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I don't think the prophets gave them a resume of personal accomplishmets. Then you're making a mistake. Expertise is not solely based on longevity. Age is not the decider of quality, quality and accuracy speak for itself. That sounds like every pastor, minister, priest, deacon, chaplain I have ever talked to.  I suppose we'll see one day.  I do applaud you for seeing many things others in the pretrib fortress do not see. I don't agree with your specific conclusions as I can find it no where in the scriptures. 

Hi, That is alright! Yeshua does not require you to understand me. Not at all. It is only important to all that each that are called, specifically called, by the Holy Spirit  respond affirmatively to that call and thus receive the Holy Spirit. For without the enabling by the Holy Spirit the word of God is not understandable to any person. Way too many of us have far too many rules of order for others to seek and receive God and His blessings. All any really need do is hear the call  by the Holy Spirit plus, importantly, acknowledge that call. The rules and procedures and many what nots added by mankind are just so much  stuff headed  for the dung gate.

Hi, I suppose a mindless prayer avails little; except that the Holy Spirit knows the mind heart and spirit of each of those He indwells. The Holy Spirit is able to petition through Yeshua, "in the name of Jesus" if you will, to God the Father  of the need  and desire of one whose words fail as the heart feels the need to petition the Father. To conclude with I ask "in the name of Jesus" is not a mindless add on. It is at the very least verbal punctation, clarification of  one's standing before God, by whom one is heard petitioning to God. It is not a mantra nor is it mindless. Instead it is very articulate and accurate. If "in the name of Jesus"  is perceived by another as being mindless I suspect that is a problem of that hearer of the prayer. That  problem is a stumbling block not placed there by the person whose prayer acknowledges that it is by the power of Yeshua that the Father hears and acknowledges through His Son Yeshua, all by enlightenment enabled through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. To include in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is not offensive either. It is humble acknowledgement to God of one's understanding as personally enabled by the Holy Spirit. It may be endorsed or seconded by another or others too. To say  it is mindless I think is an error, a failure of the ears and the mind and spirit of a hearer of the prayers to engage along with that person's mind and heart in the prayer. It is not a failure on the part of the speaker of the prayer to say in the name of Jesus.   To pray aloud or silently by one's self may also include the acknowledgement to God that one appreciates the awesome sacrifice made by Jesus in their  behalf. To come praying in the name of Jesus  is a high honor extended by God's will alone,  a privilege extended by  merciful God  to those that do so through the enabling of the Holy Spirit knowing that Yeshua is Lord, God, and personal savior.  

The verse describes what ordinary believers did.  

You're welcome my friend.  As per Rev. 12, everything after Rev. 4:1 is indeed the "Hereafter" but the hereafter portion of the passage is in verses 6-17, verses 1-5 is God encoding the players. He did this for a reason. If John had written Israel was going to rule with Jesus in 90ish AD an the churches had been found with those letters, they would have been charged with treason to Rome and killed. That is also why its Babylon being judged instead of the whole world (Rome deemed themselves as rulers of the world). So, the Romans would laugh, saying these kooks think Babylon is still a city, and is going to be judged. Also, when they saw Red Dragon (Satan) , a Male child (Jesus), and a Woman with a Sun, Moon and 12 Stars at her feet (Israel......................see Gen. 37:9 its Jacob(the Sun), Rachel (the Moon) and Josephs 11 brothers(stars) he had a dream about. So, they had no clue, but the church knew these old testament passages and understood the code. Only after applying the code does the Prophecy make sense. Revelation 12 explained in full because even the Remnant is misunderstood Rev. 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: (Israel who birthed the Messiah Jesus as vs. 2 shows) 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 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(This represents Satan, he has the Crowns on the Head here showing him to be over all the kingdoms in the world, including these 7 over Israel). 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth(Satan's fall): and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born(King Herod tried to have baby Jesus killed via Satan's whispers unto him, "He's taking your place). 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne(Jesus now sits at the Right Hand of the Father). Only now does the 70th week prophecy begin, John merely set the story up with a code so the story could be told without Rome stepping in and taking these letters away and maybe killing the church members. Its pretty basic stuff, Israel birthed the Messiah (not Mary per se in this description), Satan tried to kill the baby before he grew up, but he the make child Jesus grew up, became our Sacrifice and now has ascended unto the Fathers right hand. Only now does the 70th week prophecy begin. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness(Israel flees at the 1290, just before getting conquered at the 1260), where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels(Satan is cast down to earth at the midway point, that's why he chases Israel for exactly 1260 days, Daniel 12:1-2 agrees, Micheal stands up at this point in time to protect Israel.)  8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out(at the 1260), that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him(This is different from when he was cast out of the 3rd Heaven, into the Universe, now he's cast out of the heavens or 2nd heaven down to earth, he now has no more access to the throne room either, where he accuses us night and day) 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 of our brethren is cast down(Amen, we get VICTORY), which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death(This is in reference to all of the church age saints in general, as a whole we overcame him via Jesus' blood and our faithfulness unto death, that is also how we overcame Rome). 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time(1260 days). 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman(Israel) which brought forth the man child(Jesus). 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle(God Himself is seen as an Eagle in scriptures many times), that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place(Petra/Bozrah area), where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent(1260 days). 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman(He sends the Anti-Christ's Army to kill the 1/3 Israel who repented), that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth(Just like in Egypt, God used THE EARTH itself to protect Israel, a Wall of Fire and He parted the Red Sea also). 17 And the dragon was wroth(Angry) with the woman(Israel), and went to make war with the remnant(70th week REMNANT Gentile Church) of her seed(Israel's ONE SEED is Jesus read Gal. 3:16), which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ {{{ This "Remnant" can not be the 1/3 because Satan could not get at her, so he TURNS to go after the "Remnant of her Seed who is Jesus", it also can not be the 2/3 Jews who refuse to repent because they do not have the "Testimony of Jesus" so this Remnant tells the whole story, its the Remnant Gentile Church, on earth while the Church is in heaven. }}} Sometimes we are alone on the totem pole and are wrong, sometimes we are right. I try to hash it all out via putting the puzzles together. Too many people are guessing after 5 pieces of a 10,000 piece puzzle, I like to fill in the puzzle piece by piece, that gives a better picture unto us. Once you get so many pieces things start clearing up, and towards the end becomes obvious.