There seems to me to be a perceived bias with regards to the timing of the Rapture amongst prophecy teachers, scholars and layman alike. Truly Israel is key to the unfulfilled prophecy yet to be filled especially with regards to the Day of the Lord and His second coming. But not the Rapture, IMHO! As such, the Rapture's timing is always lynch-pinned with the notion that the Rapture's timing must be Israel centric and must be able to speak loudly bringing many Jews to Christ. Fact is that national Israel will not turn to Christ until the midpoint of Tribulation. The Rapture occurs during the age of grace, and speaks of the Bride of Christ in particular. Not national Israel! Why then should the day of the Rapture occur on a day that is significant to Israel?! Whether it be a Feast Day, or any Holy day, a Jubilee year or some ancient or current mathematical formula expressly tied to Israel. This would then open up large vista's of possible days for the Rapture to occur. A day like any other as it were! My point being, we might not arrive at the correct answers without first asking the correct questions. Or looking at every possibility! Is this then a built in bias or simply a miscalculation on our part??? What say you? TR <p style="text-align: left;">TR - you are hitting on an under lying theme that is surfacing along with the rise of anti Semitic push among certain religious institutions.</p> Christ stated we would know when the time of the rapture was near, when all these things begin to take place.... what things? All that we are privileged to see concerning the nation of Israel. I believe it is just yet another level of deception put in action by the father of lies..... we who remain faithful to watch and pray, need to be wise and seek discernment from the Holy Spirit who abides in us. The march to the end has jumped beyond hyper space, everything evil is breaking forth and only by Gods restraining Spirit it is not yet fully known. We just need to go home.....let it all begin Father, call for the Bride, merciful and loving Father. :prayer-hands: Indeed Israel is pre-emminant in the Lord's heart and always will be. Why, because of Father Abraham. Because of his faith the Lord created the Jewish nation. God so identifies with Israel, He calls himself the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Establishing a spiritually divine lineage. I simply am looking at every possibility available rather than to simply get locked into any bias. But I offer this thread for any and all feedback to make sure I stay on track. Eschatolically speaking, sorry for my spelling. Thanks for your input Sis! TR I base the nearest of the rapture to Israel’s desire for their Temple to get built plus the upcoming wars ... the drum beats are getting louder ... and I don’t think the church will be here when God’s wrath rains down on their enemies. I agree that the rapture is not tied to a special day on Israel's calendar. I also think that it is likely that the Second Coming might be, placing the rapture about seven years earlier (252o days prior, to be precise), unless some sort of gap is involved before the tribulation begins. I am not inclined to favor that view. Ultimately, as far as we can determine, any day could end up being "the day." Perhaps after the event, we might see the grand design involved in the timing. But for now, we should watch constantly. Suffice to say that at this point and time, it's all about the Bride of Christ. And Israel is not concerned nor has any regard for the Bride. God's full efforts will then be diverted directly towards Israel after the Son has gathered himself a bride. No replacement theology here, just setting of priorities. The scripture is clear, the Law has not been abolished, so that after the Age of Grace the Lord will indeed utilize the Law again. Though the Law doesn't save once and for all, it will still be used as a school master. And Jewish Rabbis will still be integral in Millennial Temple duties during the Millennium. While we have joined a royal priesthood, we will also be priest's unto the Lord! Israel will be priest unto the nations. TR
The rapture will occur because the age of grace (church age) is complete according to Gods time clock. Gods Grace will continue, as people will be saved during the tribulation (tribulation saints, Jew and Gentile).
He said “begin.... to take place, no where does it state that Gods dealing with Israel will begin before the rapture of the church, the tribulation period is for God to deal with Israel....and complete the wrath poured out per the judgements that are sealed in the deed to the earth (the scroll).
