"DEATH WHERE IS THY STING"
O grave, where is thy Victory?
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
O grave, where is thy Victory?
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
"For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death".1 Corinthians 15:26
ARE YOU READY?
"ETERNITY”. IT IS WRITTEN INTO YOUR "DNA"! UNDERSTAND the very "NAME of Almighty God contains the corresponding HEBREW AND DNA NUMERIC EQUIVALENT of His HOLY NAME: 10 … 5 … 6 … 5 ... ( Y ... H ... W ... H...). The NAME of YHWH IS LITERALLY WRITTEN INTO OUR DNA.
Then YHWH, (the Almighty God) SAID, (SPOKE), “Let there Light". BUT, WHAT LANGUAGE DID HE SPEAK TO CREATE? I AM CONVINCED IT IS ANCIENT HEBREW, THE LANGUAGE of CREATION.
YHWH IS THE GOD of ABSOLUTE "ORDER" AND MUCH MORE:
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." David. Psalm 139:13-15.
When a man physically dies, his complete "IMAGE", (Genesis 1:26 - The essences of ALL that the individual is), immediately enters eternity and has an intense awareness and sense of "being home".
This awareness is experienced by ALL who leave their human body because the "spirit" of a human is IMPARTED by the SPIRIT of The Almighty God, at the moment of "inception", NOT "conception".
Jeremiah 1:5. YOU ORIGINATED FROM HIM, WHEN YOU RETURN, YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE "HOME".
This human "FAMILIARITY", (eternal spirit connection" to God) exists prior to his human birth, as he is created by the very source of LIFE, the (Spirit) of YHWH Himself.
Inception: of the source; beginning; start; dawn, derivation, provenance, provenience.
Once entered into eternity, this spiritual awareness does NOT determine the final ETERNAL destiny of an individual's “soul”!
That ultimate destination is determined by individual choice while one is in the human body and is ONLY resolved, without exception, PRIOR TO PHYSICAL death.
While “in the body”, the human choice to receive, accept and acknowledge or reject Yeshua, Messiah, (YOUR CREATOR) determines your final ETERNAL outcome.
Agnostic and atheists, who have encountered an NDE, “near death experiences”, often describe the beauty and Divine attributes and surroundings of eternity, yet in their ignorance, none will EVER reside in this dimension WITHOUT a relationship with the Eternal Creator, YHWH.
These who see what God has prepared for all men, yet have NOT permanently entered into eternity as they ALL return to their human bodies, (resuscitated), return with a skewed perception and reach false conclusions regarding their future destiny, UNLESS they repent and embrace Yeshua, Messiah. John 1:12.
"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you". Jeremiah 1:5.
This does NOT in ANYWAY indicate any form of the false and perverse belief in "reincarnation", which claims the conscious awareness of a prior earthly existence.
Biblical Truth clearly defines a "UNIQUE" SOUL, (individuality), is created and is interwoven to both spirit and BODY at the moment of human CONCEPTION. There is a definitive difference between the human soul, (conscious) and spirit, (life source).
"I AM" – Eternity is where time does not exist. Eternity is not a “Long Time”; it is NO Time in the spiritual dimension of The Creator, (Isaiah 42:8).
HOWEVER, when YHWH created the universe, TIME increment counting and human consciousness began and He has interacted with man on earth, inside the dimension of TIME, yet perpetually exists OUTSIDE the dimension of TIME.
When man departs earth, he enters the Eternal dimension of a TIMELESSNESS existence.
Even AFTER the final resurrection and the instant promised manifestation of a NEW perfect human body, REDEEMED man will continue to move between the eternal dimension and the physical dimension, just like Yeshua did after His Resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Matthew 17:1-8, Mark 9:2-8, Luke 9:28-36), 2 Peter 1:16-18.
Jesus was seen by over 500 people AFTER His Death & Resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Over 500 people at one time saw Jesus after His resurrection. Over a period of 40 days up to the day Jesus went back Home He was seen by, and talked to a number of individuals.
I Am that I Am, Yahweh's answer to Moses upon being asked for His Name in Exodus 3:14. “I AM”, defining a perpetual, unending, ceaseless, timeless, infinite, endless, immortal, eternal existence.
I am that I am, a Hebrew phrase, ’ehyeh ’ašer ’ehyeh - also “I Am Who Am”.
There is no present tense of the verb "to be" in the Hebrew language. So, for example to say "I am a book" in Hebrew would be Ani Sefer (literally in English is "I book").
When man departs and proceeds forward from the human body at physical death and earthly dimensional realm of existence, he immediately enters into the timeless dimension of eternity. ALL time instantly ceases at that precise moment upon entering eternity and TIME then becomes irrelevant with regards to incremental measurements of “existence”.
However, man’s “measured time” on earth is relevant to eternity in relationship to how he has spent his life and most importantly, whether he embraced or rejected Yeshua Messiah’s sacrifice and resurrection.
