September 2015
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Read Matthew 24.
(ducks and runs)You know it would be nice if we could stand at the gates of hell and sell fire insurance to those occupants before it is cast into the lake of fire - BUT - we know that is not how it works SO we need to focus on getting the true gospel preached and get out there sell that fire insurance which is and always will be the BLOOD OF CHRIST.
Nothing else can keep you from this ending. Nothing but the blood of Christ.
Every one keeps running around like chicken little crying out oh how do i get ready for His coming next month. If you are a born again Christian - then you should have been ready all along. There is no feast or ceremony or ritual that needs to be done. It is the blood of Christ which makes us the rightiousness of God in Christ Jesus or another words In Right Standing.
So why are so many Christians who are trapped in this belief that it is over, doing nothing and have attitudes like there will always be those who rejected God or who did not get on board in time. That attitude is exactly why NO man will ever pin point His return.
God Bless
Jim
I don't disagree that we should be doing our best to get God's Word out and that we are solely made worthy by the blood of Yeshua. I was born again 5 years ago (and all my life) but in my judgement (now) and apparently God's as He was the one who warned me I was not ready, I was not ready. I had the basics but no true understanding of scripture. You can help others see while you check your own status. The best I can think to put it...I had to get the "I" out of my theology. You don't get extra points for passing the wrong word out. 5 years ago - I would have been trying to save people - Now I pray and let God do His work. I get what you are saying and how you feel deeply for those who are lost and I would say I feel as deeply about it. I do think come September - the world is going to change and it is because of all those I see who are not ready that I want it not to be so. My faith has to be that God knows what He is doing and it will end up as it should.
You know it would be nice if we could stand at the gates of hell and sell fire insurance to those occupants before it is cast into the lake of fire - BUT - we know that is not how it works SO we need to focus on getting the true gospel preached and get out there sell that fire insurance which is and always will be the BLOOD OF CHRIST.
Nothing else can keep you from this ending. Nothing but the blood of Christ.
Every one keeps running around like chicken little crying out oh how do i get ready for His coming next month. If you are a born again Christian - then you should have been ready all along. There is no feast or ceremony or ritual that needs to be done. It is the blood of Christ which makes us the rightiousness of God in Christ Jesus or another words In Right Standing.
So why are so many Christians who are trapped in this belief that it is over, doing nothing and have attitudes like there will always be those who rejected God or who did not get on board in time. That attitude is exactly why NO man will ever pin point His return.
God Bless
Jim
For many, this sense of excitement that Jesus very well could call for us literally within weeks should motivate us to make sure we are not acting as if we are a people who have fire insurance, resting on our laurels---complacent...but rather, we, and I think most of us who love Jesus and are seeing the signs of the Bridegroom coming, His feet standing over the edge of Heaven, ready to take that step over the threshold between the Kingdom and this Earth, are more than eager to make sure that we are operating in faith, strong faith, living faith, and being obedient to our Saviour in offering the way of salvation to all who would listen!
That uncalled for Jim, really.You know it would be nice if we could stand at the gates of hell and sell fire insurance to those occupants before it is cast into the lake of fire - BUT - we know that is not how it works SO we need to focus on getting the true gospel preached and get out there sell that fire insurance which is and always will be the BLOOD OF CHRIST.
Nothing else can keep you from this ending. Nothing but the blood of Christ.
Every one keeps running around like chicken little crying out oh how do i get ready for His coming next month. If you are a born again Christian - then you should have been ready all along. There is no feast or ceremony or ritual that needs to be done. It is the blood of Christ which makes us the rightiousness of God in Christ Jesus or another words In Right Standing.
So why are so many Christians who are trapped in this belief that it is over, doing nothing and have attitudes like there will always be those who rejected God or who did not get on board in time. That attitude is exactly why NO man will ever pin point His return.
God Bless
Jim
Please read this thread. Don't make the same mistake I made for so long - the Rapture is scriptural. http://www.christianforumsite.com/threads/the-raptures-harpazo-of-the-scriptures.42449/
We go by the basics: Jesus/Yeshua is divine. He has a dual nature which makes Him a perfect and spotless bridge for our return to God - cleansed by the blood shed on the cross.
We go by the basics: Jesus/Yeshua is divine. He has a dual nature which makes Him a perfect and spotless bridge for our return to God - cleansed by the blood shed on the cross.
We will be removed in the Rapture as a Bride SUDDENLY taken by her Bridegroom, according to the model of the ancient Hebrew Wedding. We are spared the Tribulation years because that era is meant for God to focus on Israel. The Church dispensation cannot co-exist with another dispensation...none of them overlap.
The Tribulation is a time of God's wrath and judgment on the unbelieving, blaspheming world. If you've read Revelation, you will recall how after the many inflictions God pours out on the earth's inhabitants (notice also, no mention of the Church), that it is said that NONE repent! So, if we were here, we would experience that wrath.
We aren't "too good for the Tribulation Christians"! We are the righteous, redeemed and perfect, spotless Bride, and will not suffer under God's wrath, nor be molested by the evil one whose focus is to eradicate Israel. It's all about Israel. There is nothing for us to ride out, but we will ride with our Bridegroom Jesus one fine Day and help Him set up His Kingdom on Earth, and rule and reign with Him.
The book you are referring to is Revelation.
A lot has to take place before the final battle, and one of those things is the catching away of the saints, the translation of the living saints and the raising of dead saints...all receiving glorified bodies.
You have me trying to get the right words out when so many here are better at it. We should always prepare, I agree but the most important preparation is getting and rightly dividing scripture. We already know who wins.
We will enjoy the wedding of the Lamb! We will feast our eyes on the glorious heavenly realm, and greet our loved ones, and be enthralled with our Bridegroom and with the enormity of who God is! Then, we will attend the Bema Seat Judgment of Christ, where we will receive our rewards and crowns...and possibly our positions and job descriptions for the coming Kingdom on Earth when we return to Jerusalem with Jesus at His great Second Coming!
The rebuilding of the temple is all set, and it will take place without us.