To me a Jew in an Israelite, same thing. Born a Jew, always a Jew, regardless of religion. Heck, I'm South African, will always be. I'm a Gentile, will always be. But can I also be a Yahudi (Related to Yah), from the tribe of Judah? Yes I can, in the spiritual sense, but not in the physical.
Prophet speaks wrote:The book only describes a 3 1/2 year period too - not a 7 year period.
I'm not sure if I get you on this, are you saying the flight of the Jews is 3 and half years long or that the Tribulation is 3 and half years long? To me Daniel 9 confirms the flight occurs halfway into the Tribulation, and Yahshua confirms the reason why in Matthew 24. That Antichrist will set himself up as God in the Tribulation temple (which is not the glorious temple specified by Ezekiel), this causes Jews/Israelites/possible-Gentile-believers-living-in-the-land-too to flee into the wilderness. This happens at the mid-point of the Tribulation.
Prophet speaks wrote:Israel is going to the wilderness for 3 1/2 years it says. They do not go to be raptured to heaven. What would ANYONE do in heaven? Who would they talk to? The harpers? The angels? What would you say?
Rapture is pre-trib, the last possible year for it to happen is 2026. Believers in Yahshua get spared of the trial coming upon the whole earth.
The Tribulation commences in 2026, and ends in 2033. Saved-survivors through the Tribulation do not get Raptured when Yahweh appears, they continue in their mortals forms on earth, they'll repopulate the earth. Non-believers who make it to the end will die at His appearance in fullness. Yahweh returns with His saints by His side.
Prophet speaks, how about Leviticus 14:33-53? Check the priest first removing those within the house (hint, hint, Rapture), he then shuts the house for seven days (hint, hint, Tribulation will last 7 years long, 2520 days exactly), anyone who happens to be in the house during the seven days needs to become clean (hint, hint, people can come to salvation during the Tribulation), and plus all the other little bits within the passage are extremely prophetic if one just looks a little deeper than the surface. Read point 568 here:
http://theownersmanual.n...Torah?usterms=568#searchThere is a Pre-Trib Rapture, even Isaiah 57 records it.