Excellent article written by Pete.
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Keep looking up!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_end_times_prediction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Disappointment
It wasn’t 2011 or 1844 but this time we really, really mean it...Really.
Good article. Thanks for sharing.
There is as another reason that is even greater. The increased presence of the Holy Spirit on earth as evil is increasing its activity.
I’m not a particularly religious man but.....
I cannot believe society can continue along the lines as mentioned in the article and...
...I believe madness has infected the Western countries(Europe and the US)
God has lifted His Hand and allowed men seek the desire of their hearts and when it fails to satisfy, drives them mad to self destructive behavior (sex, drugs violence) and destruction of others.
How else to explain countries who refuse to protect their citizens, men who refuse to protect their families and loved ones, carnal obsessions. The list goes on...and on.
I fear a god that is just. I pray for a god that is merciful.
We are going to need one.
Nicely wraps it all together.
Too much wishful thinking.
Relatively speaking, the end has been nigh since the day humanity learned there would be an end.
Any Christian paying attention agrees, we’re almost to the end. But,this could go on for many generations.
I’m a Presbyterian. So I don’t understand this. We just sing in church and listen to the sermon.
Very much depends upon what happens in the very near future involving Russia, Syria and Iran against Israel. I fully expect Iran launching missiles toward Israel to be the triggering event bringing us into the conflict before the false peace.
They will fall short in the Saudi Desert, but be the trigger.
Amid the knowing of The Season, I remain concerned what may become of many who embrace a view of Rapture and Second Coming happening at greatly disparate times should it eventuate that, as seems evident in 2 Thess. 2:1 & 2, that Jesus’ coming, and our being gathered to Him occur as near-simultaneous events on “The Day of The LORD.”
I see real potential for faith-breaking dismay should it be the case that Tribulation is breaking out, and The Church is still on the Earth; particularly if Antichrist is already revealed, and The Church is still here.
Those expecting to have been taken out — how adept will they be at laying aside their prior expectation and recalibrating their eschatology in real time according to what is happening; will they “receive the love of the Truth” in spite of it meaning that they had all along had the timing wrong?
Understand, it’s fine to embrace whatever eschatological timeline you think, but it is NOT fine to set it up as a thing that you will not let go of if it eventuates that things don’t go the way you think thy might. Grasp that our understanding in these areas is not total; that we can be wrong, and hold your eschatology in open hands, if you will, such that God is permitted to BE God, and do things differently than you now think He’s going to.
“The Rapture of the Church is the only sign-less event noted in Scripture.”
Other than this statement, this is a good exhortation. We can all agree with the heartfelt prayer, “even so come Lord Jesus.”
The idea that Christ’s return will be signless or secret is not based on the Bible but on the theological idea of a pre-Daniel’s seventieth week rapture, typically called “pre-trib”. A lot of passages have to be stretched to say the least, in order to accommodate this position.
“Peace and Safety. The more destabilized the world becomes, the more the people will clamor for peace and safety. People will willingly trade their liberty for security, which is what globalists have wanted all along (i.e., the Hegelian dialectic). Although this has been the case for the last thirty-years or more, the call for it has only intensified as the world has increasingly become more unhinged. While this is a passive sign, it is however, the one phrase Paul told us to listen for that would precede immediate the destruction caused by the Rapture. 1 Thess. 5:1-3”
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
Hmmm. Where else was this analogy used? Oh, yeah.
Matthew 24:8
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Literally, the onset of childbirth.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
Immediate destruction does happen after the rapture, however Daniel’s seventieth week does not begin with this destruction. The final seven years before Christ sets up His kingdom will begin with a false peace. This is pictured in Revelation 6:1-4. Note that the second seal unleashes a red horse whose rider will “take peace from the earth”. He can only take peace from the earth if there is peace to take. The rider on the white horse has a bow but no arrows. The spirit of anti-Christ is one of seizing global power through a false peace, safety, and security. This may take the form of more “secure” financial systems, gun control, and nuclear disarmament.
But in context of the “sudden destruction” that follows Christ’s return, consider 2 Thessalonians 1. Paul tells the believers who are undergoing severe persecution that retribution will be paid when Christ returns with “flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God”. Yet, at this same time Christ will be glorified in His saints and the suffering believers will receive rest. This does not fit the pre-trib paradigm.
Hebrews 10:25 tells us to encourage each other daily and be faithful to gather with fellow believers, even more so as we “see the day approaching.” The possibility of seeing the day approaching is contradictory to the idea of Christ returning at any moment, surprisingly and unexpectedly. It will be surprising and unexpected for those who are not watching, but not for those who are. But watching and seeing the day approaching is not done by gazing up at the sky. It is by looking for the signs which He gave His disciples.
There are seven signs that the end of the world has arrived. This time is called the “Day of the Lord” in scripture. The Lord’s return is the seventh sign. The six signs that come before His return are the signs of His coming. They are in the Olivet discourse in Matthew, Mark, and Luke (the synoptic Gospels) and also in Revelation 6.
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I don’t get this. Why are you posting this thread here? I am a dispensationalist who believes in the pre-trib rapture. In fact I listened to an excellent hour long sermon about it early this morning.
However, I also believe in the exercise of prudence and judgement. I don’t believe that this thread, casting “pearls before swine,” with crazy posters saying there’s more Holy Spirit presence around today inspires confidence or lends credence to this pov.
Bad as it is, we ain't seen nothing yet....
Further away then it will be tomorrow.
The Pentecostal Raptureshalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
We may not know the day of the rapture, but we know it must come before the last “week”. If we can tell that the end is very near, we know that the rapture is even nearer.
Bfl