The FIRST FRUIT -- HIDDEN DAY- RAPTURE and HARVEST:
GLORY BE TO THE LORD JESUS, for ALL HE has done and ALL HE is going to do for HIS BODY!!!
Did you know why JESUS CHRIST was the FIRST FRUIT of us all?
But what does that mean?
Did you know that the “FEAST of
TRUMPETS” is also known as the “HIDDEN DAY”?
"For know man knows the DAY or HOUR, but the FATHER"
Did you know there is a difference between the LAST TRUMP
and the GREAT
TRUMP?
FIRST FRUIT:
First Fruit: I have long wondered what exactly does it mean
to be a “FIRST FRUIT”.
It wasn’t until recently that the Lord provided some insight
on the matter.
JESUS CHRIST was the FIRST FRUIT
of us all, because HE not only “DIED” and was “RESURRECTED” HE was also the FIRST
to walk among man in the RAPTURE/TRANSFORMED STATE.
1 Cor 15: 20 But now is
Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits536 of them that slept .
1 Cor 15: 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits536; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
SUMMARY:
FIRSTFRUITS, is a SPIRITUAL CONDITION/TRANSFORMATION and NOT about the
TIMING of an event.
To be apart of the “FIRST FRUIT” one must be REBORN in the IMAGE of the
HEAVENLY/JESUS CHRIST.
AT the RAPTURE, we are CHANGED IN THE “AIR” to meet the LORD,
from a corruptible to an INCORRUPTIBLE body, from MORTALITY to IMMORTALITY.
That actually may be like DIEING on the way up???
1 Cor 15: 43 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is
sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1 Cor 15: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
1 Cor 15: 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also
bear the image of the heavenly.
1 Cor 15: 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom
of God
WE shall be CHANGED in the AIR:
1 Cor 15: 51 Behold, I
shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1 Cor 15: 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.
1 Cor 15: 53 For this
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality.
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up
in victory.
SIDE NOTE: to learn more about the “LAST TRUMPET”, read at
end of post.
The Last Trump is blown at Rosh Hashana/also known as the HIDDEN
DAY/rapture, while the GREAT TRUMP is blown at YOM KIPPUR, DAY OF ATONEMENT, the RETURN/ADVENT of JESUS
CHRIST.
From MORTALITY to IMMORTALITY, the change from
corruptible/flesh into the INCORRUPTIBLE brings about the VICTORY over DEATH.
IF YOU BELIEVE HE WAS RISEN, then YOU MUST believe we will be RISEN with HIM!!
1 Thess 4: 14 For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God
bring
with him
1 Thess 4: 15 For this we say unto you “by the word of the Lord”, that we which
are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which
are asleep.
1 Thess 4: 16 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:
1 Thess 4: 17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall
we ever be with the Lord.
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NOTE the two interesting FACTS between a RAPTURE and a
HARVEST:
AT the
RAPTURE:
CHRIST returns in the “AIR” and SENDS HIS “ANGELS” to gather
the SAINTS from the 4 corners of the EARTH.
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.
At the
HARVEST, JESUS HIMSELF IS USING a SICKLE to REAP
the HARVEST:
Revelation 14:14-16 And I looked, and behold a
white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his
head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out
of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in
thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of
the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth;
and the earth was reaped.
CONCLUSION:
1 Cor 15: 57 But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
*JESUS CHRIST being the FIRST FRUITS of the RESURRECTION and
the TRANSFORMATION.
*We are partakers of that PROMISE, for we are IN HIM, thus being spared the WRATH of GOD and the SECOND
DEATH/lake of fire.
*We will be changed in the TWINKLE of an eye from corruptible
to incorruptible. Thus Death is swallowed up in victory.
*The Last Trump is blown at Rosh haShana, while the GREAT
TRUMP is blown at YOM KIPPUR, the DAY OF ATONEMENT.
*The RAPTURE is a gathering by the ANGELS, while the HARVEST
is a gathering by the LORD JESUS HIMSELF preparing for HIS FINAL RULE and REIGN
up
on the EARTH. GATHERING all things BACK to the FATHER.
THE FINAL REST, the END
1 Corinthians 15: 24 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall
have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put
down all rule and all authority and power.
1 Corinthians 15: 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all
enemies under his feet.
1 Corinthians 15: 28 And when all things shall be subdued
unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all
things under him, that God may be all in all.
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I believe this guy has provided a pretty good study refuting
both the PRE-TRIB rapture and the POST- TRIB rapture:
TED Montgomery.com
TED Montgomery.com
The LAST TRUMP:
Seventh Trumpet
In
the section a mighty angel, it was
seen that when the Seventh Trumpet is about
to sound, “the
mystery of God will be accomplished”(Revelation 10:7). The Seventh Trumpet
will sound at the end
of the 70th Week, signaling that Jesus, the Messiah of both the
Jews and the Gentiles, has
returned physically to earth to reign and judge (11:15-18).
Those
who adhere to a “Post-Trib” view of the Rapture event believe, due to Paul’s
use of the term “last trumpet” (1
Corinthians 15:52) and
“trumpet call” (1
Thessalonians 4:16), that
the primary Rapture must occur at the Seventh Trumpet, concurrent with Jesus’
Second Advent to walk on the earth. I disagree with this premise (see disputes with Post-TR).
Although I do believe that a “catching up” of
believers actually will
occur at the end of the 70th Week (Revelation
14:14-16), I do not
believe that this is the primary Rapture event. The latter will
have occurred subsequent to the opening of the Sixth Seal, but preceding the
opening of the Seventh Seal (see Pre-Wrath Rapture).
Incidentally,
it should be noted that, in Jewish tradition, the shofar blown on Rosh haShanah is called the “Last Trumpet.”
However, the shofar blown at Yom Kippur is
referred to as the “Great Trumpet,” even though Yom Kippur follows Rosh
haShanah. In this sense, then, the Great Trumpet actually is the “final”
or “last” eschatological trumpet that is blown.
In
the section three Woes, it was shown
that the “Third Woe” (Revelation
11:14) will take place
at some point after the Seventh Trumpet is blown. Although there will be
“flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great
hailstorm” (11:19) at this time, these will be only
relatively minor manifestations of the Third Woe.
Predominantly,
the Third Woe will be the series of seven Plagues or Bowl Judgments (Revelation
15:1,7,8, 16:1-21),
which will be poured outafter Jesus
returns to earth physically at the end of the 70th Week and soon after the
blowing of the Seventh Trumpet. Therefore, the seven Trumpet Judgments
will be encompassed within the Seventh Seal, and the seven Plagues or Bowl
Judgments will be incorporated within the Seventh Trumpet Judgment.
As
has been described, Revelation
11:1-19 is a brief review of the second half (42 months or 1,260
days) of the 70th Week. Likewise,Revelation
12:6–14:20 is yet another succinct chronological and sequential restatement of the second
half (1,260 days) of the 70th Week.
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