19 July 2022: This is not a new topic on Eschatology Today, but it is most certainly a different treatment of the subject on the temporal facts of the Bride of Christ. These are unassailable, undeniable facts since they come directly from God, through Jesus Christ to John the revelator on Patmos circa 90-95 AD.
There have been innumerable discussions of the timing of our Harpazo, but unless I've had a "senior moment" or two, and having read the Scriptures many, many times, I do not recall ever seeing before what the Lord brought to my attention this time around. I selected the image above as it pretty accurately frames the scene presented by John in chapter 4 of The Apocalypse (Revelation) of Jesus Christ.
Where else have we read in Scripture about a door opening into heaven and the Lord receiving humans unto Himself as the Bridegroom? In Matthew 25:1-13 a door opens and then is shut, and those who entered through the door entered into a wedding. I have always seen this parable as one pointing to the Harpazo.
And so, in Revelation 4 we also the perfect vision of the Harpazo of the Bride of Christ, perfect because as just stated, it came from God the father, to the Son Jesus Christ to John on Patmos. And here is what struck me like I've not been struck previously.
"After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”"
Everything which follows in what John is given to reveal is what takes place after the Harpazo. That means, clearly, that the opening of the scroll by the Lamb of God that has the Seven Seals happens after the Harpazo. All of the judgments within those seven seals happen after the Harpazo.
We have all long been aware that the 70th Week of years, the Millennium Kingdom of Christ and Eternity all take place after the Harpazo, but in the above verse we're told point blank that the Harpazo of the Bride of Christ is the first thing in the order of events. It's not after this or that event, but it is the first event in these last days that leads to Eternity.
Marana'tha!