When scripture defines a measurement of “time”, this increment of time and space is from Earth’s perspective. In eternity, time on earth can be defined in increments of measure in minutes, days, hours and years.
Examples of this are found in Daniel 12:7 / Revelation 12:14, “time, time and a half of time” thus, 3.5 years.
Revelation 17:12, one year as “one hour”, Revelation 8:1, six months as a “half an hour”, 2 Peter 3:8, “one day is as a thousand years. (7 days of Creation), etc.
“Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world”. John 11:9. These “increments of measurement” are for the benefit and understanding prophetic events on earth.
TIME did not exist until I AM Created the universe of “man”. There is no specific verse in bible scripture that states that the creation of the universal world occurred in a specific year." Instead, the date of Creation can be derived by using the Creation account in Genesis 1, the genealogies found in Genesis 5 and Genesis 11, and so on.
It is evident that ALL TIME began at the moment that YAHUAH Created the universe. When men exit this earthly dimension and enter into His Eternal all-encompassing timeless Presence, the experience is sudden, immediate, instantaneous, and occurs in a moment, a “twinkling of age”.
Note: A twinkling of an eye is the time it takes from the moment that light hits the front of the eye, until it hits the back of the eye and is reflected back, an average human eye is about 26.6666667 mm , so we'd double that to 53.3333334 mm , this is the distance light must travel., (the speed of light is 299792458 meters per second (approximately 300000 km/s (186000 MI/s).
In Eternity, where time does not exist, “activity” IS “perpetual”, CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, PERMANENT, CONSTANT, UNENDING.
"While we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord”. “Behold, I tell you a mystery:
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
n shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ 1Corinthians 15:51–54 / 2 Corinthians 5:1–8.
WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?
Regardless WHEN a man departs the earth by physical death, HE IS IMMEDIATELY PRESENT IN ETERNITY (where time and space cease) and have no relevance or influence on the soul’s existence, thus the experience of eternity is “without a beginning and an end”.
Since the moment of the Resurrection of Yeshua from the “dead”, ALL Believers from Adam to present, experience eternity at the SAME MOMENT, that is from the “vantage point” of eternity itself.
I know that it is difficult for man to wrap his mind around because we currently dwell in time and space and our perspective of eternity is from “this side of eternity”, however, when the human soul of man JOINS Eternity with Yeshua in his heart, man IS ETERNAL, thus, “we shall be like Him and we shall live forever with Him, in Eternity”. I John 3:2.
“vantage”; a position, condition, or place affording some advantage or a commanding view of. an advantage or superiority:
A Crude analogy – picture yourself in a parade in New York City. Your vantage point in the parade only allows you to see the section of the parade that you are in. You cannot see the beginning or end of the parade.
NOW picture yourself on top of the Empire State building. You are able to see the entire parade; you see both the beginning and the end of the parade include the ‘BIG PICTUE’ that surrounds the event.
You see EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME. OUR “VANTAGE POINT ALWAYS INFLUENCES YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THESE MATTERS!
Even with this crude example, YHWH is "omni-present", that is His Presence IS all that exists without "parameters", boundaries or impairments to His all-encompassing "position", that is not actually a "position" but rather IS the essence of all that exists.
He IS the "center", (Originator) of all that there is, ALL "Created" things emanate from Him! He does not exist, He IS! His dwelling is NOT in a "bubble", sphere or circle.
His presence is infinitely directional and without ending, so therefore his perception is not a perception at all but rather IS perfection in every sense, having NOT achieved perfection but rather IS absolute! THERE IS NO TRUTH OTHER THAN HIM!!! John 14:6.
God knew you before conception BECAUSE the “soul” origin of man is OF the “Light” source of LIFE itself, that is of the Almighty Creator.
“Created in His Image and Likeness” IN EVERY WAY. After physical death, the “identity” of each individual remains intact, however, human “attributes”, character, habitual behavior cease with physical death
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Reincarnation holds that “matter” is essentially evil, while resurrection demonstrates that there is Divine redemption of human matter, ultimately eliminating the objection of moral dualism between matter and spirit.
Reincarnation Contemptuously defies the exclusivity of human individuality dismissing the distinctive identity, individualism and original uniqueness of EACH and EVERY human soul.
Reincarnation dismisses the exceptional unique status of “human” creation as being irrelevant, meaningless, immaterial, extraneous, impertinent, irrelative, unimportant, peripheral, tangential, incidental, insignificant, tangent, inconsequential, pointless, dead, inane, inapt as this ludicrous fallacy promotes a belief system that equates human existence equal to that of a “bug” or any non-human entity.
Reincarnation posits a future life in a different body (or even a different order of physical life), while resurrection promises that one's own body will take on a new, incorruptible, glorified form that will integrate with the original created soul, retaining all unique elements of original created individuality.
