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NASB | Matthew 25:13 "Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 25:13 "Therefore, be on the alert [be prepared and ready], for you do not know the day nor the hour [when the Son of Man will come]. |
Subject: will the world end soon |
Bible Note: Thanks for the comment, but since when is the Church referred to as a he? The church is always in the feminine gender. The one who will be taken away is the protector of God's people. Daniel 12:1 Now at that time (when antichrist is revealed at the last half of the tribulation) Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. (taken out of the way) and there will be a time of distress ( the great tribulation) such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at THAT TIME your people, (all believers) everyone who is found in the book. ( book of life) will be rescued. ( the rapture, with out a doubt) This is just a thumbnail sketch. Look what happens when he is removed and antichrist has his way. Rev. 13:7 it is given to him to make war with the saints and this isn't just the Jews but every nation. Now if you say that it's the so called tribulation saints after the rapture then you are admitting that the tribulation is not from God but Satan; and once you start to see this we are making progress. Believe me I was the staunchest pre-tribulational believer going till these things were pointed out to me. I picked up a book called THE PRE-WRATH RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH by Marvin Rosenthal and he convinced me otherwise with Scripture after Scripture. I was amazed to say the least; and everything fit together like a puzzle with out contradictions. People get so entrenched because they have believed something so long that the can't see the forest for the trees. It's like trying to through a life jacket to a person who is drowning and all that person wants to do is argue over jacket, that it might not hold him up. I have nothing to prove either way; I wish you were right. Believe me I don't want to go through what the Bible says about the great tribulation, but what I know, I would die for, and if it happens in my time I might have too. The Lord is able to keep me through what ever pleases Him. Those that know what to look for will have a much better chance then those who were told that they would be rapture out of here before it, the tribulation happened. Christ said that those that endure to the end shall be delivered, i.e. The rapture. Why should we not suffer for Christ sake by holding to the testimony of Jesus. Rev. 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (that the elect brother you and me) Yours in Christ, CDBJ |