Being able to finally say my work is done! And like Paul say the race is finished! Then race is on to Heaven! TR :agree Its time for the 2 witnesses to take over ... the church is worn out ... we need to pass the baton on to them! Just thinking ... if there is a gap period of 1- 2 yrs from church age to start of the tribulation ... their ministry is only 3 1/2 years :scratch: so they don’t show up in Jerusalem right away ... not until Jesus opens up the seal judgment (Rev 5) and that is after the Praise ceremony (Rev 4) ... then that means we got lots of crazy planet earth stories to share with them before their bon voyage send off party B-) I don't see a gap of that size. After the Rapture the Lord would be anxious to accomplish His purposes! IMHO TR Yep, I’m sure its less of a gap than 2 yrs ... the question though is how long does the Judgment Seat last ... we can all bow our knees and confess Jesus as Lord simultaneously but we still are required individually to give an account of our actions ... that seems like it could take some time. Also is the Marriage Ceremony after the Judgment Seat and before the Praise Ceremony? If so ... do we all say “I Do” at the same time? :unsure: II Cor. 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Romans 14:11-12 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. If I may answer that, the Judgment Seat of Christ lasts for "a moment, a twinkling of an eye". It would be impossible to give an accounting of what we have done in these bodies, be it good or bad, after we have been changed from these bodies and have no more recollection of those events (at least the bad ones). The Judgment Seat of Christ, aka the Bema, is detailed in I Corinthians 3. At the moment He catches us up to assembly in the air, the same Spirit which has glorified our Christ will glorify us, thus being changed from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit (2 Cor 3:18, I John 3:2, I Corinthians 13:12). Those things which will be for rewards will stand through the fire (aka the process of glorification where God keeps works attached to the Spirit; our God is a consuming fire - Hebrews 12:29). What does not stand through the fire, or the process of glorification, will be burned and will be for loss of reward. However, the Fire will save us all, regardless. We will then be taken to heaven, which is the reason I Corinthians 15 tells us we will need to be changed; because flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God (while it's still in heaven). In the throne room in Revelation 7, we are depicted as having been glorified. This is the meaning of the wiping of all tears from our eyes. Those are not trib saints or martyrs, as their resurrection to glory is detailed in Revelation 20 AFTER the 70th Week. Ours is beforehand. The Judgment Seat of Christ occurs at the moment of change to glory. For this reason, you don't see it in Revelation. When John was "in the Spirit" to behold the prophetic, he would have only seen that it had already happened. Thus, the presence of the elders seated in heavenly places, evidence of the redeemed royal priesthood from I Peter 2, followed by the entire group of glorified peeps in Revelation 7. The multitude that no man can number is the glorified and redeemed sons of Abraham through the Promised Seed which is Christ (Genesis 12:3, Genesis 22:18, Galatians 3). Very interesting, Heather. My question then is ... at the end of the book ... Rev 21:4 it says “He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away." So now I’m wondering if this is a clue we will be observing the Great White Throne judgment and perhaps recognizing some loved ones/friends/co-workers/former neighbors and how about all those during the millennium period we were assigned jobs to and got to know and they ended up following satan at the end when he was loose for a short season? Or does Rev 21:4 automatically apply when we reach heaven without any sad event needing to occur? Rev 21's God wiping away tears regards the glorification of everyone else that is not us and that did not participate in the first resurrection in Rev 20. But it's more than that. There are others who will have been glorified on earth and will share the rule and reign with Christ for 1,000 years, but they won't have had access to God the Father in the throne room like we did. God the Father cannot dwell among the unperfected. That's how you know it's us glorified people in the throne room in Rev 7. Everyone else has to wait to be with Him until after the GWT. The rapture is a blessing. We get access to God the Father 1,007 years before everyone else. In Rev 21, you see everyone else now perfected and them getting to be with Him, too. Dear Tender Reed, You're still here, so God still has a plan for you! A part of that plan is to fellowship with us. I know we all are inspired and uplifted by your posts. Bless your heart Sis! I try to be a blessing whenever I can. Even unto the lurkers! I know I'm not everyone's cup of tea, but ultimately my heart is to bless the Lord! Might as well enjoy one another while we're down here as well! I appreciate your heart, as like so many others here! God always liked you best! TR He likes us all the best!