1. Psalm 139:13-14 You alone created my inner being. You knitted me together inside my mother. I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.
2. 1 Peter 2:9 However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
3. Psalm 119:73-74 You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands. May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in your word.
4. Isaiah 64:8 Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay; you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
God knew you before conception BECAUSE the “soul” of man is OF the “Light” source of LIFE itself that is the Almighty Creator. “Created in His Image and Likeness” IN EVERY WAY.
5. Matthew 10:29-31 What is the price of two sparrows–one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So, don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.
6. Jeremiah 1:4-5 The LORD gave me this message: “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
7. Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
8. Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
9. Psalm 139:16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
You’re an (individual) member of the body of Christ
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10. 1 Corinthians 12:25-28 This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.
Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.
11. 1 Peter 4:10-11 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking?
Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.
“We do not want you to be ignorant, (uninformed) about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
For we believe that Yeshua suffered death and was resurrected from death, so we believe that YHWH will bring with Yeshua those who have fallen asleep in Him”. 1 Thessalonians 4:13.
Concerning the belief that YHWH, (Almighty God), "needs a corpse" to RAISE THE DEAD ... UNDERSTAND that Ignorance regarding the Resurrection from the dead is most prevalent in the assumption that a "physical corpse" is necessary for the dead to be "RAISED".
The erroneous idea that the “original” human body will be "raised" from the dead, is based on ignorance of what will occur at the Resurrection.
The "remains" of human bodies are literally scattered and absorbed back into the earth. The number of bodies that are retained in crypts dwarf the number of the physically dead decayed remains from antiquity over the millennia that are dispersed over the planet.
Thus, to believe that actual "graves" containing human remains will open at the resurrection is simply foolishness.
IN FACT, the actual geographic location of "graves “of the dead will NOT be opened at the rapture, as the corrupted and decayed physical remains of a Believer is NOT "REGENERATED" but rather "GENERATED" from the individually unique DNA that is retained in its' "original" state in the Mind of Christ, the Creator, Yeshua.
"Then the LORD God formed man from the dust, (elements) of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being". Genesis 2:7.
The physical manifestation of corrupt to incorruptible and mortal to immortality WILL be literally created, "generated" as a completely "NEW" human body that is comprised of the SAME elements of the earth as when YHWH originally formed man from the dust of the ground during Creation.
THESE EARTHLY ELEMENTS COMPRISE THE HUMAN BODY:
65% - Oxygen
Carbon (C) - 18.5%
Hydrogen (H) - 9.5%
Nitrogen ?? - 3.2%
Calcium (Ca) - 1.5%
Phosphorus (P) - 1.0%
Potassium (K) - 0.4%
Sodium (Na) - 0.2%
Chlorine (Cl) - 0.2%
Magnesium (Mg) - 0.1%
Sulfur (S) - 0.04%
Many other elements may be found in extremely small quantities (less than 0.01%). For example, the human body often contains trace amounts of thorium, uranium, samarium, tungsten, beryllium, and radium. Trace elements considered essential in humans include zinc, selenium, nickel, chromium, manganese, cobalt, and lead.
This NEW body will be "JOINED" together with each redeemed human original "SOUL", to comprise the incorruptible human body, while retaining all of the original redeemed character, memory and identity of the individual's earthly experience.
YHWH, (Almighty God) retains the DNA of each human body. the "blueprint" of creation. You will recognize the redeemed in the eternal life, both by character and physical form.
When "MOSES" was transfigured on mt. Moriah along with Yeshua and Elijah, Moses's "CORPSE" had been buried for some 1500 years in the valley in the land of Moab, near Beth-peor.
Deuteronomy 34:5 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Moses was buried by the Lord and the place of his burial was kept secret from all men. As you can see, the Bible is very clear that Moses was buried. Deuteronomy 34:6 - And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, yet he was recognizable by those who observed the "transfiguration". Matthew 17.
When the "Transfiguration" occurred, Moses's body had been in the grave for almost 15 centuries. 1500 years, corrupt, decayed, DUST!!!
What Peter, James, and John his brother witnessed during the "Transfiguration" of Moses, Yeshua and Elijah was the "SPIRITUAL" bodies in Glorious manifestation by the Eternal Light of Yeshua.
Yeshua had NOT yet been Crucified, Moses physical body had been "dead" for almost 15 centuries and Elijah, HAD NOT YET PHYSICALLY DIED, as he was "taken up" in his original physical body, and must also experience physical death as one of the two witnesses during the terror reign of the anti-Christ as described in Revelation 11:3.
"Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away." Genesis 5:24.
1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Yes, our bodies will be raised not spiritually or ethereally, but physically and materially. Our souls will be reunited with our transformed physical bodies, brought back to life from the dead. Scripture teaches this in many ways.
First, simply to speak of a "resurrection" of the dead (Matthew 22:30-31; Luke 14:14; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16) is to imply physicality.
