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Originally Posted by Apostolic1ness
does the tree and a half days
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Are you Irish? lol, sorry, couldn't help it.
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represent three and a half years of tribulation before the resurection?
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I'm not sure at this point. I haven't gone through the chronology and time sequences in Revelation thoroughly enough to render what I consider a qualified opinion on that, yet. But I'm working on it.
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does this corelate with the events spoken of in Rev 18:4 is this the same "come up hither" or "come out of her my people" and then the wrath?
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I do not think the "come out of her" is a reference to a rapture. I think it is a general command for God's people to separate from Babylon because her doom is certain, and anyone participating in her sins will receive of that doom. The "wrath of God" was already underway back at least in chapter 16, so I see no indication of any "pre-wrath" scenarios involving chapter 18.
There are obvious connections between 1260 days of the Two Witnesses and the 1260 days/time, times, half a time of the Woman's flight to the wilderness (ch 12), and the 42 months (which is 1260 days or 3.5 years) of the seven headed beast's continuance (ch 13).
The 3.5 days of the Witnesses being dead has a symbolic (numerical) connection as well, but I don't see how
that could be representing the same actual time period as the 1260 days. That would involve some numerical gymnastics I'm not comfortable with.