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Originally Posted by Rev

(Rev 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.
(Rev 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.
(Rev 14:16) And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
(Rev 14:17) And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

The earth was reaped before the judgment on Jerusalem!

Originally Posted by mfblume

Do you mean to say that IMPLIES the DEAD are involved? Are you basing your doctrine on an assumed IMPLICATION?

"REAPED" does not necessarily refer to the dead, brother. Why did you imply the DEAD are involved? You have to insert that thought, since the bible is not saying it.

Gathering people in protection, which Christ said he was willing to do with Jerusalem, but she would not, is not the same as raising the dead for white throne judgment.

You asked me for scripture to prove my point, so I now ask you to prove that REAPING refers to resurrecting the dead in all cases.

Brother Blume,
I'm confused with these thoughts.

Reading Rev's comment above - "The earth was reaped before the judgment on Jerusalem!"

I'm reading Matthew 13:30, with the thought that the wheat and tares grow together.

Matthew 13:30 "Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

Does Rev 14 and Matthew 13 tie in together? Where do the tares stand as opposed to the dead in the book of Rev.?