That is what a resurrection is. The Bible has no categories for the concept of a resurrected body that remains dead and physically lying in a grave. :
"In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return". Genesis 3:19.
Second, Philippians 3:20-21 teaches us that Christ's resurrection body is the pattern of our resurrection body:
"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory." a Divine process of GENERATING a "NEW body from the "elements" of Terrafirma, (earth).
AFTER the Crucifixion, Christ was raised in a physical body as the disciples ate with Him after the resurrection (Acts 10:41) and touched Him (Matthew 28:9; see also John 20:27).
Also, Yeshua, (Jesus) declared that His resurrection body was physical and touchable: "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have" (Luke 24:39; see also Acts 13:33-37).
Messiah's resurrection is the pattern of our resurrection, we will therefore be raised in a NEW physical body. Romans 8:21-23 speaks of waiting for "the redemption of our bodies" (v. 23). Our bodies are going to be "GENERATED, of the earthly "ELEMENTS" that comprise the human body.
Fourth, Yeshua speaks of the resurrection as involving the coming forth out of their "mnemeiois", (a memorial, a monument) as in the mind and memory of YHWH, which clearly indicates a physical concept of the resurrection:
"Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the "mnemeiois", translated, (tombs) will hear His voice, and will COME FORTH; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment" (John 5:28-29).
Fifth, the Old Testament speaks of the resurrection as being physical: "And many of those who SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE GROUND, (EARTH), elements, terrafirma will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt" (Daniel 12:2).
Likewise, we read in Job: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God; Whom I myself shall behold, and whom my eyes shall see and not another. My heart faints within Me" (Job 19:25-27).
The Resurrection from death is a universal biblical teaching and belief, both of the ancients, Old and New Covenant Believers.
King David expressed confidence that YHWH, (Almighty God) will meet him in the “afterlife”: “As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.”
“For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One, Messiah to undergo decay.” The Messiah’s resurrection is the basis for David’s resurrection.
“He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him.” Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting?” Psalm 17:15 / Psalm 16:10 / Hosea 6:2 / Hosea 13:14.
The word Yeshua pronounced, "Yod," "Shin," "Vav," "Ayin.", (Yeshû âh) literally means "salvation" or "God is my salvation" appears 75 times in the Tanakh (Genesis to Malachi). Yeshua is the Hebrew name of Messiah of Nazareth, our Saviour Adonai.
THE GREATEST HOPE:
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth". This "world" is evil. Evil prevails because satan is the "god" of this world. 2 Corinthians 4:4.
The "earth" that the meek will inherit is after Christ's Returns. At that time, the "earth" is "restored" and we reign with Him for a thousand years and later a NEW earth is created and we continue that reign.
This is the earth that we inherit. The earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof". That said, in this "present time", (age), earth is in a corrupted state by man.
Both the earth and this present world" are corrupt. The "world" belongs to the devil. Satan is the god of this "world". 2 Corinthians 4:4.
The earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof, however, in its present state, the earth suffers corruption and is NOT the earth that the righteous will inherit. Matthew 5:5. We are in this world not of it" and the earth, planet, and creation will be cleansed during the coming judgment. There is a restoration and newly created earth promised, wherein righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13.
It is the new heaven and earth that the meek inherit. both the "world and the "earth" pass away. John 17:16. the earth that we inherit is in its' full redemptive condition or state AFTER the coming judgment, and "RESTORATION" that will take place here on this planet, (earth).
"This corruptible shall have put on incorruption". Creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. 'Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. But in keeping with God's promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more". Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: Acts 3:21 / Romans 8:30 / 1 Corinthians 15:42 / 2 Peter 3:13 / Revelation 21:1 / 2 Peter 3:13 / Romans 8:19 / Revelation 22:3-5.
There is only one physical second coming, the physical return of Yeshua upon the Mt. of Olives when EVERY eye will see Him.
There is also an "evacuation" prior to the coming global judgment as described by Paul, "the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord" 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
I have concluded that the "caught up in the air" event is not a "physical descent" upon the Mt of Olives, Zechariah 14:4.
The earthquake in Revelation speaks of the event described in Zechariah when the Mount of Olives splits in two. Yeshua will cause an earthquake at His second PHYSICAL coming that will serve as part of the destruction of God’s enemies.
The outcome of this battle is never in doubt: Christ will be the victor, Israel’s enemies will be destroyed, and the beast (Antichrist) and false prophet will be thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:11-21).
I have pondered both the events of Sodom and the days of Noah as Yeshua equated the exact same "physical relocation" and "protection" of His people during historical destruction caused by His Judgment and His Wrath on ALL of the inhabitants of earth, in both situations.
Logically and biblically when His Wrath destroys evil, the righteous would be destroyed as well unless, as Yeshua said, "it will be exactly like it was in both of those events. there was a physical escape or Believers are doomed to suffer this fiery judgment. Consider, "
“For the great day of HIS wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection"…Revelation 20:5,6.
