The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

When I first came to faith and began delving into prophecy, I read books about the Pretrib Rapture. It appealed to me that we didn't have to expect a tribulation. As I continued studying, I gradually discovered that this view wasn't entirely biblical. Therefore, I shifted from Pretrib to Prewrath, and then in the year 2025 from Prewrath to Midwrath.

Meanwhile, I've learned that the prophecies aren't as simple as they initially seem. While studying and searching for the correct interpretation of the Second Coming, I had to make another adjustment in the year 2026. It will likely remain a search until Yeshua returns, as in the Bible texts below:

Ecclesiastes 8:16: When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
Ecclesiastes 8:17: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

1 Corinthians 13:8: Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1 Corinthians 13:9: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1 Corinthians 13:10: But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

Yet, the Bible calls us to search and study prophecies. Blessed are those who read and hear the words of prophecy (Revelation 1:3). I therefore feel very honored to be involved in this. I also encourage the reader to join me in seeking the truth (as far as it is given to us) about the Second Coming. And please email me if you have any insights and/or comments. After all, it's not about my truth, but about the truth of the Bible.

I've decided not to rewrite the entire website, but to share my progress so far with the reader. The 2025 study contains essential information about the Second Coming, which I won't repeat in the 2026 study. In the 2026 study, I apply the same principles as in the 2025 study. Therefore, it's important that the reader absorbs this information to be able to follow everything. If you've already read the 2025 study, you can go directly to the 2026 study via the following link: Study 2026

Almost all Bible teachers who believe in the Second Coming of Yeshua, followed by the 1000-year kingdom of peace, believe that the end time is the 70th year week of the prophet Daniel. These are the last seven years (year week) of the end times which begins after the antichrist strengthens a covenant with the people of Israel.

These last seven years, before Yeshua's 1000-year kingdom of peace begins, are described in the Bible book of Revelation. The prophet John is commissioned, during a vision of Yeshua, to write the Bible book of Revelation. The prophet John begins with the following words:

Revelation 1:1: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation 1:2: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
Revelation 1:3: Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

The prophet John prophesies that as soon as the last seven years enter, the Second Coming of Yeshua is near.

According to the Bible book of Revelation, the last seven years consist of consecutively: the seven seals, the seven trumpets and the seven bowls.

Bible teachers around the world have differed for generations about the exact time of the second coming of Yeshua. Because the Bible also speaks of a rapture of the Christians, where the Christians meet Yeshua in the air, four different teachings have emerged among Bible teachers:

1) Pretrib: the rapture before the last seven years and the Second Coming of Yeshua at the end of the last seven years.

2) Midtrib: the rapture in the middle of the last seven years and the Second Coming of Yeshua at the end of the last seven years.

3) Prewrath: one rapture/Second Coming during the sixth seal of the last seven years.

4) Posttrib: one rapture/Second Coming at the end of the last seven years.

Both Pretrib and Midtrib claim that Christians are taken up into heaven before the antichrist has revealed himself. As a result, Christians are not mentally and spiritually prepared for the difficult time to come. Thus, they may be tempted to adopt the mark of the antichrist. This is a serious matter and has consequences for their eternal destiny.

After exploring the Prewrath vision for several years, I have now come to the conclusion that the Bible teaches a fifth vision. I have called this vision Midwrath because the rapture takes place exactly between Yeshua's wrath (the trumpets) and Yahweh's wrath (the bowls), during the seventh and final trumpet.

5) Midwrath: the Second Coming of Yeshua during the sixth seal and the rapture during the seventh trumpet of the last seven years.

I cover the Second Coming of Yeshua in seven chapters:

1. The first five seals.

2. The Second Coming: 6th seal.

3. From Prewrath to Midwrath.

4. The rapture: 7th trumpet.

5. The refutation of Pretrib and Midtrib.

6. The refutation of Posttrib.

7. Conclusion.

The seventieth year week of Daniel begins with Yeshua opening the seals. In the Bible book of Revelation, we find the Bible texts regarding the opening of the first three seals:

Revelation 6:1: And I saw when the Lamb (Yeshua) opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
Revelation 6:2: And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he (the antichrist) went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Revelation 6:3: And when he (Yeshua) had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
Revelation 6:4: And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another (wars): and there was given unto him a great sword.
Revelation 6:5: And when he (Yeshua) had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
Revelation 6:6: And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny (famines); and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

This is consistent with Yeshua's end-time teaching in the Bible book of Matthew chapter 24. Yeshua teaches what precedes the tribulation of the antichrist:

Matthew 24:5: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ (false prophets: the first seal); and shall deceive many.
Matthew 24:6: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars (the second seal): see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matthew 24:7: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines (the third seal), and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Matthew 24:8: All these are the beginning of sorrows.

The events (the first three seals) before the tribulation of the antichrist is what Yeshua calls the beginning of sorrows (sorrows before Yeshua's Second Coming).

In the Bible book of Daniel, we read that the antichrist will cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease midway through the seventieth week of the year:

Daniel 9:27: And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

The apostle Paul says the following about the antichrist in 2 Thessalonians 2:

2 Thessalonians 2:4: Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

So the antichrist will sit in the temple in the middle of the seventieth year week. Midwrath, however, does not know when the middle of the last seven years begins. Therefore, Yeshua's dire warning in his end-time teaching in the Bible book of Matthew:

Matthew 24:15: When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation (the antichrist), spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (the temple), (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Matthew 24:21: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

So according to the Bible, the great tribulation takes place after the antichrist sits down in the temple and pretends to be God. Then begins the second half of the seventieth year week. We also find this great tribulation in the Bible book of Revelation where Yeshua opens the 4th and 5th seals, we read:

Revelation 6:7: And when he (Yeshua) had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
Revelation 6:8: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 6:9: And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Revelation 6:10: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

We read in the Bible book of Revelation between the sixth seal (the Second Coming) and the trumpets (Yeshua's wrath) an interesting chapter Revelation 7. Here we read that the Israelites are sealed before Yeshua's wrath (the trumpets) begins. Furthermore, in the same chapter we read about the martyrs in heaven, so right after the Second Coming at the sixth seal. So far, all the seals of the Bible book of Revelation are perfectly chronological:

Revelation 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 (the martyrs), stood before the throne, and before the Lamb (Yeshua), clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Revelation 7:13: And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
Revelation 7:14: And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb (Yeshua).
Revelation 7:17: For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

As we read, the martyrs come out of the great tribulation. Our attitude as Christians during the antichrist's great tribulation, according to Yeshua's own words, should be as follows:

Luke 21:36: Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things (first five seals) that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man (Yeshua's Second Coming = the sixth seal).

