I think the universal divine disclosure will be the last trump. 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 American Standard Version (ASV)51 Behold, I tell you a mystery:We all shall not 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. A very appropriate application for sure. But just as like the call at midnight, there may be a short span of time between the Trumpet blast and the Rapture. In any event, my theory has long been that the Lord will indeed be very specific with regards to His Bride! Well now we can knock off this year's Hanukkah date off the watch list. Again there does seem to be a lot of "intended" ambiguity with the Rapture's exact timing. Faith will indeed get us to Heaven's gate but the Lord must still lead us the rest of the way! TR Whaaat? “... we can knock off this year’s Hanukkah date off the watch list” ... but the holiday is not over with yet. We still have until Monday, Dec 30th at sundown. :mail: Or are you only going by the middle of the candelabra lighting being symbolic for the church rapture day? I agree with ya about expecting more of a universal heads up notice besides when the Trumpet blows. In fact I expect our pets and the animals outside to give us a heads up. They have such good hearing ... my dog can hear the train coming long before I can. He stops what he is doing and runs to the front window to jump up on the wooden bench. As he is looking out the window he then starts howling like a wolf. Then I start hearing the train and the horn blast. I expect the same thing to happen at the time of the rapture. B-) I’m still pondering this passage ... “peace and safety” “sudden destruction” ”not appointed to wrath” but we are commanded to “watch” and “be sober”. So do we need to hear the peace and safety speech? Since we are not appointed to wrath looks like we get raptured out prior to the G/M war and/or Psalm 83 war? Or are we out of here loooong before all these events unfold? :unsure: I Thessalonians 5 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, I still believe there will be no notice. I believe we will be transformed instantly. One moment we’re here and the next, in a twinkle of the eye we will be transformed. I like surprise parties! 😉 Well ... I agree with you partially that the transformation process is instantly quick. :good: I disagree though on not getting a heads up notice since we all already have invitations to the King of king’s wedding and banquet feast ... I lean we will know the actual day as it approaches. The clues will be unscrambled and crystal clear then ... plus officially today I’m adding the Ovaltine powder into my hot chocolate drinks for more alertness :scratch: to the clues since I despise surprise parties :negative: With that said ... I pressed the like button but its technically just a half like. 😉 Perhaps Richard can create a broken heart button to indicate half likes? B-)
