The Rapture Puzzle

Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is above isfree, and she is our mother. For it is written:―Be glad, barren woman,you who never bore a child;shout for joy and cry aloud,you who were never in labor;because more are the children of the desolate womanthan of her who has a husband.‖Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. At that time the son bornaccording to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.But what does Scripture say? ―Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman‘sson will never share in the inheritance with the free woman‘s son.‖ Therefore, brothers andsisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.In Isaiah 62, we read: For Zion‘s sake I will not keep silent,for Jerusalem‘s sake I will not remain quiet,till her vindication shines out like the dawn,her salvation like a blazing torch.The nations will see your vindication,and all kings your glory;you will be called by a new namethat the mouth of the LORD will bestow.You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD‘s hand,a royal diadem in the hand of your God.No longer will they call you Deserted,or name your land Desolate.But you will be called Hephzibah,and your land Beulah;for the LORD will take delight in you,and your land will be married.As a young man marries a young woman,so will your Builder marry you;as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,so will your God rejoice over you.I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;they will never be silent day or night.You who call on the LORD,give yourselves no rest,and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalemand makes her the praise of the earth.So, who is the New Jerusalem? It is the Bride ofChrist, the wife of the lamb, the Church. Who arethe 144,000? They are the purehearted virgins fromthe 12 tribes of Israel who are redeemed from theearth. Are we a part of these 12 tribes of Israel as Gentile believers? Yes, Paul tells us in Romans 4 thatthe unbelieving Jews have been cut off from the olive tree and we have been grafted in. We are a part75