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Welcome to Revelation Unraveled. I'm your host, William Tapley, also known as the Third
Eagle of the Apocalypse and the Co Prophet of the End Times. This is the second part
of our two part series on the rapture of the church. In the first part we debunked many
of the common myths about the rapture. We saw in scripture, where the rapture is referred
to, as in the Olivet Discourse, where Our Lord talks about the rapture eight times,
and we saw in Saint Paul, Thessalonians and Corinthians, where Saint Paul is actually
talking about the Lord's fourth coming and judgment, and not His second coming at the
rapture. Now let's look at the four groups who will reign in the millennium including
the rapture. In Revelation chapter 11, verse 18 , Saint John writes, 'you will render reward
to your servants, prophets, saints and to those who fear your name.' Saint John is not
referring to one group here, but four specific groups. The servants are the converted Jews.
The prophets are the raptured Protestants. The saints are the protected Catholics, and
those who fear God's name are the holy martyrs. In chapter 17 verse 14, we see the three groups
who will join with Jesus at Armageddon, 'and they that are with him are called elect and
faithful'. Again, this is not one group. The 'called' are the raptured Protestants. The
'elect' are the protected Catholics and the 'faithful' are the holy martyrs. These are
the three groups, who will join with Jesus at Armageddon. Notice that although the converted
Jews will reign during the millennium, they are not part of the battle of Armageddon,
because they will have already fled from Judea. Now, let's look at the twelve characteristics
of the raptured Protestants. In Revelation 19, verse 6, we read; 'I heard the voice of
a great multitude, the voice of many waters and the voice of great thunders'. Those are
the first three characteristics. They sing, 'Let us be glad and rejoice for the marriage
of the Lamb is come. Blessed are they who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Being called to the marriage supper is their fourth characteristic. Now let's look at the
rest of their twelve characteristics. Before Saint John describes the return of the raptured
however in chapter 14, he describes the holy martyrs who are also with Jesus at Armageddon.
'Behold a Lamb stood on Mount Zion and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand having
his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads'. Now these 144,000 are
not the converted Jews and they are not the raptured Protestants. These are the holy martyrs.
In chapter 14, verse 2, we read about the return of the raptured. 'I heard a voice from
heaven as the voice of many waters'. That's the same characteristic as before, 'as the
voice of great thunders', again, the same characteristic as before, 'and the voice of
harpers harping on their harps'. So this is a new characteristic. They also sing as harpers
harping on their harps. That's their fifth characteristic. Now let's read their sixth
characteristic. 'And they sing a new canticle and no one could say the canticle, but those
one hundred and forty four thousand who were purchased from earth.' Notice Saint John uses
the word 'purchased' instead of 'raptured'. Rapture does not appear in the bible, but
'called' and 'purchased' are the two terms which Saint John uses for this graced group.
In verse 4, the raptured receive six more characteristics. They were not defiled with
women, but they are virgins, number seven. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes, number
8. These were purchased from among men. Now they've already been ascribed as purchased
so that doesn't count as a new characteristic. The first fruits to God, number 9 and to the
Lamb, number 10, and in their mouth was no lie, characteristic number 11, for they are
without spot before the throne of God, characteristic number 12. Notice this group of raptured have
four of the exact same characteristics as the wise virgins in Jesus parable of the five
wise and foolish virgins. First, they are virgins, second they are called, third they
follow him wherever he goes, and fourth, they go into the marriage feast. Now these three
groups who joined with Jesus at Armageddon are also described by Our Lord in the Olivet
Discourse. In chapter 24 verse 31, Jesus says, 'and he shall send his angel with a great
sound of trumpet and they should gather his elect from the four winds from one end of
heaven'. This is not one group that Our Lord is talking about. He gathers the elect from
the four winds, meaning on earth. Those are the protected Catholics and the two groups
that are in the two ends of heaven, are the raptured Protestants and the holy martyrs.
Now the three Armageddon groups and the four millennial groups are found in three places
in Daniel. In chapter 3, we read about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and the Son of Man, four
individuals in the fiery furnace. The fiery furnace symbolizes these End Times, as I explained
in my You Tube video on Daniel chapter number 3. Now in Daniel chapter number 5, the words
which King Beltasar sees written on the wall, 'Mene, Tekel and Upharsin', stand for the
three groups who will be with Jesus at Armageddon, the raptured Protestants, the protected Catholics
and the holy martyrs. Again, check out my video on You Tube on chapter number 5. And
if you check out my video on chapter number 11 of Daniel, you will find that Edom, Moab
and Ammon symbolize the three groups who survive the AntiChrist, the protected Catholics, the
raptured Protestants and the converted Jews. To sum up this series on the rapture, we find
that very few will actually be raptured. We find Saint John mentioned only 144,000. There
will also be 144,000 converted Jews and 144,000 holy martyrs. The number of protected Catholics
is never mentioned by Saint John. We've also discovered on this series that Saint Paul
is not talking about the rapture in Thessalonians or Corinthians. Let's look at the verses where
he is talking about the End Times that we are living in right now. In Second Timothy
chapter 3, Saint Paul writes, 'also in the last days perilous times shall come.' Notice
the warning aspect. 'Men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers
without natural affection, despisers of those who are good, lovers of pleasures more than
lovers of God, ever learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth.' Whenever Saint
Paul or Our Lord are talking about the days leading up to the End Times, they give warnings.
They are not giving comfort as Saint Paul is when he is talking to the early Christians
in Thessalonians and in Corinthians. As we saw on this program, those who are graced
to be raptured must have twelve very significant characteristics in order to join with Our
Lord at Armageddon and survive into the millennium. Now if you would like more information, simply
write to the address you see on your screen.