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
"ETERNITY”. IT IS WRITTEN INTO YOUR "DNA"! UNDERSTAND the very "NAME of Almighty God contains the corresponding HEBREW AND DNA NUMERIC EQUIVALENT of His HOLY NAME: 10 … 5 … 6 … 5 ... ( Y ... H ... W ... H...). The NAME of YHWH IS LITERALLY WRITTEN INTO OUR DNA.
Then YHWH, (the Almighty God) SAID, (SPOKE), “Let there Light". BUT, WHAT LANGUAGE DID HE SPEAK TO CREATE? I AM CONVINCED IT IS ANCIENT HEBREW, THE LANGUAGE of CREATION.
YHWH IS THE GOD of ABSOLUTE "ORDER" AND MUCH MORE:
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." David. Psalm 139:13-15.
When a man physically dies, his complete "IMAGE", (Genesis 1:26 - The essences of ALL that the individual is), immediately enters eternity and has an intense awareness and sense of "being home".
This awareness is experienced by ALL who leave their human body because the "spirit" of a human is IMPARTED by the SPIRIT of The Almighty God, at the moment of "inception", NOT "conception".
Jeremiah 1:5. YOU ORIGINATED FROM HIM, WHEN YOU RETURN, YOU WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE "HOME".
This human "FAMILIARITY", (eternal spirit connection" to God) exists prior to his human birth, as he is created by the very source of LIFE, the (Spirit) of YHWH Himself.
Inception: of the source; beginning; start; dawn, derivation, provenance, provenience.
Once entered into eternity, this spiritual awareness does NOT determine the final ETERNAL destiny of an individual's “soul”!
That ultimate destination is determined by individual choice while one is in the human body and is ONLY resolved, without exception, PRIOR TO PHYSICAL death.
While “in the body”, the human choice to receive, accept and acknowledge or reject Yeshua, Messiah, (YOUR CREATOR) determines your final ETERNAL outcome.
Agnostic and atheists, who have encountered an NDE, “near death experiences”, often describe the beauty and Divine attributes and surroundings of eternity, yet in their ignorance, none will EVER reside in this dimension WITHOUT a relationship with the Eternal Creator, YHWH.
These who see what God has prepared for all men, yet have NOT permanently entered into eternity as they ALL return to their human bodies, (resuscitated), return with a skewed perception and reach false conclusions regarding their future destiny, UNLESS they repent and embrace Yeshua, Messiah. John 1:12.
"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you". Jeremiah 1:5.
This does NOT in ANYWAY indicate any form of the false and perverse belief in "reincarnation", which claims the conscious awareness of a prior earthly existence.
Biblical Truth clearly defines a "UNIQUE" SOUL, (individuality), is created and is interwoven to both spirit and BODY at the moment of human CONCEPTION. There is a definitive difference between the human soul, (conscious) and spirit, (life source).
"I AM" – Eternity is where time does not exist. Eternity is not a “Long Time”; it is NO Time in the spiritual dimension of The Creator, (Isaiah 42:8).
HOWEVER, when YHWH created the universe, TIME increment counting and human consciousness began and He has interacted with man on earth, inside the dimension of TIME, yet perpetually exists OUTSIDE the dimension of TIME.
When man departs earth, he enters the Eternal dimension of a TIMELESSNESS existence.
Even AFTER the final resurrection and the instant promised manifestation of a NEW perfect human body, REDEEMED man will continue to move between the eternal dimension and the physical dimension, just like Yeshua did after His Resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Matthew 17:1-8, Mark 9:2-8, Luke 9:28-36), 2 Peter 1:16-18.
Jesus was seen by over 500 people AFTER His Death & Resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Over 500 people at one time saw Jesus after His resurrection. Over a period of 40 days up to the day Jesus went back Home He was seen by, and talked to a number of individuals.
I Am that I Am, Yahweh's answer to Moses upon being asked for His Name in Exodus 3:14. “I AM”, defining a perpetual, unending, ceaseless, timeless, infinite, endless, immortal, eternal existence.
I am that I am, a Hebrew phrase, ’ehyeh ’ašer ’ehyeh - also “I Am Who Am”.
There is no present tense of the verb "to be" in the Hebrew language. So, for example to say "I am a book" in Hebrew would be Ani Sefer (literally in English is "I book").
When man departs and proceeds forward from the human body at physical death and earthly dimensional realm of existence, he immediately enters into the timeless dimension of eternity. ALL time instantly ceases at that precise moment upon entering eternity and TIME then becomes irrelevant with regards to incremental measurements of “existence”.
However, man’s “measured time” on earth is relevant to eternity in relationship to how he has spent his life and most importantly, whether he embraced or rejected Yeshua Messiah’s sacrifice and resurrection.
