Have you ever been taught
something that, never did pan out? What I am talking about is more severe, than
Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy. There has been something, that
I was taught, and possibly you were also taught, that has revealed itself, to
not be true. I am speaking of the rapture of the church.
I am not pointing, at any
certain denominational wrong teaching, of the Bible. I am not saying, that every
one, of the same denomination, that taught me wrong, teaches in the same way. I
have heard a few different denominations teaching, this same way. I grew up in
a Baptist church in the south, and later move to a Missionary Baptist church,
also in the south.
The rapture of the church
was not a popular sermon. However every time that it came up, I was taught,
that the rapture would take place, before the tribulation. There are preachers
today, teaching that the church will be raptured off the earth, right before
the tribulation starts. That is not what it says in the Word of God.
I realize even if I show you
out, of the Word of God, what the truth is, that this will still be
controversial among those, that have believed a different way. How do I know this? Simply because, it has taken me a while, to
accept this, as the truth. When I first heard it I thought, that this man of
God, that was preaching these things, had lost his mind.
In the book of Revelation,
starting in chapter seven we will see that the rapture takes place, right after
the one-hundred, forty-four thousand have been sealed, in their foreheads, with
the mark, of the living God.
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great
multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people,
and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes, and palms in their hands;
Let’s slow down, and
digest what John is seeing, and what he is saying. He uses the word lo, as
saying behold, or observe as an object.
What was this object? A great
multitude of people, which was so large that, no human being, could number
them. The multitude was made up a
diverse group of people that, had to come from, all over the earth. They were
standing in front of Jesus, on His throne, with palm branches in their hands,
and dressed in white robes.
Revelation 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto
me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
This is what John
said to the elder, and the elders reply to John.
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And
he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have
washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
According this this verse
in the Bible, the church of Jesus Christ will go through the tribulation. This
is not saying that, when God pours His wrath upon the earth, that we will be
here. Jesus made this clear, in the book of Matthew.
Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the
tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken: 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and
they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of
heaven to the other.
In the fourteenth chapter,
it also talks about the rapture, of the church. It takes place right before,
the wrath of God is poured out, upon the earth. Please read this for
yourselves, because I am heading in the direction of proof that, the wrath of
God, comes after our rapture. This is what it says happens immediately after we
are raptured.
Revelation 14:18-20 And
another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried
with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp
sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are
fully ripe. 19 And the angel
thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and
cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood
came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a
thousand and six hundred furlongs.
This is definitely not
talking about the church, because we have just left the earth. We are safe in
the presence of Jesus. In the fifteenth chapter it is on. This will be the
largest mass cleansing of the earth, but still there will be those, that still
reject Jesus, and who that He is.
Revelation 15:1 And
I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the
seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. Revelation 16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the
seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the
earth.
There it is the best way
that, I can reveal it to those, that care to investigate it farther. This is
nothing new, and I am simply going by what, that it says in the Word of God.
The only reason that I am placing this in this blog today, is so that the true
believers can be prepared, for the issues that, we will be facing. If we know
about an issue, then there is no reason to be offended, when they are staring
us, in the face.
We are going to see some
hard times, no matter which country that we live in. as believers, and
followers of Christ we have been called to the death of ourselves. We are to die
daily. (1st Corinthians 15:31) Jesus told us these things in Mark.
Mark 8:35 For
whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life
for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
During the tribulation we
will experience things, that we would rather not have to go through. The only
way that we will make it is by, having a really close walk, with our Lord. It
would be worse than a shame to make it that far, and get tripped up by something,
which we were not prepared to handle. A lot of us will have the opportunity to
die for our beliefs. I am not trying to scare anybody. I am just stating the
possibilities. Ain’t Jesus Awesome?
….Much Love
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