Only now are we able to make a diagram of the Bible book of Revelation. The seven seals are as follows: red is the beginning of sorrows, gray is the middle of the last seven years, orange is the great tribulation, green are the trumpets during Yeshua's wrath and blue are the bowls during Yahweh's wrath.

The diagram for the last seven years then looks as follows (diagram is not to scale):

There are differences of opinion about the fourth seal. Some Bible teachers believe that the killing of the fourth part of the earth still belongs to the sorrows of Yeshua's end-time teaching.

My personal opinion is that the fourth part of the earth, are mainly the Jews and Christians, which are killed by the wild beasts of the earth. I say this because the antichrist and his false prophet are also called beasts in the Bible book of Revelation.

The great tribulation is shortened for the sake of Christians by the Second Coming of Yeshua.

Matthew 24:22: And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's (the Christians) sake those days shall be shortened (the Second Coming).

The Second Coming of Yeshua begins with the celestial eclipse at the sixth seal of the Bible book of Revelation. This celestial eclipse, during which it becomes pitch black all over the earth, is not something that happens daily, but a unique sign of Yeshua's Second Coming in the Bible. This is a visible and audible Second Coming, perceptible to all the earth, as we can read in the book of Thessalonians:

1 Thessalonians 4:16: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:

This corresponds to the Second Coming in Matthew chapter 24:

Matthew 24:29: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Matthew 24:30: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Since, therefore, everyone will see and hear Yeshua at the Second Coming, the reason why the unbelievers in Revelation are suddenly so in fear after the sixth seal (the Second Coming), as we read in the following Bible verses:

Revelation 6:12: And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black (the Second Coming) as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Revelation 6:13: And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Revelation 6:14: And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Revelation 6:15: And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Revelation 6:16: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb (Yeshua):
Revelation 6:17: For the great day of his wrath (Yeshua's wrath) is come; and who shall be able to stand?

In verse 17 it clearly states that after the Second Coming Yeshua's wrath (the trumpets during the 2nd Exodus) begins as described in chapters 8 and 9 of the Bible book of Revelation.

After studying the Prewrath rapture for several years, I was not completely satisfied with some Bible texts. After another thorough study, this led to the Midwrath rapture.

In the Bible book of Revelation chapter 12, we read a prologue to Yeshua's return:

Revelation 12:1: And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Revelation 12:2: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered (the Second Coming of Yeshua).
Revelation 12:3: And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Revelation 12:4: And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:5: And she brought forth a man child (Second coming of Yeshua 6th seal), who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up (the rapture 7th trumpet, chapter 14) unto God, and to his throne.
Revelation 12:6: And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

We read the detailed story of this prologue later in Revelation chapter 12 and in chapter 13. In verse 5 we read about the return of Yeshua at the sixth seal. After the Second Coming, during the trumpets, the 2nd Exodus led by Yeshua takes place. Yeshua's 2nd Exodus ends in Zion which we can read in Revelation chapter 14.

Revelation 14:1: And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion (on the earth after the 2nd Exodus), and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

According to Yeshua's teaching in Matthew 24, first the Gospel will be preached in all the world and then the end will come (the bowls).

Matthew 24:14: And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

The Gospel in all the world is preached by the first of the three angels.

Revelation 14:6: And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Revelation 14:7: Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Revelation 14:8: And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 14:9: And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Revelation 14:11: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Revelation 14:12: Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation 14:13: And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

So the above Bible texts take place shortly before the end. According to these texts, after Babylon has fallen, Christians can still take on the mark of the beast. Since, according to the Prewrath view, the rapture occurs at the sixth seal, according to Prewrath Babylon should fall before the sixth seal. However, it makes much more sense to follow the narrative of the Bible book of Revelation where Babylon falls before the seventh and last trumpet as in our next chapter.

So the great tribulation will be shortened by the Second Coming. Because of this, Jews and Christians will receive enlightenment as we read in 2 Thessalonians chapter 1:

2 Thessalonians 1:6: Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
2 Thessalonians 1:7: And to you who are troubled rest ("anesis" means: 'making it less tight, giving it more freedom of movement, relaxation, relief') with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2 Thessalonians 1:8: In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

This corresponds exactly to the Bible book of Revelation where the first three trumpets of Yeshua are all accompanied by fire. However, Yeshua's return will give us Christians relief and in the Bible book of Luke we read what our attitude should be after the return:

Luke 21:27: And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Luke 21:28: And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

The text in verse 28 “when these things begin to come to pass” includes the return of Yeshua. After Yeshua's return we should lift up our heads because our redemption (the rapture) is near. Thus, the rapture does not fall simultaneously with Yeshua's return but takes place after.

The rapture of Christians is a mystery in the Bible. The apostle Paul unravels this mystery and tells us when the rapture will take place. We read this in the Bible book 1 Corinthians chapter 15:

1 Corinthians 15:51: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1 Corinthians 15:52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

The rapture, according to the apostle Paul, takes place at the seventh and last trumpet. We also read of this rapture of Christians in Revelation chapter 14 verse 16:

Revelation 14:14: And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Revelation 14:15: And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation 14:16: And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. (the rapture).

