Posted on 08/02/2015 3:54:30 AM PDT by SkyPilot
Look at our “President” (leader of the free world?) - saying God bless Planned Parenthood, ignoring worldwide Christian persecution and not allowing Syrian Christians refugee status, closet homosexual, closet anti-christ but using the words of Christ, ignoring our Constitution and laws - and flouting it . . .
Very true...like it is tomorrow.
There is renaissance art depicting worse. Give me a break dude.
How many times have you said that exact phrase? “The tribulation is starting in months?”
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
The Parable of the Bags of Gold
14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
22 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’
26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
28 “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. 29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
The Sheep and the Goats
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ 46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Matthew 25: 1-46
I asked you a simple question and you just copy paste scripture?
People have been claiming the Tribulation is coming for hundreds, and hundreds of years. Christians have been persecuted for hundreds of years. Wars, earthquakes, and famine have been plaguing humanity for......hundreds of years.
Remember Israel and God being denied at the 2012 Dem convention in Charlotte?
Technology is far outstripping our ability to use it and use it wisely.
Lots of people feel uneasy about September of this year.
The Shemitah Unraveled: What 2015-2016 Could Bring
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3316893/posts
yeah, but God did not forgive the nation of Judah for practicing child sacrifice. He forgave the king who repented but He still judged Judah when the king’s grandson did the same thing. They were invaded by the Babylonians and Lamentations was written.
Israel’s 40th year of abortion is 2016. Only 6 nations (supposedly) outlaw abortion. Most are in South America. They’ll give in with money.
God is patient, but He is also just.
Yes! Three times - it was pathetic.
Invasion of millions and millions of foreigners (many criminals and some terrorists) ring a bell? Twin Towers? The economic crash. Barack Obama, the Muslim communist in power? Satanism on the rise? Murder and other crime on the rise. The end of marriage and family as we have known it.
We live in interesting times. They will get more interesting, unfortunately.
The end of America is not the end of the world.
The day of the LORD will start suddenly, when people are just living day to day normal lives.
The decline of America is not necessarily a signal. We assign to ourselves too much importance.
A more biblical signal is to monitor events in the Middle East.
“Being correct on guessing the time doesn’t matter. Being ready matters.”
Bingo!!!
True. Middle East events are crucial. Look up the Temple Institute, which is involved with rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem. The rebuilding of the Temple will be a sign that cannot be ignored or rationalized.
I am a old Jewish man and I had one of those dreams about six months ago. This has been hard as us Jews don’t do this stick.
Did not Jesus warned against speculating about the end times in the Gospel?
Only the Father KNOWS when that time comes.
AMEN!
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