Posted on 03/31/2021 4:27:15 AM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
Dear friends, we just recently - due to the Hurricane Isaias - lost electric power in our town and man was it dark at night! Dark in our room, dark in our house, dark in our neighborhood, dark in our city! It was DARK and what a neat experience to experience which had many great spiritual truths to apply to our setting! All the things we take for granted every day were gone and only DARKNESS remained! When the lights are absolutely extinguished one can feel the deep gross darkness and cannot see one's hand before their face. Have you ever been to the caves in New Mexico? When you arrive to the hub deep within the cave they will shut off the lights and the deep gross darkness covers you as a pall cloth! Our Lord uses light and darkness to teach many things about His ABSOLUTE ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS PERSON and CHARACTER (John 1:1-14 ). The Light, Almighty God's ETERNAL TRUTH in RIGHTEOUSNESS, and the darkness of error, lawlessness and chaos are at war with each other (Rom. 8:1-10, 1 Thess. 5:1-6) The darkness is continually seeking in vani to extinguish the ETERNAL LIGHT of Almighty God and in the end will be totally consumed in the ETERNAL LIGHT of EVERLASTING Life (Gen. 1:1-5, John 1:1- 14, Rev. 21; 22:1-5)!
All the things we take for granted every day were gone and only DARKNESS remained!
In light of our EXPONENTIAL day, in light of our RAPIDLY FADING hour, in light of the EXPONENTIAL flux of global events and nations, in light of an EXPONENTIAL high-tech day, in light of EXPONENTIAL Media capacity and outlets, etc; in light of what the RIGHTEOUS ETERNAL Word of Almighty God (the Bible) so clearly teaches about the end times, in light of diligently following, observing, proving, testing current events along with years of deep Biblical study and prayer led by the Holy Ghost I truly believe that the Rapture can easily happen at any moment especially during the "presidency" of Joe Biden Everythingi s lined up and in place for Christ's Trump to blow and the Day of the Lord to begin! Dear friends, and if it does... what will America do and be then when all of Almighty God's blood brought ambassadors are REMOVED along with their godly restraint, light, witness, warning, revelation, and soundness? You can use your godly imagination to think about that! When ALL LIGHT is removed only darkness will remain and what will godless and unregenerate men do then? When ALL RIGHTNESS is removed what will a lawless world do then? When ALL RESTRAINT is removed what will hold back the EXPONENTIAL unbridled passions of fallen men? When ALL TRUE PEACEMAKERS are removed what will hold back the Four Horsemen and their introductional ride to the EXPONENTIAL HORRIFIC Day of the Lord (Rev. 6-19)!
When ALL LIGHT is removed only darkness will remain and what will godless and unregenerate men do then? When ALL RIGHTNESS is removed what will a lawless world do then? When ALL RESTRAINT is removed what will hold back the EXPONENTIAL unbridled passions of fallen men?
Dear friends, in such GROSS DARKNESS, Almighty God is still ETERNALLY MERCIFUL in His WRATH and will provide Two BURNING LIGHTS in Jerusalem (Rev. 11:3-7) when the scattered Lights of the Bride of Christ are removed at the Rapture throughout the earth (John 14:6, 1 Cor. 15:20-23, 51-57; Eph. 4:10-13; Phil.3:21, 1 Thess. 4:15-18; 1 John 3:1-3, Rev. 3:10-11, 4:1; 19:7-9), Almighty God will provide Two Lamp Stands burning bright as witnesses to the saving grace of the Lamb of God; and from them will come forth 144,000 redeemed Israelites who will go forth into all the world as Messiah's lights (Matt. 24:14, Rev. 7; 14:1-5) and by them will multitudes from ALL nations be saved (Zech. 14:16, Matt. 8:10-13; 13:36-43; 47-48, 25:31-40; Rev. 14:9-17; 20:1-4)!!
Almighty God will provide Two Lamp Stands burning bright as witnesses to the saving grace of the Lamb of God, and from them will come forth 144,000 redeemed Israelites who will go forth into all the world as Messiah's lights and by them will multitudes from ALL nations be saved!
Dear friends, in such an EXPONENTIAL lawless and godless day - which is heading straight into the Day of the Lord - there is ETERNAL HOPE, GRACE, and LOVE for any who will call upon the Name of the Lord and be delivered from their personal transgressions against their ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator; and from ETERNAL separation from Him in Hell's ETERNAL prison (Matt. 6:33; 7:13-14; John 1:12; 3:16-17; 36; 11:25-26; Acts 4:12; 16:30-34; Eph. 2:8-9; 1 John 5:13; Rev. 20:10-15; 22:11)! Jesus is Adam's fallen race's ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS PROPITIATION and RIGHTEOUS ATONING SAVIOR and our GREAT DESIRE for you is to KNOW Him in a RIGHTEOUS saving relationship (John 1:29, Rom. 5:12-21, 2 Cor. 5:21, Heb. 1:2-3; 7:25; 9:12;10:11-15; 1 Peter 1:18-25; 2:24, John 4:10, Rev. 1:5)! That indeed is what this life, our personal existence, and this temporal lawless demonic world is all about! This world will not go on FOREVER, Almighty God's Kingdom is at hand and then ETERNITY! What will you choose? Be NOT fearful but believing in Almighty God and in His ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS LOVE for you! Indeed my friends, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
Went caving a few times, at one point we all turned off all the lights, I could only take about 10 seconds of that darkness before I turned my light back on.
I doubt there is a rapture.
Move on then.
You’ll hate us Christians even more when it does happen.
Hell is permanent darkness (and massive pain).
I also caved a few times and the panic that sets in after a few seconds is indescribable.
And that is forever for those who reject Christ.
oh, there is. But it happens at the second coming of Christ. It is part of the parousia.
Nobody HAS to believe it; that’s each person’s choice.
I was there at one time... - doubting. The day came when I HAD to weigh each option. IF I was wrong.. wow, there’s no second chance. Face the misery.
If I was correct in my doubt, I’d STILL face the misery to come.
That made me start digging to find out for sure, one way or the other. You dig hard enough into God, the truth will find you. But we each have to do our own homework.
It is the most horrifying thing a person could ever think upon ...
And we know so little and have nothing to compare to that kind of deep, dead darkness and forever torment and agony, and then realizing over and over again that it will not end; that it is eternal. And people there will, no doubt, remember over and over again their rejection of the only plan of salvation that was free for the asking. They’ll remember every laugh they made at God and His word ... over and over again.
One thing is certain: everyone gets to choose their eternal destiny.
“You’ll hate us Christians even more when it does happen.”
I’m a Christian, so if there is I would be taken too, I just don’t think it’s true is all.
So why would I hate you. besides someone needs to be here to tell the people the truth.
Why move on I’m a Christian too
See I think you are confused, it doesn’t at his second coming it happens way before, then he comes.
I’m not confused at all. I’ve studied the scripture thoroughly and find no basis for a “pre-trib” rapture. Nor do I find the arguments for it persuasive at all.
It is very sobering.
We all get to choose and the problem is that we get no “do-overs” once the game is up.
That is exactly why I approach The Lord with a somber & sorrowful heart and give Him Thanks Daily!
A lot of people HATE Rapture believing Christians.
PS: It will happen...
They turned out the lights at the end of the boat ride in Howes Caverns in upstate New York...pitch black...absolutely no source of light whatsoever.
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