This again corresponds to the rapture in the end-time teaching of Yeshua in Matthew 24:

Matthew 24:31: And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect (The Christians) from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

And in 1 Thessalonians 4, the apostle Paul teaches the following about the Second Coming and the rapture of Christians:

1 Thessalonians 4:13: But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren (the Christians), concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:14: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1 Thessalonians 4:15: For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord (the Second Coming 6th seal) shall not prevent them which are asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:16: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven (the Second Coming 6th seal) with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first (the 7th trumpet):
1 Thessalonians 4:17: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air (taken up together with Yeshua to the father's house): and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:18: Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

The living left in verse 17 are the survivors until the seventh trumpet.

Everything we learned results in the diagram below. The red part are the sorrows. The orange part is the great tribulation by the antichrist through which Christians must also pass. In the green part, Yeshua is on earth during the trumpets. However, the Bible teaches that Christians are not destined for Yahweh's wrath, the blue portion. (Diagram is not to scale):

The Prewrath view distinguishes between the great tribulation and God's wrath. Where Prewrath distinguishes between types of tribulation, I have distinguished between God's wrath, the trumpets and the bowls. After Yeshua's return, the 2nd Exodus takes place during the trumpets of Yeshua's wrath. Yeshua's wrath is not directed against the Jews and Christians but against the unbelievers. At the seventh and final trumpet, the rapture takes place after which the bowls of Yahweh's wrath are poured out. Christians are not destined for Yahweh's wrath.

In order to point people to the Second Coming of Yeshua, it is important to debunk fallacies about the Second Coming of Yeshua.

From my years of Bible study and my own experience on Biblical subjects, on which Bible teachers have different views, I have learned that as soon as a Bible teacher can refute a Bible text from his opponent on Biblical grounds, the opponent then does not seriously consider it, but quickly flees to other Bible texts that support his teaching on the subject.

Similarly, Pretrib and Midtrib has a whole range of Bible texts (paradigm) that Bible teachers can cling to each time. The only way to expose their fallacy is to refute all the Bible texts within their paradigm so that the whole house of cards collapses.

So the Holy Spirit guided me in this, and of course I did this only with the Bible done, as the Bible itself teaches us to refute fallacies:

2 Timothy 3:16: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

After first subverting the whole paradigm, I finally give the incontrovertible proof from Scripture that the saints in the Bible book of Revelation are the Christians, which must therefore prepare for the antichrist and refusing his mark (666) with which one can only buy and sell.

Why the rapture of Christians for the last seven years (Pretrib) is not biblical is because, according to Pretrib, Christians are going to celebrate the wedding feast in heaven while the people of Israel are oppressed. This does not do justice to God's holiness and justice. This smacks more of replacement doctrine and anti-Semitism.

Pretrib believes in a rapture of Christians as in the famous feature films Left Behind. It is claimed that there is nothing that has yet to happen so the rapture of Christians can therefore take place at any time.

To prove that this is not biblical, the reader must understand that the rapture of Christians and the Day of Lord (God's wrath) are inextricably linked. Pretrib also relies for their view on the parables in the Bible about Noah's flood and Lot's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. In this, Noah and Lot were saved on the same day when God's judgment broke loose. And this is entirely biblical as we also read in the Bible text below:

2 Peter 3:12: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Pretrib's contention that nothing more needs to happen before the rapture/God's wrath so that it can occur at any time of the day is diametrically opposed to the following Bible texts:

Malachi 4:5: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD (the rapture/Yahweh's wrath):
2 Thessalonians 2:3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (the rapture/Yahweh's wrath) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Joel 2:31: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD (the rapture/Yahweh's wrath) come.

Further, Pretrib incorrectly assumes that the Bible text below is only possible with a Pretrib rapture:

1 Corinthians 15:52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

They overlook the fact that Midwrath (and Prewrath) also teaches the rapture doctrine with all the associated Bible texts found in the Bible about the rapture. The only difference is that Pretrib and Midwrath differ on when those Bible texts take place. According to Midwrath, the Second Coming at the sixth seal takes place sometime in the second half of the last seven years, but Midwrath does not know on what day. The rapture then takes place after the Second Coming at the seventh trumpet.

The early Christians also never believed in a rapture that could happen any time because Christians (through the ages) have been called to the great commission of Yeshua as in the Bible texts below:

Matthew 28:19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Matthew 24:14: And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Thus, all Christians knew from God's Word that there was still much Gospel work to be done before the end could come, and thus absolutely did not believe in a rapture that could happen at any time. This is the reason why many Christians, like the apostle Paul, have the urge to preach the Gospel all over the world. Because they know that Yeshua will return when the great commission is fulfilled. (Personally, I think Matthew 24 verse 14 will be preached by the three angels of Revelation chapter 14 but this is not the common thinking of most Christians over the centuries).

Only when the Christians saw that the Gospel had been preached in almost all countries and these countries had been provided with their own Bible translations did they realize that Yeshua's great commission was almost fulfilled. From that time on, Christians began to believe that they were living in the end times and that the great commission could be fulfilled at any moment. And so that would be the exact moment of the Pretrib rapture, which doctrine originated around the year 1830 AD.

However, there are many Bible texts that say Christians should expect Yeshua. But that is something different. After all, the Jews are also expecting their Messiah. And a woman who is three months pregnant is looking forward and is happily expecting her child. So is an engaged young couple looking forward expectantly to the great day of their wedding. However, none of these events can happen at any time. The Bible also teaches us to look forward expectantly to the 1000-year kingdom of peace and all Bible teachers know that many events must precede this.

Pretrib believes in a silent, inexplicable to the unbelievers of the world, rapture of Christians. This is not biblical as we can read in the Corinthian letter about the rapture doctrine:

1 Corinthians 15:51: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1 Corinthians 15:52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

The Bible texts clearly indicate that the rapture of Christians is an audible rapture, perceptible to the whole earth. This is entirely consistent with the Midwrath view in which the rapture occurs at the seventh and last trumpet of the Bible book of Revelation.

