Major - I have to disagree about the Bride Larry. It is clear to me that the Bride of Christ is in fact the Church.
Larry2 - That’s alright brother. To me by the testimony of Rev 4:1, everything following that initial Day of the Lord, or the Lord’s Day is future from that time.
Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door
was opened
in heaven: and the first voice which I heard
was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said,
Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Chapter seven of Revelation is exactly where the Great Multitude is on earth in the temptation that will come upon all the world (First 3 ½ yrs of tribulation), that the bride of Christ was spared of according to Rev 3:10.
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
(The bride is round about (Rev 4.4), and in the midst of the throne(Rev 4:6) when Jesus takes the “All power and authority He was given in Mat 28:18.
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. It is evident that Jesus has not taken those reins of power at this present time.
Major - Larry, don't you think that
Rev 7:15 which you posted is about the scene on the earth and not heaven? Where are these redeemed standing?
Larry2 - Where does John see the Great multitude? Remember Rev 4:1 where we see John caught up into heaven (
Come up hither). Next, where do we see the Multitude as to the proximity of God?
Rev 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Major - According to
Rev 21:25 and vs. 22 there is NO night in the Temple in heaven so it does not seem possible that they would be in heaven. Couldn't this then be the Millennium?
larry2 - I believe their place before God in heaven beginning with being caught up to God out of great tribulation (Rev 7:14) will extend throughout the millennium until we see the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Major - Isaiah 66:19-21 tells us that there will be a temple in the Millennium and also
Isaiah 4:5-6 speaks of a tabernacle as well.
Larry2 - There is so much I don’t know the full implication of, but the following scripture in that same chapter shows God dealing with Israel in the Day of the Lord. Notice the “Man Child” of Rev 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and
to his throne.
Isa 66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
Isa 66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was
delivered of a man child.
Isa 66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?
or shall
a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. I will get into this sometime future, but this “Man Child;
a nation brought forth in a day is none other than the 144,000 of Rev 14:1.
Rev 14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men,
being the
firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. These are those sealed in Rev 7:1-6.
I’ll leave off for the moment and see this flies.
Blessings brother in Christ Jesus.