Jesus' Return (for the Rapture of all who belong to Him) is Very Near

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[American Constitutionalist]

Danuelson, wax on, wax off, Danuelson, sand the floor, paint the fence....

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

God bless you!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Not getting all you are saying - but God Bless You!

[RoadTest]

To tell a Catholic he’s on his way to Hell is not hate but love.

[American Constitutionalist]

Yes, and YES !!

Now, Danuelson, wax on, wax off, Danuelson, sand the floor, paint the fence...

[Mom MD]

There was nothing in Scripture before Christs birth to say His birth and second coming were 2 events - which is one reason why many Jews of the time missed His Birth. They did hot understand Christ would come first as a suffering servant and again some 2000 years later as the conquering King. They were looking for one coming and missed the entire point.

Same situation exists now - many Christians (and I was one for many years) see one coming of Christ at the end of the age -not two separated by a small space of time. I cannot express the blessing to my faith of understanding the Rapture and prophecy - I had been taught for the first 35 years or so of my life that prophecy is unknowable, and the fact of His return is the only important thing. Why then is Revelation the only book of the Bible that promises a blessing to those who read it?

HOWEVER - the study of prophecy has enriched my life and faith immeasureably, BUT it is not a SALVATION issue. I just can’t wait to see the looks on all those Christian’s faces who pooh poohed the Rapture when it actually happens!

[American Constitutionalist]

" And I am not a man - last time I checked.....LOL"

OPPS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for calling you Danuelson... but, you get the gist of what I am saying....
Gloryson ,,,, wax on, wax off, Gloryson, sand the floor, paint the fence...

[American Constitutionalist]

HEY STAR !!!!

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU MAN !!!!!!

Your redeemer sits in heaven ( ABBA father, DADDY ) with his arms wide open and ready to love us.....
It's his good pleasure, and JOYNESS to give us all good things...

I COMMAND THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD IN YOU AND HIS LOVE, PEACE !!

LOVE YA MAN !!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

LOL - yes - same here! Won’t it be grand!

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Well - thank you....but no I don’t exactly get what you are saying....but carry on - it will become clear soon enough.

And God bless you!

[American Constitutionalist]

LOVE YA SISTER IN THE LORD !!!

OUR FATHER ( ABBA ) DADDY LOVE US !!!

HEAVEN LOVES YOU !!!

LET HIS COUNTENANCE SHINE UPON YOU !!!

ME SMILES ON HIS THRONE AT YOU DEARLY BELOVED OF THE LORD !!

[AppyPappy]

Same as it was in 1810 and 1910

[AppyPappy]

“I COMMAND THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD “

Dude, who sits on the Throne?

[American Constitutionalist]

Like a good stew, pull up a chair, sit down, and enjoy the meat and potatoes, saver the movement, let it soak in a minute, and you will “ GET IT “ ...

Go to Youtube and watch how Mr. Meoggie teaches Danuelson....
For we do not always know how and when the LORD is showing us things, or teaching us.....
For I trust in his afflictions.....

[HereInTheHeartland]

People who make the statements in the article always forget this:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+24:36&version=NIV

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Yes He does love us! Hallelujah! I’ll see you in the Rapture if not in heaven before then!

[RoadTest]

“If they knew their prophets the way they should have, they should have known the Messiah was due to present Himself to Israel at the very time of Christs entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.”

Yeah - from Daniel’s seventy weeks in his chapter 9.

[American Constitutionalist]

Most people see it as the book of Revelations....

Actually, in older versions....

It's the book of the REVELATIONS of JESUS CHRIST.....

[Mom MD]

And I think the 70th week will be upon us soon -—
However, it doesn’t really matter. We all have a timespan of about 80 years to worry about. If the Rapture happens during my lifetime WONDERFUL

If not still WONDERFUL - thats the great part. With Christ we win no matter what happens!

[aruanan]

There was nothing in Scripture before Christs birth to say His birth and second coming were 2 events - which is one reason why many Jews of the time missed His Birth. They did hot understand Christ would come first as a suffering servant and again some 2000 years later as the conquering King. They were looking for one coming and missed the entire point.

Uh, there were many Jews at the time who did see that the scriptures foretold his birth, his suffering servanthood, his death numbered among criminals, and his resurrection, and recognized, as he did himself, that these events preceded his return as the conquering Lord. And, for the record, there was every bit as much in the scriptures about his birth as a human baby and his suffering for his people as there was about a Messiah who would kick every nations' ass and make them subject to his rule through Israel. The problem with some first century Jews was that they were letting their immediate political concerns override their understanding of prophecy.

You chose a very inapt analogy. I'm not denying the return of Jesus and his gathering to himself of his saints, both dead and those then living. The church since the beginning has always taught this. Some in the past 210 or so years have claimed a novel twist that is not taught in scripture that has come to be identified with the term "the rapture." If you're claiming that this novel twist is some sort of new revelation from God (as some major figure did back in the 1800's, either Moody or Scofield), then it has to be at least consistent with what is already described in the New Testament. It's everything but consistent, relying on special, ad hoc, definitions to try to interpolate itself in such a way as to not contradict what is already there. It fails miserably in the attempt.