Pretrib claims that the Jewish wedding is a picture of the rapture.

The Bible nowhere at all speaks of a parable of the rapture in relation to the Jewish wedding. Here Pretrib teachers are trying to justify their vision outside the Bible. Just as some Pretrib teachers claim that Yeshua would never mistreat His bride (the Jews and Christians). However, throughout history, to this day, many Christians die every day, as martyrs, for their faith in Yeshua. All twelve apostles died a martyr's death.

When these Pretrib teachers receive a serious question from a Christian seeking the truth about the time of the rapture or the Second Coming they answer, How do you want to go to heaven? Raw, medium or fully cooked? As if the Christian gets to determine their own truth that they are comfortable with, without any biblical foundation. Such teachers I cannot take seriously which play on the emotions of Christians with theories outside the Bible, a bad thing!

Pretrib draws many typologies for the Pretrib rapture from the Bible.

One can only look for typologies for a particular doctrine in the Bible if the doctrine itself is Biblical. If the prosperity gospel cites Abraham as a typology because he was so wealthy, that does not make their error doctrine more Biblical.

Pretrib claims that Matthew chapter 24 is exclusively for the Jews.

However, we read the following in Matthew chapter 24:

Matthew 24:9: Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Who are these persecuted for Yeshua's Name's sake? Only the Jews? Mainly the Christians, of course!

And about the Bible, God's Word says the following:

2 Timothy 3:16: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Pretrib also invokes the human teaching that God worked with the Jews before Yeshua's crucifixion, after Yeshua's crucifixion with the Christians, and after the Pretrib rapture God picks up the thread with the Jews.

As if God is not all-powerful and can work with the Jews and Christians at the same time. For example, in the year 1948 A.D., God made it possible for the Jews to establish the state of Israel while at the same time the churches were active. These are ridiculous human, unbiblical ideas that people put in place to support their false teachings in every way possible.

So it is a great misunderstanding to claim that Yeshua's very end-time teaching in the Bible would not apply to us Christians. These are human theories just like the replacement doctrine and the prosperity gospel where one applies to oneself only those Bible texts that suit man. This is the zeitgeist we live in where we no longer want to be confronted with God's truth in the Bible.

The Bible teaches conclusively that according to 2 Thessalonians 2, the Second Coming cannot take place until the man of lawlessness (the antichrist) is revealed. We read this very clearly in the Bible text below:

2 Thessalonians 2:1: Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him (the Second Coming and the rapture),
2 Thessalonians 2:2: That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ (the Second Coming and the rapture) is at hand.
2 Thessalonians 2:3: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (the Second Coming and the rapture) shall not come, except there come a falling away (the Christians) first, and that man of sin (the antichrist) be revealed, the son of perdition (the antichrist);
2 Thessalonians 2:4: Who (the antichrist) opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

I have seen Pre-tribbers juggle this Bible text gigantic to avoid having to face the truth. Even unbelievers reading this Bible text for the first time know what it says better than Pretrib Bible teachers.

Pretrib teaches that the antichrist cannot come until the Holy Spirit (the church) is taken up. The church would then be the restrainer in the world, preventing the antichrist from revealing himself. According to the Bible book of the prophet Joel, this cannot be right:

Joel 2:29: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Joel 2:30: And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Joel 2:31: The sun shall be turned into darkness (the Second Coming = the sixth seal), and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD (God's wrath) come.

Here we read that God's (Holy) Spirit is poured out just before the solar eclipse, or the Second Coming of Yeshua during the last seven years.

And also in Yeshua's end-time sermon in Mark chapter 13 we read:

Mark 13:11: But when they shall lead you (the Christians), and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

And in Matthew 10, Yeshua said:

Matthew 10:19: But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Matthew 10:20: For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Matthew 10:23: But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

These are blatantly Bible texts where Yeshua speaks about His Second Coming. So the Bible does not teach that the Holy Spirit is taken away for the last seven years; on the contrary, it is poured out and offers help to Christians in the great tribulation of the antichrist.

Pretrib teaches that the entire last seven years is God's wrath. This is not biblical because the martyrs mentioned at the fifth seal of the Bible book of Revelation cry out to God:

Revelation 6:10: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou (God) not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

This question of the martyrs indicates very clearly that Yeshua's wrath at the fifth seal has not yet begun.

Right after the breaking of the sixth seal in which the sun is darkened (the Second Coming), we read the following in the Bible:

Revelation 6:16: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb (Yeshua):
Revelation 6:17: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

So the Bible indicates exactly when God's wrath begins, which is after Yeshua's return after the breaking of the sixth seal. Midwrath teaches that Christians must go through the great tribulation of the antichrist and be on earth during Yeshua's wrath (the trumpets). However, Yeshua's wrath is directed against unbelievers so Christians have nothing to fear. Christians, however, are not destined for Yahweh's wrath, the bowls of the Bible book of Revelation.

Pretrib claims that Revelation 4.1 (before the first seal) is the rapture of the church.

The Bible text does not say this at all; this is a human assumption.

Pretrib claims that the twenty-four elders in heaven are the church.

Again a human assumption, nowhere in the Bible is there a Bible text that says the twenty-four elders are the church. Then you could even sooner claim that these are the twelve patriarchs of the Old Testament along with the twelve apostles of the New Testament. At least then the numbers would still be correct. But I cannot substantiate that biblically either and so it is also an assumption. What the Bible is silent about we should also be silent about, and that applies to all human assumptions.

Pretrib's “argument” is the following: Since the word church is applied to the seven local churches of Revelation chapters 2 and 3, but the word church is not mentioned anywhere during the seals, trumpets and bowls of the Bible book of Revelation, Pretrib sees this as “proof” that the church (Christians) must have been raptured before the first seal of the Bible book of Revelation.

The reasoning continues that God does nothing without God making it known to his servants the prophets, and since the word church does not occur during the great tribulation of the antichrist it does not refer to Christians.

