Therefore that cry was for both Jew and Gentile alike! TR For in the last dispensation Christ does not come as a Bridegroom. But as the King of kings and Lord of Lords! The age of grace outlines the groom and the bride! TR Andy Woods is excellent, yeah. :good: My spirit was set a lot more at ease listening to this proposal. I don't think I ever considered the proposal before that all of Matthew 25 and all of Matthew 24 both, have nothing to do with any of the Church. Different teachers have parsed parts of chapter 24 into "pre-trib" and other parts into post-trib events. Chapter 25 for the last four years or so I have readily thought of as occurring after Jesus' return. It makes so much sense tonight that it's all in the same time frame. Decades old tensions in my thinking about end-time events are suddenly freed up with this proposal. So I'll be a Berean digging into the proposition with new eyes for a while, yet hopes found at the tail end of a verse comes to mind: "...you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." That's a small stretch of that John 8 context, but regardless, I like the freedom idea. Lord, lead me into all truth, thank you for fresh viewpoints, and keep me from error. Fair Use for Information and Discussion Purposes I hope these will be helpful to shed more light on Matt 24-25 Pastor Woods on who is taken and who is left - Matthew 24:36-41 the parable of the ten virgins - Matthew 25:1-13 Matthew 25:31 - about the coming of the Lord to set up God's kingdom on earth
