it matters in this sense, if people believe they will raptured before the mark, and it hasn’t hppened by then they’ll be pissed.
Me I do not believe there is a rapture, as I stated, 250 teenage christian girls were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, why should I believe I will not have give the same measure.
hi mountain bunny (love the name :))...If I may jump in here; it matters a great deal because if you are not PREPARED you will be in a much more likely situation of taking the mark. The mark is to allow you to eat, live, etc. If you’re prepared, in theory, you escape their system of control.
The end times matter a great deal and we better all believe we’re going to live through it and not magically removed prior to it all breaking loose. We will be here.
There are many passages in both the Old Testament and the New Testament teaching about the end times. They wouldn't be there if we were not to know and understand. Even the apostles asked Jesus.
Matthew 24:3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
NOPE...There is an expiration date on the life of the church...We are to help lead as many as we can to Jesus before that expiration date...