It is true that God does nothing without letting his servants the prophets know, but the irony is precisely that the prophet John tells exactly what is going to happen. The prophet John says the following:

Revelation 13:10: He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints (the Christians).
Revelation 12:10: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser (Satan) of our brethren (the Christians) is cast down (from the heaven to the earth), which accused them before our God day and night.
Revelation 12:11: And they (The Christians) overcame him (the antichrist) by the blood of the Lamb (Yeshua), and by the word of their testimony; and they (the Christians) loved not their lives unto the death.
Revelation 12:17: And the dragon (Satan) was wroth with the woman (Israel), and went to make war with the remnant (the Christians) of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 14:9: And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast (the antichrist) and his image, and receive his mark (to Buy and Sell) in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb (Yeshua):
Revelation 14:11: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark (to buy and sell) of his name.
Revelation 14:12: Here is the patience of the saints (the Christians): here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Here we see some warnings (of the mark of the antichrist e.g.) and encouragement to persevere in faith in Yeshua according to the prophet John. Could the prophet John have better conveyed these personal warnings with the word church?

And also to the seven local churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3, the prophet John concludes each unique message with the words “but he who overcomes” followed by a unique promise. Revelation chapter 3 verse 21 even says “whoever overcomes, as I (Yeshua) have overcome.” According to Pretrib, what is to be overcome? According to Midwrath the fear of death as one can read in the above Bible text Revelation 12 verse 11.

But Pretrib knows full well God's Word and also knows that most people did not listen to the prophets of the Old Testament because the prophets brought a message that people did not want to hear. Pretrib teachers are also guilty of this and reason away the fact by adding “tribulation” to the “saints.” And thus twisting the name saints.

Here Midtrib has noted that the word saints is likewise not mentioned during the trumpets and the bowls (Yeshua's and Yahweh's wrath), and thus actually refers only to the absence of the word church during the seals (the antichrist's great tribulation) of the Bible book of Revelation. And since the antichrist is not revealed until the middle of the last seven years, and Midtrib is then taken up, Midtrib has adopted the reasoning of the “tribulation saints.”

According to Pretrib and Midtrib, the saints in the Bible book of Revelation are only those people, who missed the rapture, but still came to faith during the great tribulation (tribulation saints). According to Pretrib's and Midtrib's own theory, these people come to faith without the presence of the Holy Spirit, because according to Pretrib's and Midtrib's own theory, the Holy Spirit, the antichrist's defender, is raptured with the church (Christians). This raises theological questions: How can a person be converted without the Holy Spirit?

For adding the word “tribulation” to “saints,” the Bible book of Revelation warns us severely against as we can read in the Bible text below:

Revelation 22:18: For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Revelation 22:19: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

The true Pre- and Midtribber will not even take God's warning to heart and will even reason with God as follows: we say “tribulation” but we don't add anything to the text, that is only to explain that these saints are not the church.

The “argument” that the word church is not mentioned during the seals of the Bible book of Revelation is a fallacy. Any student taught in argumentation knows that something cannot serve as evidence for a particular theory on the basis of the absence of something. With such arguments, one can question the entire Bible on the basis of what it does not say.

Similarly, the word church is not mentioned in the New Testament books of the Bible, Mark, Luke, John, 2 Timothy, Titus, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John and Jude. So are these irrelevant to Christians? And so God is not mentioned in the Bible book of Esther. Did God not exist then?

Pretrib and Midtrib know full well that this is a fallacy, because when some Christians claim that the rapture does not exist because, according to those Christians, the word rapture does not appear in the entire Bible (which is true), Pretrib and Midtrib teachers can expose that same fallacy with flying colors using the Bible.

However, in all the New Testament Bible books mentioned above, the Christians of the churches are addressed, and they are addressed as saints (the Christians). And so this is also the case in the Bible book of Revelation. Perfectly logical.

In Revelation chapters 2 and 3, the prophet John speaks of the seven local congregations in which he has a unique message for each congregation separately. The unique message for specific congregations the prophet John can only convey by addressing the Christians with the word congregation and the specific place name. Only in this way can the prophet John convey which messages are meant for which Christians. That is why the prophet John uses the word congregation and not saints.

In the rest of the Bible's book of Revelation, the prophet John speaks of the Christians of all local congregations throughout the world, which the prophet John can best express with saints (the Christians), rather than naming all congregations individually. Perfectly logical. That is all one should look for behind it.

Or does Pretrib and Midtrib want the prophet John to limit his choice of words to using one word to convey his message?

According to Pretrib and Midtrib, the raptured Christians (the church) are the bride of Yeshua. Let's read the Bible text below about the wedding supper:

Revelation 19:7: Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb (Yeshua) is come, and his wife (the bride) hath made herself ready.
Revelation 19:8: And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

Here we notice that the bride are the saints of the Bible book of Revelation. So Pretrib and Midtrib are totally inconsistent and use the word saints appropriately or inappropriately according to how it suits Pretrib and Midtrib.

Or, according to Midwrath teaching, Christians are the saints in The Book of Revelation of the Bible and therefore the bride.

Or according to Pretrib and Midtrib teaching, the “tribulations saints” are the saints in the Bible book of Revelation but then also only the “tribulations saints” are the bride.

One cannot cherry pick as is convenient.

But there are still Pretrib and Midtrib Bible teachers who hold so stubbornly to their fallacy and continue to insist that I am taking the word church far too lightly, for the difference between the word saints and church is essential according to them, for otherwise God certainly would not use two different words. According to these Pretrib and Midtrib Bible teachers, the church is explicitly and exclusively meant for the raptured Christians, and that, according to Pretrib and Midtrib, is not the saints from the great tribulation.

If this is true and God considers the distinction so important why does the prophet John himself lightly step over the word church when naming the bride? Then why does the prophet John, taught personally by Yeshua, not use the word church there instead of saints? Because Yeshua makes no distinction between the church and the saints for Yeshua they are all Christians!