When scripture defines a measurement of “time”, this increment of time and space is from Earth’s perspective. In eternity, time on earth can be defined in increments of measure in minutes, days, hours and years.
Examples of this are found in Daniel 12:7 / Revelation 12:14, “time, time and a half of time” thus, 3.5 years.
Revelation 17:12, one year as “one hour”, Revelation 8:1, six months as a “half an hour”, 2 Peter 3:8, “one day is as a thousand years. (7 days of Creation), etc.
“Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world”. John 11:9. These “increments of measurement” are for the benefit and understanding prophetic events on earth.
TIME did not exist until I AM Created the universe of “man”. There is no specific verse in bible scripture that states that the creation of the universal world occurred in a specific year." Instead, the date of Creation can be derived by using the Creation account in Genesis 1, the genealogies found in Genesis 5 and Genesis 11, and so on.
It is evident that ALL TIME began at the moment that YAHUAH Created the universe. When men exit this earthly dimension and enter into His Eternal all-encompassing timeless Presence, the experience is sudden, immediate, instantaneous, and occurs in a moment, a “twinkling of age”.
Note: A twinkling of an eye is the time it takes from the moment that light hits the front of the eye, until it hits the back of the eye and is reflected back, an average human eye is about 26.6666667 mm , so we'd double that to 53.3333334 mm , this is the distance light must travel., (the speed of light is 299792458 meters per second (approximately 300000 km/s (186000 MI/s).
In Eternity, where time does not exist, “activity” IS “perpetual”, CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, PERMANENT, CONSTANT, UNENDING.
"While we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord”. “Behold, I tell you a mystery:
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
n shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ 1Corinthians 15:51–54 / 2 Corinthians 5:1–8.
WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?
Regardless WHEN a man departs the earth by physical death, HE IS IMMEDIATELY PRESENT IN ETERNITY (where time and space cease) and have no relevance or influence on the soul’s existence, thus the experience of eternity is “without a beginning and an end”.
Since the moment of the Resurrection of Yeshua from the “dead”, ALL Believers from Adam to present, experience eternity at the SAME MOMENT, that is from the “vantage point” of eternity itself.
I know that it is difficult for man to wrap his mind around because we currently dwell in time and space and our perspective of eternity is from “this side of eternity”, however, when the human soul of man JOINS Eternity with Yeshua in his heart, man IS ETERNAL, thus, “we shall be like Him and we shall live forever with Him, in Eternity”. I John 3:2.
“vantage”; a position, condition, or place affording some advantage or a commanding view of. an advantage or superiority:
A Crude analogy – picture yourself in a parade in New York City. Your vantage point in the parade only allows you to see the section of the parade that you are in. You cannot see the beginning or end of the parade.
NOW picture yourself on top of the Empire State building. You are able to see the entire parade; you see both the beginning and the end of the parade include the ‘BIG PICTUE’ that surrounds the event.
You see EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME. OUR “VANTAGE POINT ALWAYS INFLUENCES YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THESE MATTERS!
Even with this crude example, YHWH is "omni-present", that is His Presence IS all that exists without "parameters", boundaries or impairments to His all-encompassing "position", that is not actually a "position" but rather IS the essence of all that exists.
He IS the "center", (Originator) of all that there is, ALL "Created" things emanate from Him! He does not exist, He IS! His dwelling is NOT in a "bubble", sphere or circle.
His presence is infinitely directional and without ending, so therefore his perception is not a perception at all but rather IS perfection in every sense, having NOT achieved perfection but rather IS absolute! THERE IS NO TRUTH OTHER THAN HIM!!! John 14:6.
God knew you before conception BECAUSE the “soul” origin of man is OF the “Light” source of LIFE itself, that is of the Almighty Creator.
“Created in His Image and Likeness” IN EVERY WAY. After physical death, the “identity” of each individual remains intact, however, human “attributes”, character, habitual behavior cease with physical death
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Reincarnation holds that “matter” is essentially evil, while resurrection demonstrates that there is Divine redemption of human matter, ultimately eliminating the objection of moral dualism between matter and spirit.
Reincarnation Contemptuously defies the exclusivity of human individuality dismissing the distinctive identity, individualism and original uniqueness of EACH and EVERY human soul.
Reincarnation dismisses the exceptional unique status of “human” creation as being irrelevant, meaningless, immaterial, extraneous, impertinent, irrelative, unimportant, peripheral, tangential, incidental, insignificant, tangent, inconsequential, pointless, dead, inane, inapt as this ludicrous fallacy promotes a belief system that equates human existence equal to that of a “bug” or any non-human entity.
Reincarnation posits a future life in a different body (or even a different order of physical life), while resurrection promises that one's own body will take on a new, incorruptible, glorified form that will integrate with the original created soul, retaining all unique elements of original created individuality.
1. Psalm 139:13-14 You alone created my inner being. You knitted me together inside my mother. I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.
