THE RAPTURE OF BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS
The closer we get to the removal of born again believers in what is commonly known as the Rapture, it seems the number of false prophets, and teachers of false doctrines, is increasing, perhaps even doubling every day! They are either date-setting for the Rapture, or they err in believing the Church, Christ's body, will experience the seven-year period known as The Tribulation (a.k.a. The Time of Jacob's Trouble, or Daniel's Seventieth Week). A few, strangely enough, believe The Tribulation has already occurred. I do not claim to be a great theologian with knowledge of every detail of the future, but I do strongly believe that the order of future events is as follows: The Rapture of the Church (Jn. 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:50-54; 1 Th. 1:10; 4:13-18; 5:8-11; Rev. 4:1).
Note: The Church is not mentioned in Rev. Ch. 6 - 18, which describe The Tribulation.
THE TRIBULATION IS MEANT TO BRING ISRAEL TO FAITH IN CHRIST!
Below are a few of the passages which clearly show that The Tribulation is aimed at bringing Israel to faith in Christ:Deuteronomy 4:30-31 - "When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice; (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God); He will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them."
Jeremiah 30:7 - "Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even The Time of Jacob's Trouble; but he shall be saved out of it."
Daniel 9:24-27 - "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week, he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations, he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."
Matthew 24:15-21 - "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand): then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day: for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."
Mark 13:24-26 - "
Revelation 7:4-14 - "And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God Who sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR NOW,
WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME, OR YOU WILL EXPERIENCE
THE MOST HORRIBLE SEVEN YEARS THIS WORLD WILL EVER KNOW!
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