Quote Originally Posted by thedee View Post
I believe it is referring to the jews as told in Revelation 7.
But the gathering of Matthew 24:30 and the gathering of 2 Thess 2:1 both are said to occur on the day of the second coming of Christ. How do you reconcile that with your view?

No, this is all believers.... unless everyone is not clothed in fine linen.
If it's literally all believers and they're all in heaven then are you saying you believe there will be no believers on the earth on the day of His second coming?

Really.... It says "we are caught up to meet in the air"... no silence there.
And it doesn't say what happens to us after that so whatever you believe happens to us right after that has to come from other scripture rather than that passage. Just because it doesn't mention a particular thing happening at that time doesn't mean that it can't happen at that time. My belief is not that He immediately comes down to the earth at that time, anyway. I believe the earth will first be burned up at His coming (2 Peter 3:10-12) and He ends up coming down to the new earth (this earth renewed by fire), not the earth as we know it now.

Not accord to Rev 19. The marriage of the Lamb occurs before the Second comming.
What is your understanding of Matthew 25:1-13? That portrays the second coming of Christ occurring and believers being taken up to the marriage at that time. And we know from Matthew 24:29-31 that this occurs "after the tribulaton of those days".