When do believers receive new bodies?
Believers receive new bodies at the rapture, when the church is removed and meets Christ in the air. At that moment they step out of time into eternity, while the seven-year tribulation unfolds on earth. This occurs before the tribulation period begins.
Les explains that the age of grace will be consummated and the church will be taken out at the rapture. As soon as believers are raptured out, they receive their new bodies and step out of time into eternity. They meet Christ in the air and go back with Him into heaven while the seven years of tribulation rage on the earth. Even though seven distinct years unfold on earth, that seven years multiplies into all the time in the world because believers are out of time and in eternity. Les stresses that the church must be removed so God can pick up where He left off with Israel, since law and grace cannot mix.