No I do not think that Jesus is returning during the feast of trumpets, but the "rapture" (not the 2nd coming) "could" happen during the feast of trumpets. Most all who believe in an early "rapture" (pre or mid trib), believe it is an entirely seperate event from the "2nd coming" of Jesus.Well, that certainly tears it then. If He's coming "at a time you do not expect," He can't very well come during this Feast of Trumpets when EVERYONE is expecting Him, now can He?
And as for this:
... okay, you could say that at this time the saved get "raptured" or caught up from the earth. But again, nothing secret about it. See again 1 Peter 3:10. His coming is so bright everything gets destroyed.
1 Thes4:16-17 says we are caught up in the clouds to meet Jesus in the air (the rapture). The 2nd coming is when Jesus returns TO earth, actually steps foot on the Mount of olives, destroys evil, judges the earth, and rules for 1000 years.
The bible says that us believers will follow jesus down from heaven on horses when he returns to earth to make war and judge.
Revelation 19:11-14 ESV
[11] Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. [12] His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. [13] He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. [14] And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
Jude 1:14-15 ESV
[14] It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, [15] to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
If people believe in a post trib rapture (or no rapture), then they believe that us and all the dead will rise up to meet Christ in the air, then IMMEDIATELY hop on horses, turn around, and come right back to earth to make war.
That really doesn't make a lot of sense to me, especially considering how many verses suggest that God will spare his believers from from the wrath and trials of the tribulation. This is why I fall in the mid trib or pre trib camp.
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