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

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[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Disasters - earthquake, Tsunami, others - happening rapidly now.

Read Matthew 24. There will be earthquakes.....etc.

When we see these events occurring in increasing frequency it is because these are the "birth pangs" that we have been told by Jesus Christ Himself - would happen closer together in time as do the birth pangs of a woman in labor. The closer she gets to giving birth, the worse the birth pangs become and the closer together they come.

[AppyPappy]

We could start with Romans when Luke tells us to be subject to the authorities in response to Christians supporting rebellion because the sign was that the end was coming. Then there was the part where people quit working because they thought the end was imminent. Paul even gets into the spirit when he tells people not to marry unless they are burning.

The end has been coming since the 1st century. We aren’t even close to the end. Revelation seems to imply that the rapture will come as a complete surprise. That means very few people will know anything about the Bible. That’s not true today.

[DungeonMaster]

I’m so ready!

[American Constitutionalist]

Are we not his ? his children ? does the bible say that we are seated with him in heavenly places ?
Didn't Elijah tell King Ahab that by his word that the rain will not come down in Israel for 3 years.
Does it ? or does it not say in the book of Isaiah, that God confirms the words of his servants, and performs the counsel of his messengers ?
Didn't Jesus strip away the authority that satan took away from us ? For GOD command Adam and Eve to take dominion ( rule over the earth, to have authority over the earth and everything in it ?
Do we not ? have the authority that Jesus gave back to us ? do we not walk in his authority ?

Those who mock this, and do not believe, ohh ye oh little faith, because you do not believe the bible.
Since we are his ( Christ's children, his beloved ones ) are we not to also rule and rein here also on Earth and take dominiain over it ?

To speak a command, means, to speak with authority that GOD has given to you.
Are you saying ? that we are not to speak blessings to people, or rather would you have us curse people ?
Ohh ye of little faith.....

[American Constitutionalist]

" Catholics were the only Christian group 2,000 years ago and Christ was very pleased with us......still is!!!! "

If Christ is pleased with you, and you say the father is pleased, are you not winning souls ( the great commission ) to Christ ? and not the Catholic church.
Your good deeds wont' save you, your perceived holiness and self righteousness won't save you, the Catholic church or any organization won't say you,
It is GOD's power to save men in only one name, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST !
Nothing but the blood of Jesus Christ and his atoning work on the cross will save you....
It does not matter how many times you go to church, because there are lost souls even in the Church, all your giving to the poor won't save you, giving tithes won't save you, keeping the 10 commandments won't save you...
ONLY JESUS CHRIST SAVES !!!

[AppyPappy]

You cannot command God to do anything. He is not your servant.

[American Constitutionalist]

" It was an inane analogy to the working of the Holy Spirit with an old Ralph Macchio flick that these hyper-charismatics all too often employ "

The point I was making was ?
We do not always see, what GOD is doing in our lives....
Perhaps ? I should have use the analogy of refining GOLD ? or a butterfly ?
Besides ? who ? ordained you to speak with authority of GOD's word ? did you just get up one day and thought that you would go to bible collage ?
By who's authority do you speak when you preach ?
Do you pray in public for people to see who spiritual you are ? how " HOLY " you are ? because, if you do STREET PREACHER , that is you only reward.
Do you say you give tithes to GOD and broad cast is to the public to let them know how " HOLY " you are ? how " spiritual you are ?
Yeah, what a name, street preacher, maybe you choose to be a street preacher because you wanted people to see you, and not CHRIST and HIM CRICIFIED !!
When you do preach ? who's gospel ? Christ's or yours in your own vain imagination ?

You white washed sepulchre .... pretending to be spiritual, but, still corrupt inside...
Pretending to be Godly and Holy, but, deny GOD's own power..

[American Constitutionalist]

" Now, about "trusting in his afflictions" . . . . . . ? "
Did not the bible say ? that we will have trials ? to perfect us ? to help us grow ? to purge us ?
Does not God's word tell us not to be surprised of our trials ? because it is building our faith, GOD is trying to promote patients in us with our trials...
Does not the bible tell us that GOD chastises us ? as a loving father ?
Did not JOB say " though he slay me, yet will I trust him " ?

[American Constitutionalist]

" Satan is the king of this world. "

That is so for those who are lost or reject Christ.
Adam and Eve was commanded by GOD to rule and rein on Earth with authority, to take Dominion of it.
When Adam and Eve sinned, the enemy took away that authority.
But, Jesus Christ stripped him of that authority and gave it back to his people.

