this tradition, Jewish gravestones were often engraved with a SHOFAR. God's last trump and the resurrection of the righteous are intricately connected in the New Testament:

1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (NKJV) Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed; 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.​

Most of us recognize this event as the resurrection, but few of us identify it with the Feast of Trumpets. Paul was a highly educated man of God's Torah and understood the Messianic fulfillment's of the Feasts of the Lord. Paul understood how Messiah was a fulfillment of Passover and Firstfruits, and Paul also recognized Messiah's future fulfillments of the fall Feasts.
I think that it is also interesting that, according to Jewish tradition, the gates of Heaven are opened on Rosh HaShanah so the righteous nation may enter. Because the gates of Heaven are understood to be open on Rosh HaShanah, this is further evidence that the resurrection of the believers in Christ took place on Rosh HaShanah.
These last three feasts are a little harder to nail down as to their anti-type, because they have no Scriptural reference as to their fulfillment. The Bible is silent about their New Covenant fulfillment, because no books of the Bible were written after A.D. 70. But we know that the pattern set by the spring Feasts is continued in the fall Feasts.
We see the type of this feast, in Joshua chapter 6, with the destruction of Jericho at the end of the forty year exodus. SEVEN priests, with the Ark of God in the midst, marched with seven trumpets around the wall of Jericho for 6 days. ON the SEVENTH DAY they marched around SEVEN TIMES. At the close of the march, the trumpets were blown, the people shouted, and God caused the walls of Jericho to collapse. The victory was COMPLETE.
The events of Jericho offered a graphic image and actual prophecy of events at the close of the Jewish age, forty years after Pentecost, when there were seven angels with seven trumpets of doom and judgement:

Revelation 8:2 (NKJV) And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.​

At that time the great and powerful city of Babylon (Jerusalem) suddenly fell:

Revelation 18:10 (NKJV) "standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'​

Accompanied by a great shouting in heaven:

Revelation 18:20 (NKJV) "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!"​

The name "Joshua" is the Hebrew equivalent of Jesus. As in Joshua the destruction of the city came at the sound of the trumpets, so at the end of the Jewish age the destruction of Jerusalem came as Jesus sounded the trumpet.
Another name for Rosh HaShanah is 'Yom HaDin', the Day of Judgment. The righteous are separated and will be with God. This is known to Bible believers as the resurrection. The wicked unbelieving Jews faced the wrath of God in Israel's fall, during the tribulation period.
We see the spiritual anti-type of the Feasts of Trumpets in the fall of Jerusalem and the return of Christ in A.D. 70. Thus at the blowing of the trumpet, in Matthew 24, the scene was set, and Christ fulfilled the feast. Guess what month it was when Jerusalem fell? "The city was taken on September 8, A.D. 70, after the last siege had lasted about five months" (Josephus, vol. 1, p. 467).
The Feasts of Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles take place in the SEVENTH month. Number seven is the number of perfection and fullness. In these feasts, the believer is brought to the fullness of the Godhead."

The whole article at this link: Lev. 23 The Feasts of the Lord, Part 3 | eschatology.org

 

[savedbygrace57]

The Judgment !



Heb 9:


27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Another false teaching by many today is that instead of one Judgment to come as per acts 24:

25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

They are teaching Two Judgments, just like Two resurrections, a Judgment for the righteous and one for the unrighteous, yet we find no scriptural support for this. What we do find is this acts 17:

30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

Here we see God has appointed a Day, not Days, in which He will Judge the World , the entire World in Righteousness Through the Man Christ Jesus.

Lets look at Matt 25:

31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

This passage plainly sets before us that Christ will have before Him both the Sheep [righteous] and the goats [unrighteous], and thats because there are Two objectives for each group see rev 11:18

So this will also be the Time for the rewarding of the righteous at the Judgment seat of Christ rom 14:10 ; 2 cor 5:10

Its not days of Judgment we should look for, but the Day of Judgment !

2 pet 2:

9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

1 jn 4:

17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

Believers and unbelievers are going to be judged together in the Day of Judgment at the coming of Christ..

 

[Alabaster]

The Resurrection not Resurrections !
Jn 11:24

Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

According to some who have led astray its millions, they are teaching that there will be Two resurrections, one before [ believers] the so called 1000 yr earthly millennium, and one following [unbelievers] the millennial, thats Two resurrections, but yet there is no scriptural support for this, but its a false teaching. In fact the scripture of truth teaches only one resurrection of both the believer and unbeliever and that approximately at the same time. One such teaching is from the Lord ZHimself Jn 5:




28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Revelation 20:5-6 NLT
5 This is the first resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.) 6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years.


If there is only one resurrection, why does the Lord describe what He calls "the first resurrection"?

The scripture teaches that both the righteous and the wicked will be resurrected at the same time !

Not exactly.