Posted on 10/11/2023 10:00:01 AM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
Jesus stated - quite plainly - that all of these events MUST come to pass in the future (Matt 24). All the signs today point to this time and hour when the final outworking of godless lawlessness (iniquity) would engulf the entire world (Matt.24:12, 2 Thess. 2:3-12). There is absolutely nothing at present that can hinder this final lawless consumption of the world and the foretold global empire of Lucifer's anti-Christ and operation "666" (2 Thess. 2:7-12, Rev. 13). To believe otherwise is to be "anti-Christ" its self and the height of delusion and folly (1 John 2:19-23).
Mankind has exhausted ALL of its avenues and efforts and as we have seen first hand here in America that we as a nation have NOT gotten better but EXPONENTIALLY more lawless and morally and spiritually depraved! My dear friends... the Four Horsemen MUST ride... and no present-day "conservative movement" will stop them from their EXPONENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE global ride and rampage (Rev. 6)! We are seeing nationally the EXPONENTIAL disintegration of the rule of law right before our very eyes and once America implodes at the Rapture; what then for this world? Do NOT be deceived today! Almighty God cries out to ALL Americans today, Repent and be saved for the Kingdom of Heaven is truly at hand (Acts 4:12, 16:29-31, 17:29-31, 1 Tim. 2:3-6)!
It will be just after the Rapture of the Body of Christ (i.e., the Church), that the "Day of the Lord" (the Seven Year Tribulation period) will commence with the opening of the "first seal" by the Lamb of Almighty God and the riding of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will begin; and WOE! WOE! WOW! to the inhabitants of the earth in that day (Rev. 6)!
Almighty God’s Day of wrath is truly at hand (Rev 6-19)! An objective evaluation of the global climate and conditions of our hour truly testifies to this very sobering reality. One must ask himself, “Will I hold on to my delusional subjective earthly perception or will I let go of my subjective establish perspective and have FAITH in Almighty God and His Word?” To comprehend this day and hour one MUST absolutely possess an objective Heavenly and ETERNAL perception of our day and sees the realities of it through a biblical lens. My friend unless you are regenerated by faith in Jesus Christ (born again) as Jesus stated, you can NOT see, yet comprehend the Kingdom of God, let alone the coming Kingdom of Heaven and hour in which they live in. You will remain imprisoned in the delusional fantasy of make-believe and changed in your darkened mind (2 Thess. 2:9-12).
As the great American experiment is coming to a horrific conclusion, what hope is there for any American in this present evil world? As our Founding Fathers warned us of what would be when immorality and godlessness reign. May the American people look objectivity outside of this world’s limited confines to a place of absolute security and assurance, that place is none other than the heavenly throne room of Almighty God (Rev. 4, 5). Access is ONLY granted by a saving relationship to Almighty God through His Son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16-17, Gal. 1:4, Eph. 2:8-9). When one places their trust in Almighty God’s saving solution and remedy in spirit and truth (John 4:24), God will save (deliver) that one from the limited, temporal confines of this fallen world and race (Rom. 5:12-19, Gal. 1:4). (SEE CHART)
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
Maranatha!🙏
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And.....there is NO "Rapture", only the Second Coming of Christ.
--Grantland Rice, October 18, 1924
in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.2 Cor. 5:19.
We are in the beginnings in the church of a worldwide restoration in the of the Gospel of the Grace of Christ fulfilling Jude 3, and soon I believe we will see a worldwide incoming of souls to Christ fulfilling Luke 14:23 as God mercifully rescues as many souls as possible from the wrath to come after the great "catching up" of the church (1 Thess. 4:17).
God bless
Oh; there’s no rapture? Oh…. Ok…. 😊
Sigh, always gotta be someone to deny the Rapture in these forums.
Matthew 24:37-42 "As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man." "...Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left. Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming."
Christ seems to be referring to the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, as he warned "...this generation will not pass away till all these things take place". Also, notice the people taken away in Noah's time were the unrighteous, NOT the righteous, which is the opposite of rapture theory.
In Matthew 24:13 Christ promises "...the one who endures to the end will be saved". This includes Christians who will endure the Tribulation.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
"Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed."
This also refers to the Second Coming of Christ, in that "the twinkling of an eye" refers to the instantaneous change from a mortal body to a glorified body, NOT to the speed of the rapture. Its connection to the blast of the "last trumpet" , heralds Christ's Second Coming.
The Catholic Church has consistently interpreted this passage as such for the last 2000 years.
It’s certainly the time for everyone to put themselves on record.
History teaches that
10 out of 12 spies agreed: “No Can DO!”
And also that the message of the prophets ran contrary to popular opinion, prevailing ‘wisdom’, settled dogma.
Climate change, rising sea levels, doomsday this, apocalypse that...
The end-times huckster-agitators operate under the same unhinged, control-freak spirit as the establishments they rail against:
“How will the little people ever survive without our telling them what to do or think? They’d better fall in line, or else.”
The way of peace they do not know.
The good news is that Haman never saw it coming. He was hanged on the gallows that he had built for that other guy, Mordecai. Game Over. It was the end times, right out of the blue.
“Your Surprise is Waiting.”
The signs are all over the place.
See post #9
Life was easier before there was a rapture.
Life was easier before there was a rapture.
Here’s a previous discussion of the end of days and the Return of Christ.
See https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4158145/posts
Evidence that the return of Christ will occur near the end of the seven year tribulation include many events where God protected his chosen. The seven seals (Daniel’s sealed scroll) and the seven trumpets are Satan’s wrath unleashed upon the world (and God’s chosen who are sealed). Satan’s hatred fuels his rage against the Living God.
After the seventh trumpet sounds (the last Trump), then Christ will return. The seven bowls are God’s wrath against Satan, his angels, the Antichrist and false prophet, and those who have accepted the Mark of the Beast.
Christians will be protected during the tribulation (there is a light in the land of Goshen) but many will be martyred during the great persecution of Daniels’s 70th week.
Jesus will return with his angels and everybody will see him in the sky, near the end of the tribulation. The dead in Christ will be raised, then those who are alive in Christ will be translated (two will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left). The wheat and the tares will be harvested together. The saints will witness God’s judgment but not participate. They will be dressed in white, awaiting the great banquet as the bride of Christ.
Let’s hope for the best (pre-trib) but prepare for the worst.
Notes:
Daniel’s friends are protected in the fiery furnace. Jesus Christ was there with them.
God protected Daniel when he was thrown into the lions’ den.
During the 12 plagues of Egypt,
the plague of hail hit Egypt hard. The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
During three days of darkness, there was no light in Egypt, the Egyptians could not see in front of their faces. The darkness was so deep it could be felt. The Egyptians could not even light a fire, fires would quickly go out. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
The Rapture and 2nd Coming are two different events. You interpret them to be the same event, but they are not. The Rapture takes place before the last 7 years (the time of Jacob’s Trouble) and the 2nd Coming takes place at the end of the last 7 years.
Christ is only coming ONCE more! Period!
I get the Red Horse this time...
Thats fine, Im going ahead of the rest of you with my ice cream truck. Find someone else to pick up your road apples this time.
You’re wrong, in a way, but I won’t argue with you. Those who believe as you do never see any other viewpoint. I won’t answer any more posts from you.
Wrong about the rapture. It is most certainly foretold.
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