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BACKGROUND
Not provided as we are looking at Scripture, not mans theories.
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Online links to scriptures (New International Version [NIV] unless otherwise stated) are shown in blue
| SCRIPTURES NEGATING RAPTURE THEORY concluded |
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 Continuing with verses refuting the rapture theory…..
Luke 24:31-6
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 Reality is, not taught very much these days, that we will suffer for being a Christian! Peter, as it turned out, experienced this, ultimately to death, by tradition being crucified at Rome, upside down at his own request, for he considered himself to be unworthy to be crucified in the same way as Jesus. He explained Jesus’ followers suffering…..
1 Peter 4:12-19
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 Sobering words!
The passage applies to all Christians through the ages, who have been persecuted for the sake of Jesus, but more specifically to us, in the end times, as we wait the judgement of the last day…..
2 Thessalonians 1:5-8
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 It is a time not to be feared, for the Lord will enable his disciples to endure it…..
1 Corinthians 10:13
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Yes, we will be tested but the way out of these terrible times is not through the rapture, but through the Lord being with us…..
Joel 2:32
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Jesus is with those who fully follow Him. He will protect us through the turmoil…..
1 Corinthians 1:7-9
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 The judgement comes upon all who live upon the earth, first the Jews, then us all…..
Jeremiah 25:29
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 We are called to trust in the Lord as we move through the times until the Lord returns…..
Revelation 13:10
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 I will finish today with the verse on which Walking With Jesus Ministries is based, for it calls upon all his sold out disciples to be prepared to die, spiritually and/or physically for Saviour and Lord. The way in which satan (v.10) can be overcome is …..
Revelation 12:11
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 I trust that we may all understand now why satan is so keen to ‘sell’ the dream of the rapture, for it gives an excuse for the saints not to be concerned with living lives of full submission to the Lord, expecting to be raptured before the final time of trial and testing comes. For that is the deception satan desires, for as Revelation 12:11 says, only a fully sold out life to Jesus will overcome his wiles.
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| NEXT WEEK: THE RAPTURE - SATANS PLAN OF DECEPTION WITHIN TODAY’S CHURCH continues |
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 Next week we will look at the HISTORY OF RAPTURE THEORY
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| A NOTE FROM DAVID |
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 In the end it comes down to a matter of trust. How much do we trust the Lord to care for us? Or is our trust so weak, that we look for a reason to 'get out of here' when persecution starts!
PATRIARCH'S CLOTHING IN ABRAHAM'S TIME
This is how a man would have dressed in ancient times about the time of Abraham which was around 2000 BC. From inside to out he wore an under garment which was bound by a girdle. Over this he wore a coat or outer garment, sometimes called a vesture. Around the head was the head cloth which was a scarf wrapped around the head. He also wore sandals and carried a tall staff.
Source: http://www.bible-history.com
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So until next week.......
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD!
His servant and yours
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