Now dangerous considerations come to the Pretrib and Midtrib teacher. Will he begin to claim that errors have crept into the Bible texts? But Yeshua who Himself is God and is omniscient knew that people would enter His church to consider this, which is why He included the following Bible texts in the Bible book of Revelation:

Revelation 22:18: For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
Revelation 22:19: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Thus, we can be one hundred percent sure that the words in the Bible book of Revelation have been preserved throughout the centuries and are the original words of Yeshua.

This also explains why the wedding supper is mentioned in the Bible book of Revelation chapter 19 after the trumpets and the bowls when Yeshua's and Yahweh's wrath is at an end. Perfectly logical and chronological!

For completeness, the final Bible text on the church:

Revelation 22:16: I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

Here the Bible says that the churches (all Christians) should take note of these things. Yeshua says this in the last chapter of the Bible book of Revelation so these things refers to everything prophesied in the Bible book of Revelation.

How should we explain the Bible text about the rapture which says that Christians will always be with the Lord?

It concerns the following Bible text:

1 Thessalonians 4:17: Then we which 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.

We will have to relate this to the dwelling place in heaven, the father house. In fact, the Bible says that Yeshua is present on earth after His return during the 2nd Exodus (the trumpets). After He returns the Jewish people to the promised land of Israel, the final trumpet is blown. In this, Christians are taken up into the air with Yeshua to the Father's house before Yahweh's wrath begins (the bowls).

And so we will always be with Yeshua.

Peter says the following about the Second Coming:

2 Peter 3:12: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat

According to the Midwrath view (and Prewrath), this is exactly what happens according to the Bible book of Revelation. On the same day after Yeshua's return (the sixth seal), Yeshua's wrath (the trumpets) of the Bible Book of Revelation begin. Of these, the first three trumpets are all accompanied by fire, as we can read in the Bible texts below:

Revelation 8:7: The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Revelation 8:8: And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
Revelation 8:10: And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

Pretrib/Midtrib/Posttrib cannot possibly explain these Bible texts in their timetable. On both the day of the Pretrib rapture and the day of the Pretrib/Midtrib/Posttrib Second Coming, according to the Bible's timetable, it is impossible that on that same day the heavens, lit by fire, will perish and the elements will melt away burning.

As we have established, all the Bible texts about the Second Coming refer to the Second Coming during the sixth seal of the Bible Book of Revelation. In all these texts about the Second Coming, the root text has the Greek word “Paroesia” before the word return, which means a coming and remaining present. This means that Yeshua is present from His Second Coming (the sixth seal).

Thus, there are many Bible texts about a physical Yeshua on earth after His return during the trumpets of the Bible book of Revelation. In this, Yeshua defeats His enemies and delivers the Jews from the surrounding nations and brings them back to the promised Land of Israel. The Bible teaches that the many Bible texts about Yeshua's 2nd Exodus, take time and Pretrib/Midtrib/Posttrib cannot possibly explain these Bible texts in their timeline. (see my seven Bible Studies).

So Yeshua from heaven, according to Revelation chapter 19, is not His Second Coming. We will take a look at the Bible text:

Revelation 19:11: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he (Yeshua) that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he (Yeshua) doth judge and make war.
Revelation 19:12: His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Revelation 19:13: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

According to the Bible text in verse thirteen, Yeshua was clothed with an outer garment dipped in blood and made war. Where did that Blood come from? We read that in the Bible book of the prophet Isaiah:

Isaiah 63:1: Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I (Yeshua) that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
Isaiah 63:2: Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
Isaiah 63:3: I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Isaiah 63:4: For the day of vengeance (Yeshua's wrath) is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Isaiah 63:5: And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
Isaiah 63:6: And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

Here we read one of Yeshua's many verses on earth where He defeats His enemies. The Bible text says Yeshua did this all by himself. The Bible text gives the explanation, of the upper garment dipped in blood in Revelation chapter 19, it is the blood of His enemies. Then we read further in Revelation chapter 19:

Revelation 19:14: And the armies which were in heaven followed him (Yeshua) upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

These armies in heaven are the incorporated Christians (with angels, if any). After Yeshua is taken up along with the Christians, He allows the Christians to be partakers of Yeshua's final victory over the antichrist (Armageddon). Yeshua will defeat the antichrist with the sword from His mouth as we read in the remainder of Revelation chapter 19:

Revelation 19:19: And I saw the beast (the antichrist), and the kings of The Earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him (Yeshua) that sat on the horse, and against his army (the Christians).
Revelation 19:20: And the beast (the antichrist) was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 19:21: And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

The Bible confirms this through the following Bible passage from the prophet Malachi:

Malachi 4:1: For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Malachi 4:2: But unto you that fear my name (the Christians) shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall (the heaven).
Malachi 4:3: And ye (the Christians) shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I (Yahweh) shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

The Bible text is a picture of Yeshua with the raptured Christians coming down from heaven. The Bible text in verse three indicates that the Christians will be partakers in defeating the ungodly.

By listening carefully to the arguments of the other view, Pretrib and Posttrib naturally arrive at the Prewrath view, provided one does not stubbornly cling to one's own teaching. Then, by listening carefully to the strong arguments of Prewrath and Posttrib, one arrives at a vision in which all biblical arguments come into their own, and that is Midwrath. This is how we get closer to God's truth and, in my opinion, the best possible view of the Second Coming and the rapture has emerged that we can currently glean from Scripture. I know from my own experience that I can be wrong and so I am grateful for any counter-arguments so that we may also need to adjust Midwrath teaching in details. After all, this is not about my truth but about God's truth in the Bible.

This means that the Second Coming takes place during the sixth seal. Now if you lay the end-time teaching of Matthew chapter 24, Mark chapter 13 and Luke chapter 21 along this diagram, everything coincides exactly with the same wording. This could not be otherwise because Yeshua tells it to the apostles in the gospels and to the prophet John in the Bible book of Revelation. Surely Yeshua cannot contradict Himself?

