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To: CynicalBear
Yes, absolutely; God did keep His people from destruction, and during the time of the last things, He will once again keep His people from destruction. Honestly, though, I have never encountered anyone — well, no Christian, at least — who disputes the assertion that God will protect His people.

Where I typically run into disagreement is in regard to how God will accomplish that. Many make the claim that God will achieve the protection of His people by taking them out of the way, by which they most often mean that He will completely remove them from the world.

Of course, this idea doesn't fit the paradigm God established in His method of protecting Noah's family, nor does it jibe with how He protected the Hebrews in Goshen, nor is it the oldest view of the church.

I'm not gung ho about pressing the debate, but my conviction is that we're in it for the duration. The Church will remain in the world as a testimony throughout the outpouring of God's judgment, during which time Christ will truly be our Ark, His blood will prove sufficient to save us, and we will ride out the storm in perfect peace.

106 posted on 07/09/2011 11:41:13 PM PDT by HKMk23 (YHVH NEVER PLAYS DEFENSE! WHICH MEANS; IF YOU'RE ON DEFENSE, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.)
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To: HKMk23
>>I'm not gung ho about pressing the debate, but my conviction is that we're in it for the duration.<<

Then you had better hope you are one of the 144,000 kept safe during the Tribulation because it’s not to pretty and there are not promises to anyone else.

107 posted on 07/10/2011 8:47:06 AM PDT by CynicalBear
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