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IS THIS PROOF WE’RE ALREADY IN THE END TIMES AND DIDN’T KNOW IT?!
When I first wrote my previous column, I got a little excited. The original title was “8 Signs in the Heavens Say Christ to Return in 2017!”
Well, according to Daniel 9, there are one or two minor events that need to occur before Christ returns like the appearance of the anti-Christ, his 7-year covenant with Israel, the Tribulation and the Abomination of Desolation.
Hey…I’m only human.
Have you put serious thought into the idea that Christ’s Return in immanent?
An accounting for how we live our lives is guaranteed.
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.”
“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My Sake will find it.”
“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
“For the Son of Man is going to come in the Glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.” ~ Matthew 16:24-27, NASB (capitalization added to correct disrespect)
As I continue to try and alert the Body of Christ to the real dangers attacking them, I’m finding that the majority of “Christian” ministries aren’t interested in truly feeding the Flock.
Status quo is lucrative and safe. Real Truth is neither.
However, it states very clearly in Ezekiel 33; a watchman who sees danger and keeps his mouth shut to it, is personally responsible for the harm he or she does.
But let’s talk about some of these events that are supposed to occur before the Return of Christ; particularly the desecration of the Temple—the Abomination of Desolation.
What is truly disconcerting is how many Christian leaders are telling their flocks that they have no need to prepare for difficult times ahead. They misquote I Thessalonians 5:9 “the Church is not appointed to Wrath” as proof that Christians will not endure the Tribulation.
This is a heretical misuse of what Paul is saying. Simply examining just the second half of the verse explains why and more context destroys using it in such a manner completely.
…let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For G-d has not destined us for Wrath, but for obtaining Salvation through our L-rd Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. ~ I Thessalonians 5:8-9, NASB (capitalization and abbreviation added for clarity and to correct disrespect)
Clearly, Paul considers the Wrath of G-d to mean the damnation of the soul.
Trial and tribulation are a guaranteed part of Christian living. Any “Christian” who isn’t enduring tribulation should fear for their very Salvation.
His disciples said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech! Now we are sure that You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this we believe that You came forth from G-d.”
Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world!” ~ John 16:29-33 NKJV, (abbreviation added for respect)
I have warned you repeatedly to prepare.
The Rapture Isn’t Coming For You, But These Things Are
Prior to the complete fabrication of the “pre-Tribulation Rapture” in 1830 by John Nelson Darby, all of Christendom’s greatest minds were teaching that the Body of Christ will endure the anti-Christ and his Tribulation.
Cyrus Scofield was a convicted felon abandoned his Catholic wife in order to immortalize Darby’s heresy seemingly clear of Jesuit influence (which I uncover in my book). His Scofield study Bible is responsible for several grievous heresies in Christendom such as;
- The pre-Tribulation Rapture.
- Dispensationalism; YHWH only deals with Believers or Israel separately.
- “Magog” identified as Russia; to include incredibly bankrupt argument that descendents of Rosh sound like “Russia”.
- Misplaced fixation on the secular prosperity of Israel; how can the Prodigal Son come home if you keep sending him money?
Although one would think giving too much help to political Israel isn’t in the same class as sowing dangerous disinformation in the Body of Christ but it has spawned heretics like John Hagee* who claims that Israel is without condemnation because Yeshua never claimed to be their Meshiach.
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