Saturday, November 14, 2026
“Awake & Ready: Living in Light Of His Return”
TIME – 7:30AM – 4:00PM
MESSAGE – TBD
VENUE – Calvary Chapel Inverness
ADDRESS – 960 S. US Highway 41 Inverness, FL 34450
MORE INFORMATION – calvaryinv.com/2026-cci-prop…
THE SEVENTH TRUMPET IS NOT THE RAPTURE
The “last trump” in 1 Corinthians 15:52 is often identified as Revelation’s seventh trumpet, but Paul never says they are the same.
Look at Revelation 11:15–18. The kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of Christ. He takes His great power and reigns. The nations are angry, His wrath has come, and the time has come to judge the dead and reward His servants.
The 24 elders are already in heaven in Revelation 4–5, before the first seal is opened. They are resurrected, blood-bought human beings who have already received their resurrection rewards. They are still before God’s throne when the seventh trumpet sounds.
The prophetic sequence matters: the morning star comes before dawn, and dawn before sunrise. The Lord comes for His Church, the tribulation follows, and Christ returns in glory to establish His kingdom.
The seventh trumpet announces Christ’s reign and the judgment associated with His Second Coming. It does not describe the Church being caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
Scripture never identifies the seventh trumpet as the “last trump” of the Rapture.
WHO ARE THE 24 ELDERS?
WHO THEY CANNOT BE:
• ANGELS: Revelation 5:9-10 describes them as redeemed by Christ’s blood. Hebrews 2:16 says Christ took on Him the seed of Abraham, not the nature of angels. Redemption is for humanity.
• OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS: Daniel 12:1–3 places their resurrection and reward after the tribulation, at the second coming. Yet the elders already wear crowns and sit on thrones during the 70th week (Revelation 4:4).
• THE CHURCH AWAITING RESURRECTION: The elders are already glorified, enthroned, and rewarded.
WHO THEY ARE: THE GLORIFIED CHURCH
Revelation 1:19 outlines what John has seen, what is, and what will be. In Revelation 4:1, John is called up to heaven as the vision moves to things hereafter.
The elders sit on THRONES - not chairs - wear white raiment, and bear stephanos, crowns of reward (Revelation 4:4). In Revelation 5:1–10, they witness the Lamb take the scroll and sing of redemption. They are kings and priests from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation.
WHY 24? They represent the heads of the 24 courses of the New Testament royal priesthood, foreshadowed by David’s 24 priestly divisions (1 Chronicles 24; Josephus, Antiquities 7.365).
WHY IT MATTERS: The elders are in heaven before the Lamb opens the first seal in Revelation 6. The glorified Church is already in heaven before the seal judgments begin, supporting the PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE.
𝗛𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘀
𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘮 2
The rulers of the earth unite
Against the Lord and plan to fight
His bands,
To break restricting bands.
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SET MY PEOPLE FREE.
Commitment to error is not faith but superstition.
That is why Soothkeep Ministries seeks to set God's people free from errors in eschatology, God's government and redemption, teachings that undermine the Bible and evangelicalism, hyperspirituality, and the errors that drive traditionalism and progressivism.
The pursuit of truth requires more than repeating what others have taught us. It requires a careful examination of Scripture, considering its grammar, historical setting, context, and relationship to the rest of God's Word.
Our goal must be to understand what God has revealed, not simply defend our own conclusions about it.
The Word of God must remain our standard. The pursuit of truth must remain our commitment.
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Time - 8:00AM, 10:00AM and 12:00PM
Message - TBD
Venue - Rock Harbor Church
Address - 10904 Snow Road, Bakersfield, CA 93314
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THINK OUTSIDE THE FOG.
Not every popular teaching is biblical truth. Not every long-held tradition is scriptural. And not every theological system is free from philosophical assumptions and errors in reasoning.
As believers, we must be willing to examine what we have been taught in light of what Scripture actually says.
Soothkeep Ministries is committed to challenging theological errors, exposing faulty reasoning, and defending the truth of God's Word.
Our mission is to help set God's people free from errors concerning biblical prophecy, God's government and redemption, and teachings that undermine the authority of Scripture.
Don't settle for what is popular. Don't cling to what is familiar. Pursue the truth.
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