Someone brought up a very interesting point on 5 Doves. I won't quote him since he believes in a sort of weird mid Trib rapture. Anyway, he referenced Deuteronomy 24:5: -------- Deuteronomy 24:5 New King James Version Miscellaneous Laws 5 “When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken. ------ So, the idea would be that either there is a gap of one year after the Rapture when Yeshua gets his bride, or the first year of the Tribulation will have no judgements. This is something I had never considered. Yeshua is going to be married and He is going to be going to war. That's what the seal, trumpet and bowl judgements are. I am fond of this idea as I believe Yeshua died, was buried and rose again in 30AD. So, the Rapture could be in 2022 and add a year before Yeshua goes to war in 2023. Yeshua would return in the Second Coming in 2030. Any thoughts or comments on this? Sounds good to me. As long as 2022 is the home going year! :good: I do think the rapture is going to affect the left behind … there will be much shock and sorrow seeing family and friends and co-workers suddenly disappear. It is going to take time to get over that fact as they grieve. Plus the Holy Spirit stops restraining … so the demons are going to have a field day. It will be a zombie horror show. However … 1 year later when the seals are broken … God’s wrath is out poured … that will intensify and make whatever occurred early on like child’s play. And the elite will know it because they will be hiding in their underground shelters crying for the rocks to fall on them rather than repenting. Indeed possible and makes the time frame more workable! TR I would be more apt to agree to consider that the judgments would be delayed one year after the covenant is signed instead of their being a year between our leaving and the signing of the covenant. The Lord's great love for mankind, His longsuffering patience would suggest that our departure would very closely precede the start of the trib. In scripture the rescue was often very close to the onset of the judgment. In Noah's rescue, 7 days before the start of the rain and with Lot it was likely hours. If the trib starts after May 14th it will also take us out of what we have understood as the fig tree generation, so I am hoping that we are outta here long before May myself. Just my 2 cents. There could be another clue for exactly a 1 year gap in Daniel 11:24 Keep in mind "A time" = exactly 1 year just like "Times" = 2 years and "half a time" = 6 months. He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
