WHEN "MANY" MEANS ALL - AND "CHOSEN" MEANS FEW
Matthew 22:14 - For many are called, but few are chosen!
GOD CALLS FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS TO BE SAVED!
John 12:32-33 - And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me. This He said, signifying what death He should die.
1 Timothy 2:1-4 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
EXAMPLES OF GOD'S CHOSEN INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT TIME
Adam, Seth, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Rahab, Ruth, David, John the Baptizer, The Twelve (including Judas), Saul of Tarsus (Judas' replacement as the twelfth disciple), etc.!
ISRAEL: GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
Exodus 3:9-10 - Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou may bring forth My people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Mark 13:19-20 - For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom He hath chosen, He hath shortened the days.
[Note: Since we know the Tribulation (Daniel's Seventieth Week - Dan. 9:24-27; or the Time of Jacob's Trouble - Jer. 30:7) - deals with the nation of Israel, and that it will consist of two periods of 1260 days, or 42 months, or of a time, times, and half a time, all equaling exactly seven 360 day years, I believe that the word "shortened" must be understood as "limited." If it were up to Satan, with the Antichrist, and the False Prophet, the Tribulation would not end until the entire world's population, including the remnant of Israel, worship him or are dead! It is the return of Jesus which ends the Tribulation (Mt. 24:29; Rev. 19:11-22)!]
YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BELIEVE IN AND FOLLOW JESUS!
THE WORD IS FILLED WITH REFERENCES TO THE LAST DAYS!
TODAY MAY BE THE DAY HE TAKES HIS BELIEVERS HOME!
WILL YOU BE ONE OF US?
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