The Rapture Puzzle

Chapter 8Puzzle Pieces 22 & 23I have already established in previous chapters that the ―Day of the Lord‖ is referring to the final dayof Daniel’s 70 th week. The last day of a week is considered to be a Sabbath, when no one should work.Jesus told us in Matthew 24:20 to pray that our ―flight‖ would not take place on the Sabbath. Earlier inthe chapter, He tells us to flee to the mountains. I believe that Jesus is referring to 2 types of fleeing, orescaping. The first is fleeing to Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, at the time of the Rapture. Thistakes place immediately before the Sabbath (or 7 th day of Daniel’s 70 th week) begins. The other type offleeing is for those left behind – those who have to literally flee into the mountains to escape the citiesin order to try to survive. What Jesus is telling us in Matthew 24:20 is that if you are still here duringthe Sabbath (or 7 th day of Daniel’s 70 th week), that your flight will have to take place on the Sabbath,which means you were left behind. This is why Jesus told us to pray that our flight would not takeplace on the Sabbath. Jesus also told us in Luke 21:36, ―Be always on the watch, and pray that youmay be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before48