Posted on 05/21/2007 6:59:42 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
That was an amazing read.
Control the oil and you control the global economy. Muslims are working toward that goal.
Consider this.
If you are a Christian “in good standing” when the end times come .... you are going to be saved. If you are a Christian “in good standing” BEFORE the end times ... and die from some other cause ... you are going to be saved. In other words, if you are a Christian .... the end times DO NOT MATTER to your salvation.
I also consider it the HEIGHT of folly to believe that you, me or anyone else can alter God’s plan. Trying to influence when the Antichrist will appear or begin power or anything else that is part of the end times ASSUMES that an individual can force their will on God. A very dangerous concept to my mind.
In sort, get right with God and let him take care of everything else ... and don't worry about it.
It’s they “I know something you don’t know” syndrome.
I’m in good standing as are my kids and hubby. The rapture could come at noon and I wouldn’t care at all.
I’m sure there are lots of FReepers who will be getting together in heaven. It will be a joyous party!
She listened patiently and then said “So if I’m a Christian it doesn’t matter?
Out of the mouth of babes.....
You’re right.
Our children are the saints that we should be listening to.
Those that worry are only doing themselves an injustice. I put my trust in the covenant I have with Our Lord and let Him handle it.
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Got the same thing from my son when he was about 10 and I was correcting his table manners.
I pointed out that he would never get a nice girl to marry him if she was grossed out by the way he was eating.
He replied, “Mom, the Lord will come back long before I get married.”
Shot down again.
“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming."
Matthew 25:1-13
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The label "virgins"
presumably means they all
were "good" Christians, but
some are called "wise" and
some "foolish." Even among
the 'elect' something
will sort believers
based on how they have prepared.
The exact meaning
of this Bible quote
is difficult to figure,
however, something
about "keeping watch"
and "being prepared" is key,
rather than simply
just going along
and trusting that the "bridegroom"
will take all his brides...
Thank you for posting this article!
A good read, but I happen to believe that Christians will suffer under AntiChrist until Jesus does intervene, and that takes place just before God’s wrath is poured out on the unbelieving
That was great.
“Everybody is looking out for the Mark of the Beast. The Mark of the Beast is a mid-Tribulation event. The Church won’t be here, so we needn’t be fear it.”
BTTT
“[T]he Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1st Thessalonians 4:16-17)
Awesome.
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I get very confused with bible prophesy.
Many of the scriptures used to talk about the end times seen to relate directly to the fall of Jeruselem in approximately AD70.
I’m not sure that the majority of of Revelations are not dealing with the fall of Jeruselem rather than the end times. I hope the the tribulation was speaking of those times and the antichrist was Nero. Not arguing, just hoping.
I think the idea of a rapture does the Western Church a great diservice in preparing Christians for what will be expected of them when they are in the midst of the Tribulation.
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