[American Constitutionalist]

" Pray for Copeland. He may need it "

Yeah, thanks for the advise, but, aren't you also suppose to pray for him also ?
I don't listen to him that much, I don't even know why you bothered to bring up his name....
Oh, now I get it, " THOSE WORD OF FAITH PEOPLE " yes, you sure have a chip on your shoulder about that...
I don't consider to title my self with that term, but, then again, those with out faith, CAN NOT PLEASE GOD, for it is impossible to please GOD those who do not have faith, prove that other wise, look in the book, GOD's word the B I B L E , unless you looking in your OWN bible..

[American Constitutionalist]

Jesus said " what so ever you bind on earth, so shall it be bound in heaven, and what so ever you loosen ( to break bondages ) on earth, so shall it be loosen in heaven.
To command, means to speak with authority, the authority that Jesus Christ gives to all his people.

[Larry Lucido]

Well, like, a thousand years is one day, so rapture should be any “day” now. :-)

[American Constitutionalist]

" We could start with Romans when Luke tells us to be subject to the authorities in response to Christians supporting rebellion "

Your right, that's correct, if it is a legitimate government.

[Right Ahead]

Anyone who looks at earthquakes as a major sign of Christ’s rapture of the church will be disappointed. The signs mentioned in Matthew 24 should be observed at the same time other prophecies are being fulfilled.

Attention should be focused on Israel. One of the greatest signs will the Nation of Israel’s movement to build the third Temple. Along with that there will be a war with all Israel’s neighbors... with destruction of Damascus - Is. 17, Amos 1.

[AppyPappy]

“if it is a legitimate government.”

Rome was a legitimate government?

[AppyPappy]

He does not give you the authority to order Him around.

Also, He was speaking specifically to His disciples in that Scripture. We are called to obedience, not to leadership. There is only one Head.

[skeptoid]

" Now, about "trusting in his afflictions" . . . . . . ? " 
Did not the bible say ? that we will have trials ? to perfect us ? to help us grow ? to purge us ? 
Does not God's word tell us not to be surprised of our trials ? because it is building our faith, GOD is trying to promote patients in us with our trials...
Does not the bible tell us that GOD chastises us ? as a loving father ? 
Did not JOB say " though he slay me, yet will I trust him " ?

So the afflictions are His (God's) afflictions.
Does He cause the afflictions?
What is being purged from us?
....to promote patients in us ...... You must mean 'patience'.
Your questions seem to be rhetorical, but I'd sure like to hear chapter and verse from you.

[I see my hands]

Thanks for seeking clarification. It was my attempt to illustrate that a word's use in literature doesn't necessarily provide its legitimacy in polite discourse. It may.. but the argument is impotent.

I have no problem with the word "mocker" by the way.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

The signs mentioned in Matthew 24 should be observed at the same time other prophecies are being fulfilled.

Thank you! Exactly what I've been saying!

Attention should be focused on Israel. One of the greatest signs will the Nation of Israel’s movement to build the third Temple. Along with that there will be a war with all Israel’s neighbors... with destruction of Damascus - Is. 17, Amos 1.

Precisely. It's all about Israel and from the looks of things, it appears as though the Psalm 83 prophecy may very well be fulfilled in the near future and that war may just result in the fulfillment of Isaiah 17.

Some are even suggesting that that war may happen by June. We'll see.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

You need to post the exact Scriptures because first of all I have no idea what you're talking about and second, what you posted has absolutely nothing to do with the Return of Christ or the supposed "end time is now" mindset that was rebuked by Paul. Post the Scriptures you're attempting to refer to

The end has been coming since the 1st century. We aren’t even close to the end.

And, yet again, a fulfillment of 2 Peter 3:3,4. If the facts in post 417 don't cause you to see the light, nothing will. You yourself are a fulfillment of prophecy.

Revelation seems to imply that the rapture will come as a complete surprise.

Not credible until the exact Scripture is posted.

That means very few people will know anything about the Bible. That’s not true to.day

The fact that there is the amount of outright denial of a huge chunk of Scripture right on this thread that there is proves that statement is a total joke. The Biblical ignorance just in this nation is absolutely unbelievable. If people knew the Bible, there wouldn't be the incredible Scriptural illiteracy that there is right here on this thread. Then there's the mind-boggling arrogance of fallen man declaring that the prophecies in the Word of God are false.

People in this day and age know the Bible? That's the funniest thing I've heard in ages.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

So glad to know it! God bless you!