2. 1 Peter 2:9 However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
3. Psalm 119:73-74 You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands. May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in your word.
4. Isaiah 64:8 Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay; you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
God knew you before conception BECAUSE the “soul” of man is OF the “Light” source of LIFE itself that is the Almighty Creator. “Created in His Image and Likeness” IN EVERY WAY.
5. Matthew 10:29-31 What is the price of two sparrows–one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So, don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.
6. Jeremiah 1:4-5 The LORD gave me this message: “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
7. Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
8. Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
9. Psalm 139:16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
You’re an (individual) member of the body of Christ
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10. 1 Corinthians 12:25-28 This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.
Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.
11. 1 Peter 4:10-11 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking?
Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.
“We do not want you to be ignorant, (uninformed) about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
For we believe that Yeshua suffered death and was resurrected from death, so we believe that YHWH will bring with Yeshua those who have fallen asleep in Him”. 1 Thessalonians 4:13.
Concerning the belief that YHWH, (Almighty God), "needs a corpse" to RAISE THE DEAD ... UNDERSTAND that Ignorance regarding the Resurrection from the dead is most prevalent in the assumption that a "physical corpse" is necessary for the dead to be "RAISED".
The erroneous idea that the “original” human body will be "raised" from the dead, is based on ignorance of what will occur at the Resurrection.
The "remains" of human bodies are literally scattered and absorbed back into the earth. The number of bodies that are retained in crypts dwarf the number of the physically dead decayed remains from antiquity over the millennia that are dispersed over the planet.
Thus, to believe that actual "graves" containing human remains will open at the resurrection is simply foolishness.
IN FACT, the actual geographic location of "graves “of the dead will NOT be opened at the rapture, as the corrupted and decayed physical remains of a Believer is NOT "REGENERATED" but rather "GENERATED" from the individually unique DNA that is retained in its' "original" state in the Mind of Christ, the Creator, Yeshua.
"Then the LORD God formed man from the dust, (elements) of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being". Genesis 2:7.
The physical manifestation of corrupt to incorruptible and mortal to immortality WILL be literally created, "generated" as a completely "NEW" human body that is comprised of the SAME elements of the earth as when YHWH originally formed man from the dust of the ground during Creation.
THESE EARTHLY ELEMENTS COMPRISE THE HUMAN BODY:
65% - Oxygen
Carbon (C) - 18.5%
Hydrogen (H) - 9.5%
Nitrogen ?? - 3.2%
Calcium (Ca) - 1.5%
Phosphorus (P) - 1.0%
Potassium (K) - 0.4%
Sodium (Na) - 0.2%
Chlorine (Cl) - 0.2%
Magnesium (Mg) - 0.1%
Sulfur (S) - 0.04%
Many other elements may be found in extremely small quantities (less than 0.01%). For example, the human body often contains trace amounts of thorium, uranium, samarium, tungsten, beryllium, and radium. Trace elements considered essential in humans include zinc, selenium, nickel, chromium, manganese, cobalt, and lead.
This NEW body will be "JOINED" together with each redeemed human original "SOUL", to comprise the incorruptible human body, while retaining all of the original redeemed character, memory and identity of the individual's earthly experience.
YHWH, (Almighty God) retains the DNA of each human body. the "blueprint" of creation. You will recognize the redeemed in the eternal life, both by character and physical form.
When "MOSES" was transfigured on mt. Moriah along with Yeshua and Elijah, Moses's "CORPSE" had been buried for some 1500 years in the valley in the land of Moab, near Beth-peor.
Deuteronomy 34:5 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
Moses was buried by the Lord and the place of his burial was kept secret from all men. As you can see, the Bible is very clear that Moses was buried. Deuteronomy 34:6 - And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, yet he was recognizable by those who observed the "transfiguration". Matthew 17.
When the "Transfiguration" occurred, Moses's body had been in the grave for almost 15 centuries. 1500 years, corrupt, decayed, DUST!!!
What Peter, James, and John his brother witnessed during the "Transfiguration" of Moses, Yeshua and Elijah was the "SPIRITUAL" bodies in Glorious manifestation by the Eternal Light of Yeshua.
Yeshua had NOT yet been Crucified, Moses physical body had been "dead" for almost 15 centuries and Elijah, HAD NOT YET PHYSICALLY DIED, as he was "taken up" in his original physical body, and must also experience physical death as one of the two witnesses during the terror reign of the anti-Christ as described in Revelation 11:3.
"Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away." Genesis 5:24.
1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Yes, our bodies will be raised not spiritually or ethereally, but physically and materially. Our souls will be reunited with our transformed physical bodies, brought back to life from the dead. Scripture teaches this in many ways.
First, simply to speak of a "resurrection" of the dead (Matthew 22:30-31; Luke 14:14; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16) is to imply physicality.
That is what a resurrection is. The Bible has no categories for the concept of a resurrected body that remains dead and physically lying in a grave. :
"In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return". Genesis 3:19.
