If my cat begins speaking in tongues, I will remember this thread and know it's time! Perhaps I watched "Left Behind" too many times because the consideration of having "deep stirrings" just prior to the rapture, never occurred to me. Nor the thought of my loved ones showing up at my door so we can go together (although these thoughts are certainly comforting to entertain). Knowing the dead rise first and without giving it too much thought, my expectation has been to see my family upon arriving home! I must admit; however, that I have thought so far as to make sure I grab kitty on the way up! I agree with the thought that the animals will speak again. Perhaps it is telepathically. (?) It would not be a surprise if we all understood and spoke Hebrew; the language of God's chosen people. Interesting thought, Geri7 about witnessing spiritual warfare while traveling through the 1st and 2nd heavens. Very thought provoking thread.......I don't have much to contribute here, but you've all given me much to ponder. Thank you! Though many things will be happening simultaneously, I think that our view will be sharply focused on our gathering together into the presence of our Saviour Christ. And the dead in Christ are being honored by Christ by being raised first. This follows the principle of "firsts" and "firstfruits"! God came first and being He has always been in existence He is honored first. As such this defines Him as God! Our parents were before us as well, and likewise we are taught to honor father and mother! Stands to reason that those who lived and died loving Christ before us, are lifted first. Again, with Christ being made our "first love", He will also be our "last" love, for all eternity! In the same way that He called himself The First and the Last! Alpha and Omega, He being the beginning of all things, and the end of all things! But as to what we might see while there in the air, that's up to God. TR I've read this thread a few times lately, but it's 4 AM and I'm awake. Forty years ago one of the first scriptures Jesus spoke to me was the Romans passage of groaning. I've been watching and waiting a long time - Since "Late Great Planet Earth." As many noted, animals especially dogs go crazing - running off, howling and getting lost before earthquakes, we have also seen wild 'climate change' with strange - but a normal earthly cycles. My Mom was a 'bird lady' -- like the "Home Alone" movie and I think she sends birds to spy on me! I walk out the door and this bird flies to the streetlight and tilts its head and chats at me. I wish I had a translator! Anyway she passed 19 years ago and is in the ancient (300 year old) CT family cemetery. I've had 2 or 3 dreams of 'watching' the dead from a certain hill, in that cemetery being raised. This is strange in that my rapture dreams has me and hubby driving down a 2 lane highway with trees on both sides of the road, being changed and flying through the windshield into a parting cloud -angels? and reaching the out stretched hands of Jesus. We are leaving SC to go to CT soon. My humble thoughts on Av 9 are that both earthly Jewish Temples were destroyed on that date and maybe our earthly temple the 'earthly church' will also be taken out and transformed. I hope to see and greet all of you with Jesus soon. Cool dream, thanks for sharing. I've never had a Rapture dream. But it's wonderful to know that so many have. God has been wonderful preparing hearts for the Rapture. I would tend to think that this God's way of highlighting that the Rapture will happen in our lifetime. If not the idea that we shall indeed experience the Rapture, dead or alive. Rather than a dream, the Lord has filled my spirit with possibility of a "heads up" just prior. Sadly, in times past, many believers simply were not into the Rapture, as many are today. Some even expressed openly they hoped that it didn't happen in their lifetime! But the anticipation is building. I think this is a God thing. Just as He did before the first coming of Christ! Many believed that they were in the time of His soon coming, but were not given the exact day of His birth. Looking forward to meeting ya soon. Love & blessings... TR I like the idea that we will have a stirring in our spirit just before the Rapture. It makes sense to me. It will be one of the biggest interventions in the history of mankind and He knows how we long for Him. We have tuned our spirits to Him. I hope we will experience that. I have no doubts that the animals will speak again. My dog knows a rather large vocabulary of commands so I don't see it as being too big of a stretch that they spoke before the curse and will do so again. I can just hear the first thing my dogs will say to me: "Hey! Why did you always side with the cat???" :yes:
