2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
“A Message To Those Who Are Left Behind After The Rapture...”
Please take care of our pets and livestock? I always wonder if the folks who believe in the rapture have more or less pets and livestock than those who do not believe in the rapture. Or do some animals get raptured?
I know that there is a business run by athiests that will contract to take care of responsibilites to animals, but it seems to me that in the chaos following the rapture it isn’t to likely to be done.
Freeagrds
The literal nations mentioned are all major Muslim nations and until 2001 no one wanted to read about them being the source of anti-Christ evil in spite of the fact that they are, ... the source of anti-Christ evil ever since Islam began. Funny how Darby morphed that into some bunk about Europe, bunk that sells a whole lot better than just the simple facts about the religion of Satan that rules a billion people and is dedicated to taking over the world by force. The absolute about face people who believe in literal interpretation have to do in order to buy into the "The Bestselling Pre-Tribulation Rapture Doctrine" bunk is nothing short of amazing.
The truth is, the only thing the "Bestselling Pre-Tribulation Rapture Doctrine" has going for it is that it makes lots of money and anyone who enjoys Sola Yourselfa can play. Worse still, while the obvious and open worshipers of the moon god continue to murder and enslave as they have for hundreds of years, they're ignored and have been ignored by the majority of US prophecy authors because they're not part of the theories that make the most money. If there is any sort of religious machinery that would enable an AntiChrist to arise, it's Islam and oddly enough every nation the Scriptures describe as being destroyed is a literal, Muslim, nation that still exists. Nowhere is anything in Europe mentioned in the "End Times" Scriptures but all sorts of non-literal interpretation is applied to be able to include the European nations in every bestselling work on the subject. But so what, right?
Of course, if you're peddling the doctrine, well that's a different matter! After all, why should a particular method of interpretation get in the way of making a buck? Need money to buy another Ferrari? Write about the Rapture. Need to draw a crowd or generate page hits? The Rapture and the End Times is the way to go. Never let it be said that Christians in the US don't know how to spread a message, at least when they can make a buck off of it, and especially when they can make a buck off of it and accuse someone else of being mercenary at the same time. Indirection is essential to all the best magic tricks that's exactly what The Bestselling Pre-Tribulation Rapture Doctrine is, indirection to keep people from seeing what's really going on while they're mesmerized by the flashy stuff.
JMHO
Regards
I hope I’ll have time to visit the john before it happens.
According to Jesus, the ones who are left behind are the believers who are then picked up after the wicked have been removed from in their midst.
ping
1 cor 15
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Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
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So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
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It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
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And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
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Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
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The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
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As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
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And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
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Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Christians will go through a tribulation, faith is what will separate the true believers from those who are just Christians on the out side.
"Let the postmillennial and amillennial commentators look long and steadily at this fact. This prophecy is a prophecy for Daniel’s people and Daniel’s city. No alchemy of Origenistic spiritualizing interpretation can change that." —Robert Culver
Once they're all gone, we get back to normal around here! In fact, I DEMAND the "rapture"!