Second, Philippians 3:20-21 teaches us that Christ's resurrection body is the pattern of our resurrection body:
"For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory." a Divine process of GENERATING a "NEW body from the "elements" of Terrafirma, (earth).
AFTER the Crucifixion, Christ was raised in a physical body as the disciples ate with Him after the resurrection (Acts 10:41) and touched Him (Matthew 28:9; see also John 20:27).
Also, Yeshua, (Jesus) declared that His resurrection body was physical and touchable: "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have" (Luke 24:39; see also Acts 13:33-37).
Messiah's resurrection is the pattern of our resurrection, we will therefore be raised in a NEW physical body. Romans 8:21-23 speaks of waiting for "the redemption of our bodies" (v. 23). Our bodies are going to be "GENERATED, of the earthly "ELEMENTS" that comprise the human body.
Fourth, Yeshua speaks of the resurrection as involving the coming forth out of their "mnemeiois", (a memorial, a monument) as in the mind and memory of YHWH, which clearly indicates a physical concept of the resurrection:
"Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the "mnemeiois", translated, (tombs) will hear His voice, and will COME FORTH; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment" (John 5:28-29).
Fifth, the Old Testament speaks of the resurrection as being physical: "And many of those who SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE GROUND, (EARTH), elements, terrafirma will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt" (Daniel 12:2).
Likewise, we read in Job: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God; Whom I myself shall behold, and whom my eyes shall see and not another. My heart faints within Me" (Job 19:25-27).
The Resurrection from death is a universal biblical teaching and belief, both of the ancients, Old and New Covenant Believers.
King David expressed confidence that YHWH, (Almighty God) will meet him in the “afterlife”: “As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.”
“For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One, Messiah to undergo decay.” The Messiah’s resurrection is the basis for David’s resurrection.
“He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him.” Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting?” Psalm 17:15 / Psalm 16:10 / Hosea 6:2 / Hosea 13:14.
The word Yeshua pronounced, "Yod," "Shin," "Vav," "Ayin.", (Yeshû âh) literally means "salvation" or "God is my salvation" appears 75 times in the Tanakh (Genesis to Malachi). Yeshua is the Hebrew name of Messiah of Nazareth, our Saviour Adonai.
THE GREATEST HOPE:
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth". This "world" is evil. Evil prevails because satan is the "god" of this world. 2 Corinthians 4:4.
The "earth" that the meek will inherit is after Christ's Returns. At that time, the "earth" is "restored" and we reign with Him for a thousand years and later a NEW earth is created and we continue that reign.
This is the earth that we inherit. The earth is the Lords and the fulness thereof". That said, in this "present time", (age), earth is in a corrupted state by man.
Both the earth and this present world" are corrupt. The "world" belongs to the devil. Satan is the god of this "world". 2 Corinthians 4:4.
The earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof, however, in its present state, the earth suffers corruption and is NOT the earth that the righteous will inherit. Matthew 5:5. We are in this world not of it" and the earth, planet, and creation will be cleansed during the coming judgment. There is a restoration and newly created earth promised, wherein righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13.
It is the new heaven and earth that the meek inherit. both the "world and the "earth" pass away. John 17:16. the earth that we inherit is in its' full redemptive condition or state AFTER the coming judgment, and "RESTORATION" that will take place here on this planet, (earth).
"This corruptible shall have put on incorruption". Creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. 'Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets. But in keeping with God's promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more". Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: Acts 3:21 / Romans 8:30 / 1 Corinthians 15:42 / 2 Peter 3:13 / Revelation 21:1 / 2 Peter 3:13 / Romans 8:19 / Revelation 22:3-5.
There is only one physical second coming, the physical return of Yeshua upon the Mt. of Olives when EVERY eye will see Him.
There is also an "evacuation" prior to the coming global judgment as described by Paul, "the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord" 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
I have concluded that the "caught up in the air" event is not a "physical descent" upon the Mt of Olives, Zechariah 14:4.
The earthquake in Revelation speaks of the event described in Zechariah when the Mount of Olives splits in two. Yeshua will cause an earthquake at His second PHYSICAL coming that will serve as part of the destruction of God’s enemies.
The outcome of this battle is never in doubt: Christ will be the victor, Israel’s enemies will be destroyed, and the beast (Antichrist) and false prophet will be thrown into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:11-21).
I have pondered both the events of Sodom and the days of Noah as Yeshua equated the exact same "physical relocation" and "protection" of His people during historical destruction caused by His Judgment and His Wrath on ALL of the inhabitants of earth, in both situations.
Logically and biblically when His Wrath destroys evil, the righteous would be destroyed as well unless, as Yeshua said, "it will be exactly like it was in both of those events. there was a physical escape or Believers are doomed to suffer this fiery judgment. Consider, "
“For the great day of HIS wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection"…Revelation 20:5,6.
4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.