I also would like to add this, where will the Christians that are still alive being caught up in rapture be sent too? When the rapture occurs, does Jesus take his people that are still alive to Heaven or Hades grave? If it's Hades, then why would he kill his people and send them to the grave? It HAS to be Heaven!!
Why would Christ come from heaven with all the saints to earth and resurrect the dead and "catch up" those who are alive and remain, only to make a U-Turn and go back to heaven.
"When the Son of Man comes in His glory,
and all the holy angels with Him, then
He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32
All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.
Matthew 25:31
and again -
34 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors;
the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and
filled the whole earth.
Key Phrase -the wind carried them away so that
no trace of them was found.
44
And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people;
it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. 45 Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold--the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure."
Daniel 2:44-45
Key phrase's -
And in the days of these kings...
...it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms.
These kings, which are represented by the ten toes, refers to the 10 kings of:
The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.
Daniel 7:24
and
The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.
Revelation 17:12
also described in Revelation 12:3
And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and
ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
... as anyone can see from the scriptures,
these 10 kings are yet to be revealed, as they are awaiting for their kingdoms which are being formed in these last days.
These will reign for one hour with the beast.
It is during the time frame when these 10 kings are reigning, that The God of Heaven will set up a kingdom on earth that will never be destroyed. This kingdom will fill the whole earth.
The was
the original intent of the Lord when He spoke to mankind in the garden of Eden when He said -
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
These were the first words He spoke to mankind and His mandate has never changed.
I say mankind because,
all of the citizens that would ever be,
were contained in Adams loins.
What God said to Adam and Eve was meant for all of mankind.
Furthermore we see that no trace of the kingdoms of this world will ever be found again.
The Stone that was cut out without hands struck the image on the 10 toes, reveals that the 10 toes,
which represent the 10 kings, must be manifest first for the Stone to be able to strike them.
Manifest, meaning
"in a position of reigning as a king".
The 10 kings are
not human.
JLB