The Lamb (Yeshua) opens the scroll with the seven seals. After the Second Coming, at the seventh seal, there is half an hour of silence in heaven. This is a silence before the storm, or Yeshua's wrath. This is ushered in by the seven trumpets. The seventh trumpet is followed by the seven bowls of the last plagues of Yahweh's wrath.

If you work all this into a diagram you get the diagram below. Here the colored numbers are the seven seals in the same colors as the earlier diagrams in my argument, the green numbers are the seven trumpets and the blue numbers are the seven bowls of Yahweh's wrath. The circled numbers are the chapters of the Bible book of Revelation:

And just like a sudoku where you throw all the numbers (Bible verses of the prophets who did not know each other in a time frame of 1,000 years) into the air and all fall perfectly into place, this cannot happen by chance but then this must be God's word and truth. This is the final and overriding reason why I believe in Midwrath. I know this does not sound palatable but then I am in good company with the prophets.

Nowadays, if you go looking for the truth you are put away as a conspiracy thinker when, of course, conspiracies are of all times, as we can read in The Bible. The story of Joseph is a conspiracy of his brothers. A plot was hatched against the apostle Paul in which some Jews cursed themselves and said they would not eat and drink until they killed the apostle Paul. The crucifixion of Yeshua was one big conspiracy. If we look closer to home, telling a child that Santa Claus exists is a conspiracy between husband and wife, and if the older siblings play the game they are also in the conspiracy. Or companies that devise strategic plans to outwit their competitors are also basically conspiracies. So conspiracies are everywhere and of all times as long as man has existed. But conspiracy thinking nowadays has such a negative connotation so that man's critical thinking skills are silenced and the real conspiracies are not exposed.

As a Christian, however, I will not be silenced and will always seek the truth and it can only be found in God's Word the Bible. We have strayed so far from God that even our legal system makes laws whereby people can justify their sinful actions by invoking these ungodly laws. The only ones who do not go along with this are Bible-believing Christians who, like Yeshua, will always appeal to these people to repent of their sinful ways and point these people to God's truth in the Bible. This confrontation with the truth evokes cognitive dissonance that makes Christians (as well as Jews) a stumbling block to the rest of the world.

Eventually, the antichrist will convince people that the Jews and Christians are the problem in the world and people will persecute the Jews and Christians. Just as in those days the scribes saw Yeshua as the problem and the scribes literally silenced Yeshua by crucifying Yeshua. It is a battle between good and evil, between the truth and the lie. However, the true Bible-believing Christian does not hide from the truth (for Yeshua says, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life), though the Christian must pay for it with his life because he, like Yeshua, believes in the resurrection of the dead.

After the Second Coming, Yeshua, like Moses, leads the way in the 2nd Exodus to free the scattered and imprisoned Jews from the surrounding lands and bring them back to the promised land of Israel. At the seventh trumpet, the rapture of Christians with Yeshua takes place after which we are forever with the Lord Yeshua in the Father's house. Between the 6th and 7th bowl (Armageddon) of Yahweh's wrath, Yeshua defeats the antichrist.

Christians have the promises to reign on earth with Yeshua for 1,000 years in the 1,000-year kingdom of peace of which the prophets in all glory and glory have prophesied, where no man will be sick anymore and people will grow as old as trees. Where a wolf will dwell with a lamb.

Lord Yeshua, come soon! Amen.

I will again discuss the adjustments in seven chapters:

1. Introduction.

2. God's perspective.

3. The refutation of Prewrath.

4. The Day of the Lord.

5. The Second Coming & Rapture.

6. The Last Plagues.

7. Conclusion.

In the book of Revelation we read the following Bible verses:

Revelation 1:1: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation 1:3: Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Revelation 22:6: And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
Revelation 22:20: He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

What do the phrases "shortly" and "the time is at hand" mean? Is it like Preterists claim that the book of Revelation took place in 70 AD? This cannot be true, because the apostle John uses the same words in chapter 22 after the resurrection and the new heaven and earth where death will be no more.

Such timeframes are also described in the Old Testament, even though sometimes hundreds of years pass before the prophecy actually comes to pass. Here are some examples:

Deuteronomy 4:26: I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Isaiah 13:22: And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Zephaniah 1:7: Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
1 Peter 4:7: But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

We must therefore read these Bible texts from God's perspective. Just as one week before Christmas is only a short time for adults, it is a very long time for a child. So too, God's perspective is different from that of humans, as we read in the Bible text below:

2 Peter 3:8: But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

If we read the book of Revelation from God's perspective, the first seal through the seventh bowl are completed in a single breath. With this in mind, let's consider the following chapters.

Much miscommunication arises because we read Bible verses from our perspective of time. But as I indicated in the introduction, a thousand years are equal to one day for God. I'll use the following three Bible verses as an example:

The Solar Eclipse
Matthew 24:29: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

The Second Coming
Matthew 24:30: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

The Rapture
Matthew 24:31: And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Prewrath assumes that all three verses occur consecutively between the sixth seal and the first trumpet of the Book of Revelation. But from God's perspective, that doesn't have to be the case. For example, for my study of 2025, I placed the trumpets between the Second Coming (verse 30) and the Rapture (verse 31), as can be seen in the image below.

The problem with Prewrath and my study of 2025 is that I don't read a Second Coming in chapters six and seven of the Book of Revelation. Nowhere is it mentioned that Yeshua descends from heaven. The sixth seal does refer to the celestial eclipse that precedes the Day of the Lord, but there is no mention of a descent.

Prewrath makes several assumptions. For example, the Second Coming is read in the text somewhere between the sixth seal and the first trumpet, which is not actually stated. Similarly, the assumption is that the great multitude of Revelation 7 are the raptured Christians. But that's not what it says either; it says that the great multitude comes out of the great tribulation. So these could just as easily be martyrs.

