Instead of Verse numbers perhaps the author could have put the verses in parenthesis for reference. Don’t feel like looking them up.
Might be His work is finished here....not many receptive to the things of God today who are not Christians..and those Christians not grounded are falling for deceptions we never thought possible.
For there is salvation in no other name and none other than Christ that is able to save so absolutely from such wickedness.
As for America and the other nations that have plunged themselves into abominations; the sign of Sodom and Gomorrah is given.
It may.
But I find it, oh, what's the word, arrogant, or maybe presumptuous, to say that the Rapture will occur in our life time, or even occur at all as mainline Christians believe it will. It's teachings are so obscure that we do not entirely understand it's concept. Don't get me wrong, I believe in the Rapture of Church. I'm just not convinced it will happen when and how we believe it will. But I digress.
1. I'm sure the Christians that are being persecuted in China would have loved for the Rapture to have occurred in their life times, but it didn't.
2. I'm sure the Christians persecuted in Germany occupied lands would have loved for the Rapture to have occurred in their life times, but it didn't.
3. I'm sure Christians during the Dark Ages, when the Roman Catholic Church's Inquisition was going on, would have loved for the Rapture to have during their life times. It did not. (And yes Roman Catholics, your church did persecute real Christians, and still does)
What makes the Christian in the USA so special to say that the Rapture will occur in our life times? Will we be saved from the coming persecution, when Christians in other ages and societies were not?
Dare we be that arrogant? Persecution is coming, get ready for it. Only God knows when the Lord Jesus will be sent to gather His bride.
I think that the great secret of moral absolutes is that violating them does not generally solicit the wrath of heaven, because it does not need to.
That is, when a parent tells their child not to touch a hot stove, and they do anyway, the resulting burned fingers are not punishment from the parent, but the natural consequence of that particular disobedience.
If you examine moral absolutes as “safety rules”, instead of enigmatic dictates, the question becomes one of understanding the consequences, short, medium, and long term, of their violation.
Importantly, these consequences may not be easily understood, as we do not define what they are. For example, the German “Higher Critics” made the erroneous assumption that pork was forbidden to Hebrews because it contained the roundworm that causes trichinosis. And while that disease could indeed be punitive, it was not the real reason for the prohibition.
So while we might indeed question and ponder what punishments come from violating moral absolutes, we can never be certain how we harm ourselves by violating them. All the more reason to not violate them.
At the same time, we can observe what happens to those who do violate them, object lessons whose consequences may be immediate, long-term, or even take generations to fulfill.
Has the country gone uphill or downhill ever since?
Think about it.
The Pope will not help, with his recent statement about conscience. Perhaps even he is being overtaken.
I agree with you 100%. America is under God's judgment, prophesy is being fulfilled exponentially, and yet the Body of Christ will occupy until HE comes. Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus.