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Revelation 3 It's said to the faithful church. This is not said to everyone in Laodicea. 10 Because you have kept [c]My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.  Matthew 25 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom [a]is coming; go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. 11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.   And Matthew 24 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.   This can't be about when He comes back, because this is Laodicea and that church who lets Jezebel be before the trib. During the trib you can't even buy food without the mark of the beast, so then they can't be self absorbed marrying and eating and not noticing anything. I am divorced twice. I asked God if I could marry someone else. He said: Marry Me. Time is short. They were marrying and giving into marriage.   And you can just count the days until Jesus comes back from the point of the peace treaty or when the ac sits in the temple, so the thief in the night text must be about the rapture and the other text, 2 lay in a bed and one is taken. From that horrific song from the 80s and that horrible movie with that lazy girl with the super fantastic husband. What a horrible movie that was. He also was called Jim, just like my ex and whenever I couldn't find him I thought he had been raptured and I didn't make it.        

Never thought about a differences between partial and multiple raptures. So what about the promise to the church in Philly, where the Lord tells them "if" (a conditional standard being placed), then He will keep them from the hour of trial (tribulation) - is that not a possible partial? (Of course, one may not think the vehicle for keeping this promise  is a rapture . . .)

The problem I see with this list is that is mostly a personal interpretation of Bible prophecy, not Biblical prophecy itself. And when events take a different course, and they will, then any potential converts will likely be turned away from the faith. Best to stick with the literal prophecies themselves, what they actually say, not what you think they mean. There are plenty of quite specific ones that need no elaboration or explanation, my favorite being Daniel 11:40 - 12:3, which covers most of the essentials of "the time of the end."

There is a big difference between a partial rapture and multiple raptures. A partial rapture means some Christians -- or should I clarify and say some professing Christians --  will not be found worthy to be raptured along with the "worthy" ones; e.g. Luke 21:36 “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” -- although that passage may simply mean 'worthy to stay alive through the trib.' Other than this passage, I don't know of any that even hints at a partial rapture. However, there is another passage that hints that some people may be raptured, and then kicked out: Matthew 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, ... 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 “So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 “Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ This garment, according to Revelation 19, represents one's good works: Rev. 19:7 “Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Regarding multiple raptures in the End Times, that is undeniable, because the Two Witnesses have one rapture all by themselves.

The tribulation saints get killed, but it reads like the 144000 get raptured. Found this on Quora: 1. Enoch is caught up / taken / raptured [Genesis 5v24 + Hebrews 11v5-6] – A type for the church (faith) 2. Elijah is caught up [2 Kings 2v11] – A type for Israel 3. The resurrection & rapture/ascension of Jesus (First) [Matthew 27v52-54 + Acts 1v9-11] 4. The resurrection & rapture of many of the saints (directly after His resurrection) [Hosea 6v2 + Matthew 27v52-54] 5. The resurrection & rapture of the bride/church – those who have died in Christ [1 Thessalonians 4v16-17 & Rev 4v1] (Pre-trib) The wedding (John 14v2-3) is not an appointed time – it is at the discretion of the Father 6. The resurrection & rapture of the two witnesses [Rev 11v11-12] after 1260 days (Mid-trib) 7. The rapture of the 144000 [Rev 14v3] (most certainly before the second coming, probably mid-trib/pre-wrath)   https://bibleprophecyandthebeastsofthebible.quora.com/All-of-the-raptures-mentioned-in-the-bible