But we don't find a literal mention of Yeshua from heaven until chapter ten, between the sixth and seventh trumpets, as we can read in the following Bible texts:

Revelation 10:1: And I saw another mighty angel (Yeshua) come down from heaven (Second Coming), clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Revelation 10:2: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
Revelation 10:3: And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

How can we be so sure that this powerful Angel is Yeshua? There are a few reasons. First, the Angel is described just as in the Revelation of Yeshua in chapter 1: His face like the sun and feet like pillars of fire. Secondly, the only angel who roars like a lion from the Old Testament is Yeshua, according to the following Bible verses:

Jeremiah 25:30: Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Hosea 11:10: They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Joel 3:16: The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Amos 1:2: And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

Thirdly, this is the same Angel who empowers His two witnesses, and in my opinion, this can only be Yeshua, as we read in chapter 11:

Revelation 11:1: And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
Revelation 11:2: But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Revelation 11:3: And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Because of this I have now come to the realization that I should place these trumpets not between the Second Coming and the Rapture, but between the eclipse (verse 29) and the Second Coming/Rapture (verses 30 and 31). We can also illustrate this with the image below.

And just as the fifth trumpet lasts five months, the sixth trumpet will also last several months, allowing the second Exodus between the Second Coming and the Rapture to take place with a physical Yeshua on earth.

The Day of the Lord is not one 24-hour day, but a period of several months. The Day of the Lord is announced by the eclipse of the heavens at the sixth seal. The Day of the Lord consists of the 7 trumpets and the 7 bowls of the Book of Revelation.

Christians are still on earth during the trumpets, but are protected from God's wrath, just as the Israelites were protected during the first Exodus. Trumpets were used in the Old Testament to gather people and/or march them off for battle. At the seventh trumpet, the Christians are raptured, after which the fatal bowls are poured out on the unbelievers.

The day of fire, as mentioned in the Bible verse below, refers to the Day of the Lord and not to the descent of Yeshua.

2 Peter 3:12: Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

The Day of the Lord thus begins with fire, as we read in the first three trumpets of the Book of Revelation.

For the unbeliever, there is peace and security until the Day of the Lord. The only ones being persecuted are the Jews and Christians. But daily life will continue as usual for unbelievers.

1 Thessalonians 5:3: For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

A lot happens between the sixth and seventh trumpet. It's best to let the Bible speak for itself, so I've chosen to organize the Bible texts below chronologically as best as possible. The verses serve more as a guide and are meant to give you a sense of the Second Coming and Rapture of Yeshua.

Revelation 9:1: And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation 9:12: One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

Revelation 10:1: And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven (Second Coming & 2nd Exodus), clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Revelation 10:2: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
Revelation 10:3: And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

Yeshua leads the way in the second Exodus. The second Exodus is a collective name for the many prophecies from the Old Testament about a physical Yeshua. The book of Revelation has approximately 500 references to the Old Testament. This does not add anything to the book of Revelation, but we will have to interpret these Old Testament prophecies somewhere. Under the heading links, you will find good books about this second Exodus.

Revelation 11:12: And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Revelation 14:1: And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion (after the 2nd Exodus) , and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
Zechariah 14:4: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Revelation 11:13: And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 11:14: The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

Revelation 14:6: And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Revelation 14:8: And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 14:9: And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
Revelation 14:13: And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Revelation 11:15: And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 19:6: And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Revelation 14:16: And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. (rapture)

Revelation 14:13 states that the dead are blessed who die from that moment on. This is shortly before the rapture of Revelation 14:16, not the rapture after the sixth seal according to the Prewrath view. After all, Babylon (Revelation 14:8) falls just before Yeshua becomes king, not before the day of the Lord. This is perhaps the strongest argument against the Prewrath view.

Revelation 15:1: And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues (the third woe); for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Revelation 15:2: And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Revelation 15:3: And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Revelation 15:4: Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

So far, I can follow the book of Revelation, but the last seven plagues become complicated. Should the trumpets and bowls be read in sequence, or do they occur in parallel, as Posttrib claims? Chapters eleven through fourteen are a retelling of the last three and a half years, as mentioned in verse 11 of chapter 10. This doesn't make things any easier. Therefore, there are two possibilities, which I present in the following charts.

Advantage:
1. We are not destined for wrath (bowls).
2. The Bible speaks of the bowls as the last plagues (verse 15:1).
3. During the plagues, the wedding feast in heaven takes place (verse 19:9).
4. The second coming comes before the rapture which aligns with Bible texts such as Matthew 24:29-31 which allows for the 2nd Exodus to occur.

Disadvantage:
1. Being vigilant for the thief in the night of verse 16:15 seems to really be about Christians.
2. The bowls still occur after the resurrection.
3. There are "two" second comings.
4. Babylon seems to fall in verse 16:19, although the text "came in remembrance before God" could also refer to the past.

Advantage:
1. The thief in the night of verse 16:15 is solved.
2. The resurrection is after the 70th week of years.
3. There is only one Second Coming.
4. Babylon from verse 14:8 and verse 16:19 is the same event.

Disadvantage:
1. It seems we are not being spared from wrath.
2. The Bible speaks of the bowls as the last plagues (verse 15:1).
3. There is no time for the wedding feast in heaven (verse 19:9).
4. The overcomers of the grain harvest (verse 14:14-18) are in heaven (verse 15:2) before the Second Coming, which contradicts Bible texts such as Matthew 24:29-31.

I'm still not sure which view is the best representation. Either a hybrid between Prewrath and Posttrib, which I've called Midwrath, or more of a Posttrib view. Who knows? So we'll conclude once again with the following Bible text:

Ecclesiastes 8:17: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

One thing we have learned is that we must prepare for the great tribulation of the Antichrist and that difficult times will come. My humble advice, therefore, is that the churches should prepare Christians for this until the Lord comes. In doing so, we must always keep our eyes fixed on the wonderful time that awaits us during the millennial kingdom.

Yeshua, come quickly, maranatha!

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