THE WOMAN OF REVELATION TWELVE

July 10, 2003 (29)AND THEY SHALL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS. Mt.24:30 The visibility of the Second Coming of Christ is far more than an event which is visible only to the living, those who dwell in heaven and even hell will see Him when He Comes. The message to John on Patmos was that every eye should see Him, even those who pierced Him. That would include those who nailed Him to the tree. That moment of time will be seen by all three places where men are to be found. Rev. 1:7 it must be emphasized here, that, His coming is made even more spectacular by the clouds which accompany Him. His Ascension into Heaven was visibly witnessed by His disciples. They watched Him disappear into a cloud. Acts 1:9 Then, two men dressed in white, the two witnesses, assured them, that precisely, as they had watched Him disappear into the cloud, so He would return in the same manner. Acts 1:10-11 The Woman, the Bride will be the only living body of Christianity alive on the earth at the time of the return of Christ.REASONS. With the Bride escaping into the place which the Lord has especially prepared for her. The attention of the dragon, satan, will turn to the remnant of her seed, those who did not measure up to the standard of the Bride. The dragon will make war with them. Rev. 12:17 That they are overcome is evident by the fact that the antichrist will conquer them. Rev. 13:7 They are tribulation martyrs. They are seen dressed in white standing before the throne, in the presence of the Lord. Rev. 7:14 It is very apparent that there will be Christians who enter the tribulation period. They are seen again as those who were beheaded for their witness of Jesus and their love and adherence to the Word of the Lord. They did not worship the antichrist nor partake in his system. Rev. 20:4 They will also face the great likelihood of starvation because they will not be able to buy or sell without displaying the number, name or mark of the antichrist, either in their hands of foreheads. Rev. 13:16-17 Current discount cards are not the real thing, just a forerunner to accustom the public to purchasing in this manner. The tribulation martyrs are to be resurrected together with all those who die in Christ at the time of the FIRST resurrection. The FIRST resurrection and the Second Coming are synonymous, they are part and parcel of the same event. If those killed by the antichrist come up in the FIRST resurrection, and the Second Coming and the FIRST resurrection are closely related, actually one event, how could the Second Coming and the FIRST resurrection take place before all who are scheduled to participate in it have died? The Second Coming of Christ can only take place at the close of the great tribulation period, and after all who are to be resurrected have died. The circumstances of the death of the two tribulation witnesses will immediately precede the end of the tribulation and the time of the Second Coming for they too are caught up into that cloud. Rev. 11:12