Posted on 09/02/2023 4:56:22 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
I think a lot of folks get their britches in a bundle during the Fall Feasts and Spring Feasts. While it could happen that way - let’s try to focus on it one day at a time. Too many have thrown dates around and have had their reputations ruined for doing so.
It won’t take much for a CBDC to tigger an economic calamity, followed by a few wars - namely the war you refer to in Ezekiel 37/38 with Iran, Turkey, Russia, Libya, and their allies.
It could also be that the Damascus destruction (Isaiah 17) could trigger the above war as a retaliation.
Time will tell. One thing is without a doubt however, God’s people are not called to endure His Wrath upon the “Earth Dwellers” of Revelation. Hence, the Rapture must happen before the 7 seal, 7 trumpet, 7 bowl, 7 thunder Judgements.
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We're closer than we were yesterday.
President Trump has enlisted the help of the super duper secret white hats to arrest the criminal conspirators that stole all the swing states in 2020 so now it should be smooth sailing...
Lol.
“On the other hand, if someone believes they will not have to go through the tribulation because they expect the rapture and find themselves in the middle of the tribulation, they may fall away.”
I agree with you. This is my concern. Years back I believed in the pre-trib rapture. I didn’t see it in the scriptures when I began studying it myself. Hope I’m wrong, but I don’t believe so.
“Too many have thrown dates around and have had their reputations ruined for doing so.”
There are millions standing in line to be the next fool...
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So what have you added to this thread of value?
I see nothing...
What I am adding to the thread is reminding folks about humility.
It is a critical and forgotten lesson.
We are awful at predicting the future—brutally bad at it.
So—I guess the other thing I am adding to the thread is a reminder that we should never lie to ourselves.
Well-applied scripture can help. I believe the “great catching up” AKA the Rapture is a few decades away, sometime the last half of this century.
We don’t know the day or the hour but we should know the times and the seasons (Matt 24:36; 1 Thess. 5:1).
I think most believe we are living in the end times and Jesus is “at the doors” for the rapture. But I believe something has to happen first: Luke 14:23 - an end times worldwide incoming of souls before Jesus comes for his church.
A sign that Luke 14:23 is in the future and not the past is Israel’s lack of a temple needed for a revival of the daily sacrifice (of red heifers I believe).
Daniel 9:27 tells us that this “man of sin” AKA the beast” here called “the prince” will stop the daily sacrifice “in the middle of the 70th Week” (half-way through the 7-year tribulation). Elsewhere scripture tells us this “man of sin” will “...as God sit in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God” (2 Thess. 2:4). So there has to be a temple built and a sacrifice in process in Israel during the first part of the tribulation.
You are a scoffer and your sarcasm hardly comes across as “humility”. Get real!
The only one who lies is Satan and his followers.
You hate the Pre-Tribulation Rapture as does he.
You keep good company by denying about 2 dozen Rapture verses.
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I’m done responding to you - hope you enjoy your weekend!
What is it about folks who quote the Bible?—I feel like I have been mugged and dumped in a mud pile any time I enter these threads.
There are 3 key Greek words to understand 1 Thes 4:13-17— https://prophecyquestions.com/what-is-the-rapture/
Thoughtfully laid out
We may not know the day and hour, but we will know the seasons. Jesus said it would be as if in the days of Noah and Noah knew when end was.
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Absolutely!
I think the new temple in Jerusalem needs completion, right?
Jesus was speaking to the apostles. Where do the soul go after death ummm.
Just my two cents, but as Christ made very clear, nobody knows when the end will come. Not even him. Only the Father knows the hour.
Christ gave us the signs to look for, yet Christians have been analyzing and looking for signs of the end of days for the past 2000 years. And every generation for the past 2000 years has found reasons and justification in their own time of proof they were in the last days. All to no avail.
Rather than run around in circles chasing my tail and worrying about when the sky will fall, I try to focus on the Word, Christ’s warning and live the best Christian life possible. The end will come in the Lord’s perfect timing. We just need to be prepared for our own end when the time comes, regardless if it is from old age, illness, traffic accident or a random bolt of lightning. Everything else is a distraction and a waste of time, energy and faith.
So why worry about it. It’s all just mental masturbation.
That’s how I see it for what it’s worth.
As I speak, there is a huge sign in the heavens right now. The woman giving birth and the asteroid called child is headed for her womb.
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