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All those who are saved through the blood of Jesus Christ constitute the Church/Assembly and is the future bride of Jesus Christ. Church/Assembly does not mean any denomination or any local body of Church/Assembly but it is the body consisting of all those who are saved through the blood of Jesus Christ.
Man has the BODY, the SOUL, and the SPIRIT. [Man in general includes men and women.] Body is the physical structure of the man, Soul is the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life and the spirit is the breath of life given by God. Body perishes at the death of the person, the saved SOUL will ascend to be with the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven, when the person dies, and the SPIRIT of the saved or the unsaved returns to God. God breathed His spirit in to the nostrils of man when he created him, so the spirit of saved or unsaved will return to God. The saved ones will have eternal life, while the unsaved one will be cast in to hell. The Soul of the unsaved one will remain in the hell and tormented until the time of final judgment comes and they will be judged in the final judgment and after they are judged, they along with Satan and his fallen angels, death and hell will be cast in to the lake fire. [Rev.19:20, 20:10, 20:14,15] The souls of the saved ones are comforted in Paradise in the third heaven until the time of second coming of Jesus Christ takes place and at the judgment seat of Christ in the mid-air, they receive their rewards for their good works.
There are three heavens, one from the face of the earth up to the place where clouds are seen, and birds can fly, the second one from the place where the first heaven ends up to the place where galaxy exists, and third heaven, which is the infinite space beyond our imagination is the abode of God.
Satan is cast down to the earth as a result of the war in heaven that takes place (Revelation Ch.12:7-12) and he is revealed as the "Man of Sin", the Anti-Christ, who makes promises and breaks them and deceives people. Satan also has Trinity consisting of (1) The Dragon (The Anti-God) Rev. 12:1-7 (2) The Beast (Anti-Christ) Rev. 13:1-10 and (3) The False Prophet (Anti-Spirit)Rev.13:11-17. False prophet brings glory to the Anti-Christ, who equals himself with Jesus Christ and will proclaim himself as Jesus Christ and deceive people. Both False prophet and the Anti-Christ work for the Old Dragon, who is the Anti-God.
The saints dead shall rise first with their glorious bodies, and the live saints are transitioned with their glorious bodies at the Rapture and will be caught up in to the mid air to meet Lord Jesus Christ. At the Judgment seat of Christ in the Mid air the Saints are rewarded for their good works [2 Cor.5:10, Rom 14:16]. The Kingdom of Antichrist will be on the earth at the same time when the Church is with Jesus Christ in the Mid air. Anti-Christ’s Kingdom lasts up to Millennial Kingdom. [Dan 7:23-27, 2 Thess.2:3-10] The Great Tribulation period is under the reign of Anti-Christ, and runs concurrently when the church is with Jesus Christ in the mid air. [Rev. 17:1-18] Lord Jesus Christ along with the Church/Assembly descend on to the earth after the seven year period is over. Lord Jesus Christ reigns from the "Throne of David" for thousand years, which is also commonly known as 'Millennium'. The church will be in heaven during the renovation period of the earth “BY FIRE” [2Pet 3:7-13 Rev. 20:11] The church descends in the New Jerusalem on the New Earth.
"Rapture" is the commonly used word, for what is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, which reads as "Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord". The rapture of the church is before the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ commences. Jesus Christ returns for the second time and the saints are caught up to meet up in the air before the millennium and that is the pre-millennial rapture of the church [1 Thessalonians 4:16-17]. Jesus Christ's second coming will be personal and visible. The saved ones, who died will rise first with their glorious bodies and will be caught up in to the clouds to be with Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus Christ will bring the souls of all the saved ones, who died before his second coming. Jesus Christ brings them along with him and those souls will unite with their bodies in the graves and resurrect and be caught up in to the mid air with their glorified bodies. It will all be instant and will be at the lightening speed. Jesus Christ and the saints will be in the mid air for a period of seven years. The church consisting of all the saved ones, will not undergo Tribulation and Great Tribulation, during which period Anti-Christ will be active. [...Read more about pre-tribulation rapture ...]
Those who are left behind on this earth at the time of second coming of Jesus Christ will consist of unsaved Jews and unsaved Gentiles, who will be given opportunity to be saved during the intervening period of the stay of Jesus and saints in the mid air and his advent on this earth. The Great Tribulation occurs during this period, that is, before the advent of Jesus Christ on this earth to rule for thousand years. Great Tribulation is like "Jacob's Trouble" [Jeremiah 30:7, Matt.24:21, Rev.2:22, Rev.7:14]. The "Man of sin" makes a covenant of peace for one week (seven years) and breaks it in the middle of the week i.e., after three and half years [Dan.9:27]. The next three and half years are filled with great tribulation for those who have not accepted Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. Then after seven year-period Jesus Christ along with saints will descend to the earth rule for thousand years. The thousand year reign of Jesus Christ will be peaceful and joyful. An angel with the key of bottomless pit comes down from heaven and lays hold on the hold on the dragon, that old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and binds for a thousand years. Thus Satan will be bound and will be cast in to bottomless pit and will be shut up during the thousand-year-reign of Jesus Christ. The saints (the church) will also reign along with Jesus Christ during this thousand-year-period. Satan will be released from the bottomless pit after the thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ ends. Satan will, then, go Gog and Magog and will deceive nations and gather people to fight against Jesus Christ and fire comes down from heaven and devour them. Then Satan will be cast in to the lake of fire. The sea gives up the dead and the death and Hades gives up the dead. Then there is great white throne judgment, where the unsaved ones, whose names are not found in the "book of life" will be judged. The Satan with his fallen angels, the unsaved ones, the death and hell will be cast in to the lake of fire. This is the second death. The new heaven and the new earth, will come down from heaven, where the saved ones will live eternally with the Lord Jesus Christ.
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