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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Finally, believers, we ask and admonish you in the Lord Jesus, that you follow the instruction that you received from us about how you ought to walk and please God (just as you are actually doing) and that you excel even more and more [pursuing a life of purpose and living in a way that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation]. |
Bible Question: Hi, First let me say that what I am about to ask may be "old news". I try hard not to watch the news as I find it sad and most times I become angry with what I hear and my inability to help change any of it. I was recently told at a bar-b-que that Israel signed a peace treaty in 2003 and that it is up this year. I was told that the rapture had to have already happened because the bible says that the treaty will be signed after the rapture. I went to church as a child but do not remember much of what I learned, I stopped going at about 11 and have only been a handful of times since. I have looked in my bible for what I was told but cant find it as I am unfamiliar with verse and such. My real question is this, is it possible that the rapture has happened? Hundreds of people have "disappeared" over the years and a lot are innocent children who are never found. Is it said in the bible that the rapture will be a mass disappearance all at once? Forgive my ignorance please but I am really curious as to what exactly is said about it. Where to read about it at would help me out a lot, thanks for the help. |
Bible Answer: Greetings, Curious What is more important than Where to Read about the answer, is where will you be when the question is finally answered ?? Your question IS old news to be sure, as the question has been asked many times since the first century, and after reading Pastor Beja's fine answer, we can tell that the answer has not yet been discovered. This is God's plan: that no one will know the day or the hour. (Matt 25:13) There is much small talk around bar-b-ques and campfires about end times, and when you line up their answers with what God's Word says, they are all proven false. Let me use the recent interest in the year 2012 for example. There is nothing special about the Mayan culture that would give them any insight far into the future, they were very good observers of astronomy and developed a good calendar. They just happened to stop the calendar at 2012. So, do ot be deceived along with the many who will be deceived in the end times. An increase in false messiahs, an increase in warfare, and increases in famines, plagues, and natural disasters—these are all signs of the end times. (Matt 24:5-8) When people are saying, "All is well; everything is peaceful and secure," then disaster will fall upon them as suddenly as a woman's birth pains begin when her child is about to be born. And there will be no escape. (1 Thes 5:3) So the present earthquakes and volcanoes are a sign of the second coming of Christ. But as the Scriptures say, these will increase until He comes. Whoever has children knows that the labor pains of a woman increase in intensity and in frequency until the child is born, and there is only one thing that will end the cycle: The child is born. Jesus tells us in (Matt 24:24), "For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones." So you are correct in your decision to seek God's Word for an answer. Pray before you read His Word, and He will be the one to guide. There are many heretics out there so we must all remain aware. May the Lord bless you as you seek Him |
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