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Essential Christian Doctrine – We must, through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22).
An Essential Christian Doctrine Of Christ Is To Endure Until The End
Another essential Christian doctrine is that we must, through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22).
Rev 6:9-11 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
We all will experience tribulations, if we faithfully carry our cross and are a true witness for our Lord and Savior.
1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy
Just who are these pretribulation rapture Christians, who are supposedly taken away before this time of trouble, and what special rights do they have over the rest of the body that suffered for their faith?
John 17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Christ Himself dispelled the myth of taking us out of the world. There are several promises hidden to most in the Lord’s Prayer. And none of them allude to a pretribulation rapture.
- Deliver us from all evil.
- Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.
- Yet again, we have another essential Christian doctrine.
- We are not taken up to Heaven, but Christ brings the Kingdom to us.
Christ clearly explains that one shall be taken and the other shall be left behind. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be when the Son of Man returns. An essential Christian doctrine is to understand that the ones taken are to be destroyed. Christians most definitely want to be left behind, to inherit the Kingdom on earth at Christ’s Second Coming.
Mark 13:24-27 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
After the great tribulation Christ gathers all of the elect; is this not an essential Christian doctrine? It would be unnecessary to gather the heavenly host, if it were not for the fact that they also were to reign on earth with Him.
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