What men tend to do is think of something and then ask God to bless it. God wants us to follow Him and the Blessings will follow whoever is with God. When Gideon had his battle, notice how God whittled down the 30k army to just a few, so no one would doubt that the Lord won the battle. There are stories about how the singers were put in front of armies and the soldiers never had to raise a sword as long as the singers worshiped.
God is truly in control, but for some reason we must be reminded periodically that we can do nothing without Him. We are still on Plan "A" and there is no plane "B". Everything will happen according to Scripture exactly when it is supposed to.
This is a good time to remember Leviticus 23, where God laid out HIS days to have rehearsals of appointed times every year to follow what He was doing in history. Jesus died on Passover, was buried on Unleavened Bread, was raised on First Fruits, and the Holy Spirit poured out on Pentecost. All of this was set in Leviticus, but carried out at the appointed time. We have Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles not yet fulfilled. The "day no one knows" is Trumpets and the only time the Jews blow the "Last Trump" is on Trumpets, so we can look forward to being Raptured on some Feast of Trumpets in the future. This year it's on Sept 21st and 22nd. 10 days later is Atonement, but this particular Trumpets to Atonement stretch will be 7 years because Scripture says if it weren't shortened, no flesh could survive. Immediately after Judgement Day, we have Tabernacles where Jesus comes to rule and reign from the throne of David in Jerusalem. He will rule and reign for 1000 years which is the 8th Day in Prophesy. If Jesus died on Passover, exactly at the hour the Lamb's throat was cut in the Temple, after thousands of years of observing Passover the same day every year, would it not make sense to be watching for the Rapture on some Feast of Trumpets in the future? God told Noah to enter the Ark 7 days before the rain. Not one drop of God's Judgement fell on Noah's head. Lot was removed from Sodom 3 days before fire fell on Sodom. God's Bride will be removed from the destruction coming to the whole Earth before the first seal is cut in Revelation. We are NOT the children of wrath. The Bible states in many places that we need to be WATCHING for Him to come for His Bride. Stop thinking that God will just return for His marriage at some random time that no one can know. God has purchased His Bride and will return for her on a certain prearranged date. How can a Bride be ready if she doesn't know the date and look forward to His coming? He will come as a thief in the night to those that aren't watching for His return.
God has told His followers everything they need to know to be His, but they have to care enough to read His instructions. Salvation is NOT the same thing as Rapture. We can die to self in the baptismal, or we can physically die under the sword of the Beast. Either way, we are saved if you confess Jesus as savior. If you choose to die to self and serve Jesus in the baptismal, then you will be delivered from the trials of this world at the appointed time. The only people that avoid the Tribulation coming to the whole world is the Church at Philadelphia. Do you love Jesus with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and your neighbor as yourself? If you do, you will be delivered. Remember Jesus knows our hearts. Many will take the mark, when the sword is over their child's head. Remember when Jesus was in the garden sweating drops of blood? He submitted His Will to the Fathers and gained the whole world. You must do the same. We see churches today taking the mark of the Beast already. Abortion is murder, yet it is accepted in many churches. Sodomy is an abomination and defiles the Earth, yet it is accepted in many denominations today. Do we know of any pew sitters that are committing fornication and adultery today, yet we say nothing? We need to think hard when we say we will not take the mark of Satan, when in certain areas, we already have. Many of us know a homosexual and our hearts are broken to know what will happen to them, but God tells us they will NOT see the Kingdom of Heaven. We must choose them, or God. Jesus tells us to not be double minded. We must hate even our family members if they come between us and Jesus. God placed life and death, blessing and cursing, before us. He had to tell us to choose blessing and life because He knew we were weak and fallen. Choose Life. Choose Jesus,....in everything.
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